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

Alright, let’s dive in. So, the Nintendo Switch 2 just hit the scene, and wow, they’re already shaking things up. The darn thing sold 3.5 million units in – can you believe this? – just four days. I nearly spat out my coffee when I heard this. And this was after releasing on June 5.

Remember how the first Switch sold back in March 2017? Yeah, it did well, but this new one? It’s like it’s showing off. Blew the old record outta the water by 760,000 units. Pretty wild, right? The folks at Nintendo are probably high-fiving all over the place, especially since they’re already cruising towards their goal of 15 million sales by March 2026. Like, whoa!

Oh boy, launch days. You’d think everything would be smooth sailing, but nope. Imagine this: GameStop in New York had to deal with consoles getting wrecked by – wait for it – staples! People opened their boxes only to find the screens punctured. Ouch. Luckily, they got replacements, probably with some soothing words and assurances. Meanwhile, over in the UK, folks found their boxes had unsealed tape. Can’t someone just make a decent strip of tape these days? Either a manufacturing goof or whatnot.

Now, let’s talk what’s under the hood. Sure, there’s a hit to the battery life, but those Joy-Con 2 controllers? They’ve got these newfangled optical sensors. Think of it like aiming with a mouse. Fancy! And that 7.9-inch screen, delivering all the pixels at 1080p and 120Hz – crisp times infinity.

What’s ticking inside? The tech nerds out there will appreciate this: eight ARM Cortex A78C cores. That’s a mouthful, right? Plus, a snazzy Nvidia Ampere GPU. It’s packing 12GB of LPDDR5X RAM and 256GB storage. Expandable, of course, because who stops at 256GB, honestly? There’s this cool slot for microSD Express cards, can juice it up to 2TB. Oh, and possibly MOD it for M2 NVMe SSDs – at least, theoretically. Don’t quote me on that.

Amid all the hoopla, if you’re itching to grab one of these bad boys, they’re not flying entirely off the shelves yet. They’re still hanging out at GameStop, Best Buy, and UK retailers.

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