Nintendo has confirmed on multiple occasions that it will officially unveil the successor to the Switch before April 1, and multiple reports and leaks in recent days all seem to be pointing to an announcement being imminent. Amidst the rising anticipation for the new console, Circana analyst Mat Piscatella has chimed in with some interesting sales estimates.
Taking to BlueSky, Piscatella has said that as per his projections, the Nintendo Switch 2 (which, as per reports, is what the console is officially going to be called), is expected to sell 4.3 million units in 2025 in the US alone, which will account for roughly a third of all console hardware sales in the US for the year (not counting portable PC devices such as Steam Deck). Piscatella says those projections are based on the console launching in the first half of the year.
Interestingly enough, despite the Switch 2’s impressive first-year sales in the region, the analyst expects the PS5 to be the highest-selling console of the US for the year of 2025 regardless. He also says that, as far as the Switch 2 is concerned, he expects it to face stock shortages “for several months after a significant early demand surge.”
How long it’ll be before Nintendo chooses to officially lift the lid on the Switch 2 is the big question on everyone’s mind right now, but it seems like the wait isn’t going to be that long. Stay tuned for more updates in the coming days and weeks.
