Nintendo published its earnings release for the quarter ending on December 31, 2024, revealing that the Nintendo Switch sales surpassed 150 million worldwide, at exactly 150.86 million. At 150 million, the Nintendo Switch becomes the second best-selling home console of all time behind the legendary PlayStation 2.
4.82 million Nintendo Switch hardware units were sold in the third quarter of fiscal year ending in March 2025. In addition, 53.7 million software units were sold on Nintendo Switch in the same quarter. This brings the grand total of Nintendo Switch software units sold to 1.359 billion.
Updated Nintendo Switch Sales (As of December 31, 2024)
The top 10 best-selling Nintendo Switch titles include:
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 67.35 million
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 47.44 million
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 35.88 million
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 32.62 million
- Super Mario Odyssey – 29.04 million
- Pokemon Sword and Shield – 26.60 million
- Pokemon Scarlet and Violet – 26.38 million
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – 21.55 million
- Super Mario Party – 21.10 million
- New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe – 18.06 million
Updated sales figures for recent releases include:
- Nintendo Switch Sports – 15.74 million
- Super Mario Party Jamboree – 6.17 million
- The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom – 3.91 million
- Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door – 2.06 million
- Mario & Luigi: Brothership – 1.84 million
- Luigiʼs Mansion 2 HD – 1.80 million units
Nintendo Switch 2 will launch in 2025, and it will be backwards compatibility with Nintendo Switch games and support Nintendo Switch Online. Nintendo Switch 2 features a new stand, new magnetic joycons, a mysterious new button, and a new dock and handheld base. The console is expected to have Hall Effect sticks, which eliminate the stick drift problems of the original Nintendo Switch.
