Switch Worldwide Sales Cross 154.01 Million Units, Close To Surpassing Nintendo DS

Nintendo has published their latest earnings report, revealing some updated sales numbers for their hardware and software.

According to their report, the Switch has sold around 154.01 million units worldwide as of that date including the base model, Switch Lite, and OLED models. This is figure suggests that the console is extremely close to, or has possibly already surpassed, the Nintendo DS as the company’s highest selling console, with the handheld sitting at 154.02 million units in lifetime sales.

That said, Nintendo is not that confident that the Switch will continue selling as well in terms of hardware, having revised their projections from 4.5 million to 4 million units of hardware. However, their projections for Switch software was revised up from 105 million to 125 million units, suggesting that they still expect players to keep buying Switch 1 games for the near future.

We also have the updated Top 10 Software Sales Ranking for the Switch below:

1. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 69.56 million
2. Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 48.62 million
3. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 36.93 million
4. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 33.34 million
5. Super Mario Odyssey – 29.84 million
6. Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet – 27.61 million
7. Pokemon Sword / Pokemon Shield – 26.96 million
8. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – 22.15 million
9. Super Mario Party – 21.23 million
10. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe – 18.53 million

Aside from the Top 10, Nintendo also released updated sales figures for the Super Mario Party Jamboree, which has reached 8.64 million units sold.

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