Nintendo has it. revealed The Switch has surpassed 140 million units sold, further securing its current spot as the second best-selling console in the company’s history. The news comes as Nintendo revealed that it won’t announce a successor to the Switch until March 2025, meaning the Switch still has some time to catch up to Nintendo’s best-selling console: the Nintendo DS. .
Since the last financial results call, the Switch has sold an additional 1.96 million units, bringing its total 141.32. That puts it in second place, behind only the Nintendo DS’s massive 154.02 million. It’s possible that the Switch will surpass the Nintendo DS, especially considering that the Switch will continue to sell after its successor is released, but that’s a big difference of 13 million units to close. have to do
Elsewhere in financial results, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom sold 20.28 million units, Super Mario Bros. Wonder sold 11.96 million, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sold another 6.79 million, and Pikmin 4 sold 3.33 million. The fiscal year ending with March 2024 was a strong year for Switch Software, which sold 163.95 million units in the first quarter of fiscal 2024. However, compared to the same quarters in fiscal 2023, Switch Software is down 4.7%.
With a Switch successor on the horizon, that number will likely increase this time next year.
In the meantime, read about next month’s Nintendo Direct, and then check out. Informant in the game Top 10 Switch Games Next, check out the list of Switch’s best-selling games.
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