Nintendo's Switch 2 sets 4-day sales record

Nintendo Co 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.

- TAKASHI MOCHIZUKI

The numbers, released by the company yesterday, bode well for its target to sell 15 million units by March next year. They also reinforce analysts’ projections that Nintendo may be able to sell far more if it can pump up supply.

Gamers from Tokyo to San Francisco lined up for hours last week to get their hands on one of the most highly anticipated gadgets of the year. The long-awaited Switch 2 succeeds a global hit in the original Switch, which pioneered a hybrid design that allows play both at home on a TV and on the move.