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Nintendo Switch 2 sales plunge 41% as price hikes and memory crunch bite

CNBC World •
November 05, 2026 • 06:50 AM
• By Arjun Kharpal
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Sales of Nintendo's flagship Switch 2 plunged in its fiscal second quarter after the Japanese gaming giant rolled out price hikes amid soaring memory costs.

Nintendo Switch 2 sales plunge 41% as price hikes and memory crunch bite

Sales of Nintendo 's flagship Switch 2 plunged in its fiscal second quarter after the Japanese gaming giant rolled out price hikes amid soaring memory costs.

Nintendo said it sold 2.67 million units of the Switch 2 in the three months ended Sept. 30, down 41% from the same period last year. That was also lower than the 3.82 million units sold in the prior quarter.

During the quarter, Nintendo rolled out price increases for the Switch 2 in the U.S., Canada and Japan after hiking the cost of the device in Japan earlier in the year.

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