{"id":373511,"date":"2026-07-29T12:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T19:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=373511"},"modified":"2026-09-30T07:43:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T14:43:43","slug":"nintendo-switch-2-has-now-outsold-the-gamecube-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/nintendo-switch-2-has-now-outsold-the-gamecube-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Switch 2 has now outsold the GameCube in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nintendo Switch<\/a> 2 has already cleared another early sales marker in the UK. Industry tracking now puts it ahead of the Nintendo GameCube\u2019s estimated lifetime total<\/strong> there, giving Nintendo one more big milestone in a market that tends to matter a lot for console momentum.<\/p>\n

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The numbers behind that are strong. Industry estimates say Switch 2 has passed roughly 1.15 million units<\/strong> in the UK within its first year. It hit 1 million in 52 weeks; the original Nintendo Switch took about 82 weeks to get to the same point. Its UK launch was also more than twice the size of the first Switch, which makes Switch 2 Nintendo\u2019s biggest hardware launch in the country and the sixth fastest-selling home console the UK market has seen.<\/p>\n\n

For people who keep track of Nintendo hardware sales, the next figure on the horizon is the Nintendo 64, which sits at around 1.5 million<\/strong> UK units.<\/p>\n\n

That comparison needs a small asterisk, though. These older hardware totals should be read as best-available estimates<\/strong>, not as fresh official numbers from Nintendo, and that matters most when you’re talking about systems like the GameCube or the Nintendo 64.<\/p>\n\n

The same pattern is showing up worldwide. As of March 2026<\/strong>, Nintendo\u2019s own published sales figures put Switch 2 at 19.86 million units globally. That leaves it closing in on the GameCube\u2019s 21.74 million lifetime total, and it says a lot about how well Nintendo has carried the original Switch\u2019s success into this follow-up.<\/p>\n\n

If you want one, Nintendo Switch 2 is on sale now through Nintendo and the usual major retailers.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nintendo Switch 2 has already cleared another early sales marker in the UK. Industry tracking now puts it ahead of the Nintendo GameCube\u2019s estimated lifetime total there, giving Nintendo one more big milestone in a market that tends to matter a lot for console momentum. The numbers behind that are strong. Industry estimates say Switch … Continue reading “Nintendo Switch 2 has now outsold the GameCube in the UK”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1009,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-373511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t