Nintendo of Europe has introduced that it’s going to cease promoting unique Nintendo Swap consoles in early 2027, after which level retailers gained’t be capable to order any new inventory of your entire Swap household of consoles.
This modification will come into impact in Europe, the place Nintendo says the programs must be “extensively obtainable all yr.”
The choice is probably going associated to new European laws requiring gadgets have simply replaceable batteries. Swap 2 is getting a redesign to adjust to the rule later this yr, however it seems that the unique Swap is not going to.
In an announcement on the Nintendo Help web site, the publishing big introduced that after 10 years, it’s going to cease promoting the Nintendo Swap, Nintendo Swap Lite, and Nintendo Swap OLED in 2027 within the area.
It’s doubtless that gross sales of the Nintendo Swap will proceed in areas outdoors of the EU past the mid-February cut-off.
“From mid-February 2027, nearly ten years after Nintendo Swap launched in March 2017, Nintendo will not promote to retailers {hardware} within the Nintendo Swap household of programs – particularly Nintendo Swap, Nintendo Swap Lite and Nintendo Swap – OLED Mannequin,” the corporate mentioned. “Gross sales of Nintendo Swap {hardware} on Nintendo Retailer may even finish in mid-February 2027.
“Relating to availability at retail, please test together with your native retailers sooner or later for extra info. Nintendo Swap has an intensive library of video games that continues to develop, and Nintendo Swap homeowners can proceed to get pleasure from all their present Nintendo video games and equipment. Nintendo Swap On-line and different providers will all proceed for the foreseeable future.”
Nintendo Swap is closing in on PS2’s document
The Nintendo Swap is Nintendo’s best-selling console thus far. As of December 31, 2025, Nintendo mentioned it offered 155.37 million models. With this milestone, Nintendo Swap’s lifetime gross sales have formally overtaken these of its earlier best-selling console, Nintendo DS (154.02 million).
The very best-selling console of all-time, Sony‘s PlayStation 2, at the moment sits at 160 million models. It’s doubtless that the Nintendo Swap will stay on sale in Japan for a while, the place the system retains recognition, in an effort to cross Sony’s document.
Nintendo Swap launched in 2017 and was the corporate’s first hybrid console, combining the assets of its beforehand separate house console and handheld manufacturing groups.
The console carried out strongly throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, when it offered almost 50 million consoles throughout a two-year interval. Had the system not been affected by shortages, it might have carried out even higher.
