Nintendo Switch 2 sets sales record in boon for games sector

Company sold 3.5 million-plus units of the Switch 2 in just four days, more than the 2.7 million the original Switch managed during its first month in 2017

A customer poses with a Nintendo Switch 2 game console at a Bic Camera electronics store in Tokyo on June 5.

Nintendo sold 3.5 million-plus units of the Switch 2 in just four days, a record-breaking start for the company’s first new console in eight years.

The Japanese company has already sold more of the device than the roughly 2.7 million the original Switch managed during its first month in 2017.