The Nintendo Switch 2 debuted in June to change into the fastest-selling {hardware} ever in the U.S., capturing spending on video games to new month-to-month data, in response to the month-to-month report from Circana.
Spending on {hardware} was up a whopping 249% year-over-year because of the console’s debut, reaching $978 million and significantly surpassing the earlier month-to-month file from June 2008 of $608 million. In whole, the Switch 2 bought 1.6 million models in the U.S. throughout its launch month, beating the PlayStation 4’s earlier gross sales file of 1.1 million models in November of 2013. Unshockingly, it was the best-selling console of the month each in phrases of models and greenback gross sales.
Throughout each Nintendo Switch platforms, Switch 2-exclusive Mario Kart World was unshockingly the best-selling sport of the month, adopted by Cyberpunk 2077 and Rune Manufacturing unit: Guardians of Azuma, each of which launched alongside the new console. In fourth and fifth place respectively had been Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild, adopted by Road Fighter 6, Mario Kart 8, Hogwarts Legacy, Bravely Default’s remaster, and Minecraft. As a result of Nintendo would not share digital gross sales numbers with Circana, this chart could also be lacking some massive sellers. As an illustration, we realized in the present day that Deltarune topped Switch 2 charts in digital sales in June, however with no bodily version and the sport solely costing $25, it is lacking from the greenback gross sales rating completely.
So does all this Nintendo Switch 2 success imply it is on monitor to outsell the Nintendo Switch 1? I requested Circana analyst Mat Piscatella, and that is what he informed me:
What the launch gross sales of Switch 2 primarily inform us is that they made loads of Switch 2 to promote at launch. Lifetime gross sales and launch gross sales of a console typically don’t correlate, that means that some consoles with small launches ended up doing extremely nicely lifetime (PS2 solely bought 400k in its launch month) whereas others with massive launches ended up not doing as nicely lifetime. Since launch month demand isn’t satiated by out there provide (and it’s definitely not an amazing signal when it’s, traditionally) all we will actually get a learn on at launch is the confidence of the producer to make so many models out there, and the capacity of the provide chain to get these models into the market.
However having the largest launch month gross sales for any new online game {hardware} platform is a helluva good begin.
Throughout all platforms, Elden Ring: Nightreign was the best-selling sport of the month for the second month in a row, adopted by debut titles Dying Stranding 2: On the Seashore and Mario Kart World. These numbers do not embrace Nintendo digital gross sales of Mario Kart World, they usually additionally do not embrace bodily {hardware} bundles, that means Mario Kart World will possible have carried out considerably higher than is indicated right here. Per evaluation by Circana’s Mat Piscatella, 82% of Nintendo Switch 2 patrons in June bought Mario Kart World both by way of a standalone sale, or as a part of a bundle.
Rune Manufacturing unit: Guardians of Azuma debuted at No.10. Stellar Blade ranked No.5 on the general charts and was the second best-selling sport on PlayStation because of its debut on the platform final month. And whereas Remaining Fantasy XVI did not crack the general high 20, it was the fourth best-selling sport on Xbox, additionally because of its launch on the platform in June. General, content material spending in June was up 6% year-over-year, largely pushed by Switch 2 sport gross sales.
Equipment spending additionally set a brand new June file of $293 million, in no small half because of gross sales of the Nintendo Switch 2 Professional Controller. It was the best-selling accent of the month and has a 32% connect price with Nintendo Switch 2 {hardware}.
June 2025 U.S. Prime 20 Finest-Promoting Video games:
- Elden Ring: Nightreign
- Dying Stranding 2: On the Seashore (NEW)
- Mario Kart World (NEW)*
- Name of Responsibility: Black Ops 6
- Stellar Blade
- Forza Horizon 5
- MLB: The Present 25*
- Minecraft*
- Grant Theft Auto V
- Rune Manufacturing unit: Guardians of Azuma
- Break up Fiction
- EA Sports activities FC 25
- Elden Ring
- NBA 2K25
- Purple Useless Redemption II
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: Remastered
- Star Wars: Battlefront II (2017)
- Cyberpunk 2077*
- Murderer’s Creed: Shadows
- WWE 2K25
* Signifies that some or all digital gross sales usually are not included in Circana’s knowledge. Some publishers, together with Nintendo, don’t share sure digital knowledge for this report.