Nintendo Switch is one of the fastest-rising stories on Reddit right now. Over roughly 17 hours, 7 threads about it surfaced across 4 subreddits, most of the conversation happening in r/NintendoSwitch, r/gaming and r/Games. Combined, those threads hold roughly 7.6K upvotes and 1.9K comments so far.
What the sources report
These are the reports Redditors are sharing most, in the outlets’ own words. We quote them rather than paraphrase, so nothing is lost or added.
- IGN: Switch 2 Sales Fall but Nintendo Is Sticking to Its Hardware Forecast, With Zelda Expected to Make a Big Splash
Nintendo has ruled out further Switch 2 price rises while reporting falling console sales and reduced profit.
- Polygon: Nintendo Hints the Switch 2 Will Keep Getting Classic Remakes
Nintendo's Nate Bihldorff says that new games and remakes are of 'equal importance'
- CNBC: Nintendo Switch 2 sales plunge 41% as price hikes and memory crunch bite
Sales of Nintendo's flagship Switch 2 plunged in its fiscal second quarter after the Japanese gaming giant rolled out price hikes amid soaring memory costs.
Where Reddit is talking about it
| Community | Threads | Upvotes | Comments | First thread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r/NintendoSwitch | 2 | 4,097 | 986 | Nov 5, 06:31 UTC |
| r/gaming | 2 | 2,771 | 543 | Nov 5, 07:13 UTC |
| r/Games | 2 | 595 | 336 | Nov 5, 06:32 UTC |
| r/business ↗ | 1 | 166 | 36 | Nov 5, 08:25 UTC |
The biggest threads
- Nintendo Rules Out Further Switch 2 Price Rises as Console Sales and Profit Fallr/NintendoSwitch · 2,397 upvotes · 617 comments · Nov 5, 12:56 UTC · IGN
- Nintendo Switch 2 has sold 26.35 million units, Nintendo Switch has sold 157.20 million unitsr/NintendoSwitch · 1,700 upvotes · 369 comments · Nov 5, 06:31 UTC · nintendo.co.jp
- Nintendo President Furukawa says they are not considering another Switch 2 price increase as "They are in position to be able to secure a sufficient memory quantities."r/gaming · 1,698 upvotes · 273 comments · Nov 5, 14:53 UTC · Reuters
- Nintendo Switch 2 has sold 26.35M units, Nintendo Switch has sold 157.2M units as of September 2026r/gaming · 1,073 upvotes · 270 comments · Nov 5, 07:13 UTC · nintendo.co.jp
- Nintendo Switch 2 has sold 26.35 million units, Nintendo Switch has sold 157.20 million unitsr/Games · 344 upvotes · 148 comments · Nov 5, 06:32 UTC · nintendo.co.jp
- Nintendo hints the Switch 2 will keep getting classic remakesr/Games · 251 upvotes · 188 comments · Nov 5, 23:10 UTC · polygon.com
- Nintendo Switch 2 Q2 2026 sales plunge 41% as price hikes and memory crunch biter/business · 166 upvotes · 36 comments · Nov 5, 08:25 UTC · CNBC
Timeline on Reddit
- First thread we found, in r/NintendoSwitch: “Nintendo Switch 2 has sold 26.35 million units, Nintendo Switch has sold 157.20 million units”
- The story reaches r/Games: “Nintendo Switch 2 has sold 26.35 million units, Nintendo Switch has sold 157.20 million units”
- The story reaches r/gaming: “Nintendo Switch 2 has sold 26.35M units, Nintendo Switch has sold 157.2M units as of September 2026”
- First link to CNBC shared, in r/business ↗.
- The biggest thread so far is posted in r/NintendoSwitch (2,397 upvotes, 617 comments by our last count).
- Latest thread in our sample, in r/Games.
How this page is made
SubMouse watches dozens of large, safe-for-work subreddits and Google's trending searches. When several communities start talking about the same event at the same time, we group those threads into one story and publish this page, then refresh it while the story keeps rising. The counts are ours; everything said about the event itself is quoted and credited to the post or outlet it comes from. Claims in Reddit posts are unverified unless an outlet confirms them. Upvote and comment counts come from Reddit's public data via the Arctic Shift archive and can lag. Spotted a mistake? Tell us. Not affiliated with Reddit.