The Daily Populous Monday July 20th, 2026 night edition
Authored by gameobserver.com and submitted by Bubbly-Ad-350

Nintendo Switch 2 has now reached another big milestone in Japan. The console has officially sold more units than the PlayStation Vita managed during its entire time on the market, doing it in just over a year instead of almost eight years.

According to tracking data from Game Data Library (via Famitsu), Nintendo Switch 2 has now sold 6,026,931 units in Japan after just 13 months on sale. By comparison, the PlayStation Vita sold around 5.99 million units during its full lifespan in Japan, where it stayed on the market for about eight years, until 2019. Although the Vita struggled to find the same level of success globally, Japan was by far its strongest market, making this milestone especially significant.

What makes this even more impressive is that the Nintendo Switch 2 reached the same sales in just 13 months, while the PlayStation Vita needed almost eight years. Looking ahead, Nintendo already has another milestone to chase. After reaching 6 million units sold, the Switch 2 is now closing in on the Nintendo Switch Lite, which has sold just under 7 million units in Japan. After that, the console will need to pass the PlayStation 5 family, which has sold around 7.6 million units across all models.

The strong start is not just limited to Japan or PlayStation Vita. Nintendo Switch 2 is also selling faster than the original Nintendo Switch did. During its first full fiscal year after launch, Nintendo shipped 19.86 million Switch 2 units worldwide, compared to around 14.89 million units sold by the original Nintendo Switch during the same period, which means the Switch 2 is already ahead by nearly 5 million units.

In other news, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa promised that the company is preparing a “robust” lineup of games and increasing the overall value of the Switch 2. In addition, the company may be planning a Switch 2 OLED with a 1080p Samsung display, but rising costs could delay the console until 2028.

obetu5432 on July 18th, 2026 at 23:02 UTC »

did it also beat wii U and the OUYA?

03blankman on July 18th, 2026 at 18:06 UTC »

I liked the vita for some of the features like tapping the back to cause an action in game but the cost of the memory card for it was a huge turn off at the time. Now we have mods and adapters that can be added to use a normal memory card. Now when the switch 2 surpasses the psp or switch 1 I’ll be impressed

theluckyowl on July 18th, 2026 at 14:53 UTC »

Vita was an amazing handheld that didnt get the love it deserved.