Whereas gross sales may be slowing down, the Nintendo Switch nonetheless seems to be set to interrupt a longstanding document because it steadily climbs upward. In its new monetary report for the three months ending December 31, 2023, Nintendo says it bought 13.74 million Switch items, bringing the lifetime gross sales whole of the console to 139.36 million.
In Japan, the Switch has formally outsold the Nintendo DS (32.98 million) with 33.34 million lifetime gross sales thus far. Nintendo predicts that world Switch lifetime sales–for the OLED, common, and Lite models–will attain 141.12 million items bought by March 2024, and it has revised its sales forecast for the present monetary 12 months, predicting a rise from 15 million unit gross sales to fifteen.5 million.
At the moment, the Switch comfortably holds the place of the third-best-selling console of all time, and if the Nintendo gross sales forecast is correct, it’s going to ultimately beat the worldwide lifetime gross sales of the Nintendo DS (154 million). If the Switch can try this, it’s going to be inside spitting distance of dethroning the PlayStation 2 (155 million), as Sony’s console has held onto the highest spot for a few years.
Nintendo will launch Princess Peach: Showtime and Mario vs. Donkey Kong within the first half of the 12 months. Splatoon 3 may also obtain new Growth Cross content material and different anticipated video games for the system embrace Unicorn Overlord, Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD, and Paper Mario: The Thousand-12 months Door.
As for the Switch 2, Nintendo is remaining tight-lipped on its subsequent gaming console. In the course of the monetary briefing, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa defined that the present Switch household of consoles can be Nintendo’s “principal enterprise” heading into 2024.