Nintendo has printed its monetary outcomes for the 9 months ended December 31, 2025, and, amid some spectacular figures for its new Switch 2 {hardware}, it has confirmed that the unique Switch is its best-selling console of all time. Whereas it hasn’t dethroned the PS2 because the best-selling console of all time–160 million models sold–the Switch has reached a lifetime gross sales milestone of 155.37 million models.
This new determine has shifted the Nintendo DS to 3rd place on the listing of best-selling consoles, with the hand-held having moved 154.02 million models throughout its lifetime. Nintendo predicts it can promote one other 750,000 Switch consoles within the present fiscal 12 months, which ends on April 1.
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As for the Switch 2, gross sales numbers now stand at 17.37 million models sold-in throughout its first seven months available on the market. That determine beats the Switch by a whopping 10 million models when timeframes are in contrast and the Switch 2 has already surpassed the lifetime gross sales of the Wii U console (13.56 million) in only a handful of months and is on observe to beat the GameCube (21.74 million). Whereas US Switch 2 gross sales had been down by round 35% from November to December in comparison with Switch 1 gross sales throughout the identical interval, it’s price noting that November 2025 was the worst month for {hardware} gross sales within the US since 1995.
Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa added (through Reuters) that these elements may “strain profitability” for the corporate, whereas Jefferies analyst Atul Goyal believes the corporate is healthier geared up to climate the demand for reminiscence chips, because it has “sizable inventories and long-term contracts” to defend it for a number of extra quarters.
As for video games, Mario Kart World has reached 14 million models bought, round double what Mario Kart 8 Deluxe managed in the identical time period–the sport was bought by itself and as a part of a Switch 2 bundle deal–Donkey Kong Bananza has bought 4.25 million models, and Kirby Air Riders has reached 1.76 million models bought since its November launch. Pokemon Legends: Z-A reached 3.89 million models bought since its October launch, however figures for Metroid Prime 4: Past haven’t but been revealed.