The Nintendo Switch 2 Is the Fastest-Selling Gaming Hardware in U.S. History

The Nintendo Switch 2 debuted successful June to go the fastest-selling hardware ever successful the U.S., shooting spending connected games to caller monthly records, according to the monthly study from Circana.

Spending connected hardware was up a whopping 249% year-over-year acknowledgment to the console's debut, reaching $978 cardinal and greatly surpassing the erstwhile monthly grounds from June 2008 of $608 million. In total, the Switch 2 sold 1.6 cardinal units successful the U.S. during its motorboat month, beating the PlayStation 4's erstwhile income grounds of 1.1 cardinal units successful November of 2013. Unshockingly, it was the best-selling console of the period some successful presumption of units and dollar sales.

Across some Nintendo Switch platforms, Switch 2-exclusive Mario Kart World was the best-selling crippled of the month, followed by Cyberpunk 2077 and Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma, some of which launched alongside the caller console. In 4th and 5th spot respectively were Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild, followed by Street Fighter 6, Mario Kart 8, Hogwarts Legacy, Bravely Default's remaster, and Minecraft. Because Nintendo doesn't stock integer income numbers with Circana, this illustration whitethorn beryllium missing immoderate large sellers. For instance, we learned contiguous that Deltarune topped Switch 2 charts successful integer income successful June, but with nary carnal variation and the crippled lone costing $25, it's missing from the dollar income ranking entirely.

So does each this Nintendo Switch 2 occurrence mean it's connected way to outsell the Nintendo Switch 1? I asked Circana expert Mat Piscatella, and this is what helium told me:

What the motorboat income of Switch 2 chiefly archer america is that they made a batch of Switch 2 to merchantability astatine launch. Lifetime income and motorboat income of a console often bash not correlate, meaning that immoderate consoles with tiny launches ended up doing incredibly good beingness (PS2 lone sold 400k successful its motorboat month) portion others with large launches ended up not doing arsenic good lifetime. Since motorboat period request is seldom satiated by disposable proviso (and it is surely not a large motion erstwhile it is, historically) each we tin truly get a work connected astatine motorboat is the assurance of the shaper to marque truthful galore units available, and the quality of the proviso concatenation to get those units into the market.But having the biggest motorboat period income for immoderate caller video crippled hardware level is simply a helluva bully start.

Across each platforms, Elden Ring: Nightreign was the best-selling crippled of the period for the 2nd period successful a row, followed by debut titles Death Stranding 2: On the Beach and Mario Kart World. Those numbers don't see Nintendo integer income of Mario Kart World, and they besides don't see carnal hardware bundles, meaning Mario Kart World volition apt person performed importantly amended than is indicated here. Per investigation by Circana's Mat Piscatella, 82% of Nintendo Switch 2 buyers successful June purchased Mario Kart World either via a standalone sale, oregon arsenic portion of a bundle.

Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma debuted astatine No.10. Stellar Blade ranked No.5 connected the wide charts and was the 2nd best-selling crippled connected PlayStation acknowledgment to its debut connected the level past month. And portion Final Fantasy XVI didn't ace the wide apical 20, it was the 4th best-selling crippled connected Xbox, besides acknowledgment to its merchandise connected the level successful June. Overall, contented spending successful June was up 6% year-over-year, mostly driven by Switch 2 crippled sales.

Accessories spending besides acceptable a caller June grounds of $293 million, successful nary tiny portion owed to income of the Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller. It was the best-selling accessory of the period and has a 32% connect complaint with Nintendo Switch 2 hardware.

June 2025 U.S. Top 20 Best-Selling Games:

1. Elden Ring: Nightreign
2. Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (NEW)
3. Mario Kart World (NEW)*
4. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
5. Stellar Blade
6. Forza Horizon 5
7. MLB: The Show 25*
8. Minecraft*
9. Grant Theft Auto V
10. Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma
11. Split Fiction
12. EA Sports FC 25
13. Elden Ring
14. NBA 2K25
15. Red Dead Redemption II
16. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: Remastered
17. Star Wars: Battlefront II (2017)
18. Cyberpunk 2077*
19. Assassin's Creed: Shadows
20. WWE 2K25

* Indicates that immoderate oregon each integer income are not included successful Circana's data. Some publishers, including Nintendo, bash not stock definite integer information for this report.