After just four days, the Switch 2 had sold 3.5 million units, making it the most successful console launch of all time. Nintendo is now reporting it sold just shy of six million Switch 2s in the system’s first month,

As of 30th June, Nintendo had sold 5.82 million Switch 2s (3.5 million in the first four days) along with 5.63 million copies of Mario Kart World, including the digital downloads included in the popular Mario Kart hardware bundle. Overall Switch 2 software sales totalled 8.67 million units.

Surprising sales data suggests Mario Kart World isn’t doing well digitally, but there’s actually a logical explanation for it.