{"id":98581,"date":"2026-11-10T08:12:58","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T00:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=98581"},"modified":"2026-11-10T08:12:58","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T00:12:58","slug":"switch-2-just-had-its-best-sales-week-of-2026-and-its-all-because-of-zelda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=98581","title":{"rendered":"Switch 2 Just Had Its Best Sales Week Of 2026, And It\u2019s All Because Of Zelda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nintendo just released The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time&#8217;s remake for Switch 2, and the themed console that Nintendo debuted with the game has, perhaps unsurprisingly, sold incredibly well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Circana&#8217;s Mat Piscatella shared new data that confirms the Switch 2 just had its best sales week of 2026 so far, based on dollar sales, thanks to the 40th Anniversary Edition console. The $520 console launched on October 29, and Circana&#8217;s reporting period for the week ended on October 31. <\/p>\n<figure data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;core&quot;: { &quot;image&quot;: { &quot;initialized&quot;: true } } }\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-ref-id=\"1953840\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.core.image.showLightbox\" style=\"cursor: zoom-in\" height=\"623\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-09-at-3.30.37-PM.png?w=636\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1953840\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The 40th Anniversary Edition Switch 2.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The special-edition console sports a geometric design inspired by the Zelda series, with a large Triforce symbol on the dock. The accompanying Joy-Cons feature the game&#8217;s classic green and gold color scheme, along with specific designs based on the RPG series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The system doesn&#8217;t include a copy of the game, which launched on November 5, and is priced at $60 digitally and $70 on a physical cartridge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sales of the 40th Anniversary Edition console helped lift total spending on hardware in the US for the week by 81% compared to the same week in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ocarina of Time remake has been a huge hit critically, scoring a 9\/10 here at GameSpot. It&#8217;s the highest-rated game of 2026 so far. Nintendo has not revealed any sales numbers for the game, however.<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/switch-2-just-had-its-best-sales-week-of-2026-and-its-all-because-of-zelda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><br \/>\n<center><script>\n  atOptions = {\n    'key' : 'ab8cc34fbebd96e6c135978b4baca540',\n    'format' : 'iframe',\n    'height' : 90,\n    'width' : 728,\n    'params' : {}\n  };\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highrevenueformat.com\/ab8cc34fbebd96e6c135978b4baca540\/invoke.js\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo just released The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time&#8217;s remake for Switch 2, and the themed console that Nintendo debuted with the game has,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[945,255,947,5013],"class_list":["post-98581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-sales","tag-switch","tag-week","tag-zelda","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=98581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/98582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=98581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=98581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}