- Circana’s Mat Piscatella Shares US Switch 2 Hardware Sales Data
- In its first three months, the Nintendo console surpasses PlayStation 4
- He adds that hardware revenue growth is being driven by higher sales prices.
Despite rising hardware prices in the US, the Nintendo Switch 2 is still flying off the shelves in the region.
Circana’s trusted industry analyst Mat Piscatella turned to Bluesky to share updated sales data for the Switch 2 spanning the console’s first three months on the market. He stated that “Switch 2 sales were able to offset double-digit percentage drops in PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and Switch.”
Additionally, Piscatella noted that Switch 2, in the US, has sold 2.4 million units in its first three months, surpassing PlayStation 4’s previous record of 2.2 million units sold by that console in the US in its first quarter on sale.
He added that Switch 2 sales “are trending 77% ahead.” [of] “time-aligned sales of the original Nintendo Switch,” showing that there’s a clear appetite and then some for the newer system despite the sharp rise in hardware prices since the days of the OG Switch.
Lastly, on the hardware front, Piscatella wrote that hardware spending so far this year is up 20% over last year. “Unit sales increased 6.5% year over year,” he said, “and the average sales price increased 12.3%, to $453 per unit sold.”
That last statistic shouldn’t necessarily be taken as impressive. In a follow-up post, Piscatella explains that while hardware performance is strong in the US, “it’s higher selling prices that are really driving total spending growth.”
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