The Nintendo Switch has now sold over 103.54 million consoles worldwide–which is up 10 million units since September–finally beating the 101.6 million sales milestone of the Wii.
While the Switch’s impressive sales still don’t make it Nintendo’s best-selling hardware ever–that still belongs to the Nintendo DS family with over 154 million units sold–this hybrid did manage to finally topple the once great Wii.
According to Nintendo 18.95 million Switch consoles were sold during the first nine months of its last fiscal year, with sales dropping by 21.4% when compared to the previous year. While Nintendo points to supply shortages caused by the ongoing pandemic and the Animal Crossing: New Horizons bubble bursting, it still expects to ship 23 million Switch sales before the end of March.
Chart below looks at Switch sell in compared to other consoles when launch aligned.
— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) February 3, 2022
- Switch has surpassed Wii (101.63m) and PS1 (102.49m) after 58 months on the market
- Selling faster than Wii, PS4 and PS2, when launch aligned.
- It will continue to remain behind the DS pic.twitter.com/c8SjBXy3n3
“Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch Lite also sustained sales momentum following the launch of Nintendo Switch OLED Model, and all three models sold well while maintaining a good sales balance,” Nintendo stated in its February 2022 financial results. “Last fiscal year, the March 2020 release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons was a major driver of hardware sales, so compared to the same period of last year, the unit sales declined for hardware resulting in 18.95 million units (a decrease of 21.4% year-on-year).”
The original Switch console has sold 81.68 million units by the end of 2021. The Switch Lite model landed second place with 17.87 million sales, with the new Switch OLED model has sold over 3.99 million units since its launch.
