Switch 2 passes 26 million sales, but hardware is down 37% and Nintendo rules out more price rises

Nintendo's latest financial report has landed, and it tells two stories. The Switch 2 has now sold more than 26 million units, but hardware sales are well down on the same period last year, and Nintendo says it has no plans for further price rises.

If you're waiting to buy a console or wondering where Nintendo's next year is headed, here is what the numbers say.

Switch 2 hardware is down year on year

According to Nintendo Life, the Switch 2 has sold 26.35 million units since its launch last year. Unit sales for the first half of the current fiscal year came to 6.49 million. That is a 37.4% drop from the 10.36 million the company shifted over the same period a year earlier.

Gematsu also reports that the original Switch has now sold 157.20 million units.

PC Gamer notes that the summer decline came mostly before the price hike took effect. It adds that Nintendo now expects Switch 2 sales to slump 16.9% in the console's second year. The outlet says the Switch 2 is still comfortably ahead of the original Switch's first year, but that lead may not hold by the end of year two.

No more price rises, and enough memory

The most useful line for buyers is about pricing. Eurogamer reports that Nintendo says it isn't planning any more Switch 2 price hikes. The company also says it has access to enough memory to manufacture more consoles.

IGN frames the same news alongside falling console sales and reduced profit.

Memory costs are a theme across the industry right now. Nintendo Life reports that Nintendo's inventory reached a record high in the second quarter of fiscal 2026/27, as the company tries to soften rising costs.

Software is carrying the quarter

While console sales fell, games did better. Eurogamer says Nintendo's software sales were healthy, helped by the enormously popular Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream.

Nintendo Life's best-seller update adds that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has reached 72 million on the original Switch, with no changes to the order of that list.

What's next

As is tradition with its financial updates, Nintendo also reconfirmed release windows for its upcoming Switch 2 games, according to Nintendo Life. The outlet highlights Samus making her return at the start of 2027, and Monolith Soft's next big RPG arriving in the new year. It says there are no Switch 1 titles on the list.

The takeaway for players is mixed. Nintendo expects the console to sell less in its second year, but it says it isn't planning further price hikes, and its release windows for upcoming Switch 2 games remain in place.