Nintendo Switch 2 Breaks Records with 3.5 Million Opening Weekend Sales, Surpassing Switch 1’s First Month by Nearly a Million

Man, if you’d told me the Switch 2 would sell like hotcakes, I’d have shrugged and said, “Sure, why not?” But 3.5 million in just four days? That’s like blowing your own record out of the water with a cannon or something. And this is coming from the same folks who launched the original Switch not too long ago—2017 feels like a different era now, doesn’t it?

Anyway, not all glitter is gold, or something like that. People in New York had a shocker when their new consoles showed up like they’d survived a battle. Staples through screens … sounds like something out of a bad day at the office. Thankfully, those folks got replacements, so at least some silver lining, right?

Jump across the pond to the UK, and you’ve got boxes arriving unsealed, as if some invisible gremlin couldn’t resist checking it out first. Weak tape or a mischievous invisible force? Either way, folks were not impressed.

But hey, the Switch 2 isn’t just a shiny box. It’s more like if a Swiss Army knife and a console had an epic baby. New Joy-Cons with optical sensors! Who knew aiming and scrolling like a mouse would be a thing here? That larger screen too—7.9 inches! But, seriously, 1080p and 120Hz? That’s just showing off.

And under the hood, well, I’m not going to pretend I’m a tech wizard, but eight ARM Cortex A78C cores and all that jazz sounds fancy. People are already dreaming up hacking scenarios with its microSD thingamajig. M2 NVMe SSDs? Yeah, talk about future-proofing.

Yet, despite all this fanfare, you can still grab one at places like GameStop and Best Buy. Kind of weird, isn’t it? All these sales, but still more to go around.

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