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Nintendo is without doubt one of the longest-running and best-known gaming corporations on the planet, however simply what number of video games and programs has Nintendo bought through the years?
The corporate said today that it is now bought greater than 870 million programs and in extra of 6 billion video games globally. Nintendo didn’t present a breakdown by platform, however Nintendo’s public investor relations website reveals that the unique Switch accounts for a whopping 1.452 billion sport gross sales alone and 154.01 million programs bought. In truth, the Switch is simply 10,000 models shy of passing the DS (154.02 million) to turn out to be Nintendo’s best-selling platform ever.
Behind the Switch and DS for {hardware} gross sales is the Recreation Boy (118.69), the Wii (101.63 million), and the Recreation Boy Advance (81.51 million) to spherical out the highest 5 best-selling Nintendo platforms.
When it comes to sport gross sales, the Switch 1 ranks highest by a large margin. The subsequent closest to the Switch is the DS, which has amassed 948.76 million sport gross sales, adopted by the Wii (921.85 million), Recreation Boy (501.11 million), NES (500.01 million), after which the 3DS (392.29 million).
The Switch 2, in the meantime, launched in June 2025 and has surpassed 10 million unit gross sales in its first 4 months; greater than 20.6 million video games have been bought for the system. Nintendo additionally not too long ago boosted its gross sales projections for the Switch 2, elevating the gross sales forecast for the console this fiscal 12 months from 15 million to 19 million, a rise of greater than 26%.