Switch, Zelda smash two-day sales records for Nintendo

Nintendo’s new console is off to impressive start.

The Nintendo Switch (read our review) sold better in its first two days in the Americas than any of the company’s other consoles, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime told New York Times reporter Nick Wingfield. The Wii had the strongest launch up until this point, and now the Switch has knocked that motion-controlled console down to No. 2. Demand and excitement for the hybrid home/handheld console is high, and Nintendo capitalized on that by feeding enough hardware to retailers. Now, the publisher will have to turn this early success into sustained sales.