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Nintendo Switch 2 Has Sold 2 Million Units in the U.S., 75% Ahead of the Switch 1's Pace (www.ign.com)
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[–] sundray@lemmus.org 9 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

It wasn't a perfect launch, but I've been surprised at the general availability of the Switch 2. I was convinced you wouldn't be able to get ahold of one for love or money for months and months after launch.

[–] TAG@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

Both the ongoing strong sales and good availability suggest that Nintendo was prepared this generation and had plenty of consoles in warehouses prior to launch.

[–] Narann@jlai.lu 4 points 3 weeks ago

I suspect price was a strong hold.

[–] DigitalAudio@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago

Is that how it is in the US? It has been super hard to find even one in Japan. Everywhere I go they seem to be sold out. I'm not looking to buy right now, but even then, all stores have big SOLD OUT signs for it.

[–] Lanusensei87@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Also a tad ahead of PS4 first two months.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 weeks ago

That's wild. I loved my switch 1, but some of the stuff (virtual cards, fake game cards with a key, etc) and the price... I'll just stick with my deck for now.

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 weeks ago

3DS sold well at launch too. Sales nosedived afterwards

[–] Peasley@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This might be the first Nintendo generation I fully skip. The problems with people getting banned for legitimate games (either because they were imported, previously dumped, or falsely flagged), confusing key-cards, and very high prices have put me off.

I could buy a pile of Switch games for the cost of a S2, or i could set up a couple retro consoles with ODEs/Flash Carts and have potentially hundreds of games to play.