Switch 2 has become the fastest selling video game hardware device in US history, usurping the PS4
Nintendo’s Switch successor – the aptly named Switch 2 – has become the fastest selling video game hardware device in US history, knocking the PS4 off the top spot.
That’s according to the latest data from Circana, with analyst Mat Piscatella revealing 1.6m Switch 2 units were sold in the US during the console’s launch month. The previous record holder was Sony’s PlayStation 4, with 1.1m units sold during November 2013.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given what I have just told you, the Switch 2 was the best-selling console of the month in terms of both physical unit sales and dollar sales.
Piscatella said 82 percent of US Switch 2 owners who purchased their console in June also plumped for launch title Mario Kart World. This was either via a physical new game sale or as part of the Nintendo Switch 2 + Mario Kart World Bundle.