Switch 2 vs Switch 1 Sales Comparison in Japan - July 2025 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 18 August 2025 / 16,221 Views
The VGChartz sales comparison series of articles are updated monthly and each one focuses on a different sales comparison using our estimated video game hardware figures. The charts include comparisons between the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch, as well as with older platforms. There are articles based on our worldwide estimates, as well as the US, Europe, and Japan.
This monthly series compares the aligned Japanese sales of the Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch 1.
The Nintendo Switch 2 launched in June 2025 in Japan and the Nintendo Switch launched in March 2017. Therefore, the normal holiday periods and the Japanese Golden Week holiday for the two consoles do not lineup.
Switch 2 Vs. Switch 1 Japan:
Gap change in latest month: 169,674 - Switch 2
Total Lead: 921,706 - Switch 2
Switch 2 Total Sales: 1,696,409
Switch 1 Total Sales: 774,703
July 2025 is the 2nd month that the Nintendo Switch 2 has been available for in Japan. During the latest month, the Switch 2 has outsold the Switch 1 by 0.17 million units when you align the launches. The Switch 2 is now ahead of the Switch 1 by 0.92 million units.
The 2nd month for the Switch 2 is July 2025, while for the Switch 1 it is April 2017. The Switch 2 has sold 1.70 million units, while the Switch 1 sold 0.77 million units during the same timeframe.
The Nintendo Switch 1 sold 35.92 million units to date. The Switch 2 is currently 34.22 million units behind the lifetime sales of the Switch 1.
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I really have no idea how any video game system will ever top what NSW accomplished in JP. Steady legs for nearly a whole decade. It sold well every week, never dipping too far below 50k/wk. If there is a system that’ll top it, my guess is that it would have to be the successor. Off to a very big lead that’ll likely grow over the next couple of years. Whether it can maintain similar consistency — especially with the current state of the global economy — it’s impossible to say.
I think that given the newest patent from Nintendo (attachable second screen), the Switch 2 will overtake Switch sales in Japan easily.
That’s certainly plausible! Though the question of whether Nintendo will actually make use of these patents is still a big question mark…many patents don’t typically lead to anything; e.g. Nintendo Phone (US Patent 7069044) from the early 2000s, the OG NX controller patent, the patent of giving Joy Cons hinges, the Wii Robot, etc. Most patents are filed whenever a company has an innovative idea worth entertaining.
Very true, but I don’t see another use for the USB-C port except for the Game Chat Camera and charging. Seems like a “DS & 3DS” emulation for the Switch would be a huge success, and they have the capability to do so under NSO new console additions. They have GB & GBA and GCN, let’s hope they decide to add DS and 3DS.
I’d like to add that the mouse movement of the Joycon 2 is reminiscent of the Wiimote. Could the Switch 2 bring all of Nintendo’s Consoles and Handhelds together under one generation?
Unlikely. What the Switch accomplished in Japan is already crazy. But, considering the falling population and anemic birthrates of the past decade, it's difficult to imagine Nintendo's market expanding past 36m this generation. To put that into context, 36m is nearly 1/3 of the population. To reach those sorts of numbers, Nintendo would have to really go hard on hardware revisions/special editions this generation.
I'm guessing around 30m sold for the Switch 2 lifetime in Japan.
the switch is still outselling the PS5 2 to 1
@ 2zospastic, ok whatever you say you little Nintendo slut
