Nintendo published its earnings release for the quarter ending on March 31, 2024, revealing that the Nintendo Switch sales reached 141.32 million worldwide. Updated sales figures for Nintendo Switch software were also revealed.
1.96 million Nintendo Switch hardware units were moved in the third quarter of fiscal year ending in March 2024. Additionally, 35.72 million software units were sold on Nintendo Switch in the same quarter. This brings the grand total of Nintendo Switch software units sold to 1.235 billion.
Updated Nintendo Switch Sales (March 31, 2024)
Nintendo reports good sales for many of its evergreen titles, including The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and even Pikmin 4. Hardware and software sales saw a 12.6% and 6.7% decrease year-over-year respectively, however.
Despite this, Nintendo’s revenue from digital sales (downloadable content, digital games, Nintendo Switch Online subscriptions) increased by 9.4% to 443.3 billion yen. Moreover, the reveal of the Nintendo Switch successor is imminent in the current fiscal year, which ends on March 31, 2025.
The 10 best-selling first-party Switch titles are:
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 61.97 million
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 45.36 million
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 34.22 million
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 31.85 million
- Super Mario Odyssey – 27.96 million
- Pokemon Sword and Shield – 26.27 million
- Pokemon Scarlet and Violet – 24.92 million
- Super Mario Party – 20.66 million
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – 20.61 million
- New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe – 17.45 million
Updated sales figures for recent releases include:
- Luigi’s Mansion 3 – 14.25 million
- Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury – 13.47 million
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder – 13.44 million
- Nintendo Switch Sports – 13.11 million
- Mario Party Superstars – 12.89 million
- Splatoon 3 – 11.96 million
- Pikmin 4 – 3.48 million
- Super Mario RPG – 3.31 million
- Princess Peach: Showtime! – 1.22 million
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong – 1.12 million
