The seemingly unbreakable sales records once held by the legendary PlayStation 2 and Game Boy Advance in Japan have finally been toppled. And the record-breaker is none other than the Nintendo Switch 2 — Nintendo’s latest gaming machine — with a launch more explosive than anything seen before in the history of gaming.
>Nintendo Switch 2 sells over 1.5 million units in Japan in its first month
>The Japanese gaming market has just witnessed a historic shift. According to official figures from the reputable gaming magazine Famitsu, the Nintendo Switch 2 sold 1,538,260 units in Japan in its first month of release. This astonishing number has officially pushed two former giants into the shadows:
>Game Boy Advance: 1,367,433 units (first month)
>PlayStation 2: 1,134,862 units (first month)
>This spectacular overthrow has made the Nintendo Switch 2 the most successful console launch of all time in Japan, setting a new record that will be hard for future challengers to surpass.