Nintendo Switch 2 Breaks Records with 3.5 Million Opening Weekend Sales—Surpassing Switch 1’s First Month by Nearly a Million in Just Four Days

Alright, picture this: Nintendo drops the Switch 2 and everyone’s losing it. I mean, seriously, 3.5 million units in four days? That’s bonkers. But I guess when the original one sold like 2.74 million in a whole month back in March 2017, you gotta up the ante. Did they plan this? Maybe. Or maybe I’m just rambling.

Anyway, the company’s like, “This is the best hardware launch ever, trust us.” They’re already a fifth of the way to hitting their 15-million-in-a-year target. Gotta hand it to them, they’ve got big dreams. It’s not all sunshine, though. Imagine your brand new console showing up with holes in the screen because someone decided staples were a good idea for attaching receipts. Yeah, that happened in New York. Nightmare fuel.

Across the UK, people are unboxing their shiny new toys only to find that the box was kinda… already opened? Tape fail. Is it just me, or is this the kind of stuff you can’t make up?

Let’s talk specs, though. The Switch 2, despite eating battery for breakfast, serves up some tasty upgrades. Joy-Con 2 controllers now with optical sensors — basically, they’re like mice now for aiming and stuff. Sweet, right? Plus, the screen’s now a 7.9-inch, 1080p, 120Hz beast. But hey, don’t shoot the messenger if tech talk makes your eyes glaze over.

Inside, it’s armed with eight ARM Cortex A78C cores, an Nvidia Ampere GPU — sounds fancy. Add to that 12GB of whatchamacallit memory and 256GB storage (upgradeable to a mind-boggling 2TB), and you’ve got a powerhouse on your hands. Oh, and there’s talk about some DIY hack with M2 NVMe SSDs. Could be real, could be a pipe dream.

Despite all the hullabaloo, you can actually still snag one from GameStop, Best Buy— even in the UK. Shocker there, considering everyone’s been clamoring for it like it’s the last soda on a hot day.

In the midst of all this chaos, don’t forget to check out Tom’s Hardware for all the updates. Who knows what’s next in this wild ride?