Nintendo Switch sales:
- Hardware:150.86 million units
- Software: 1,359.80 million units
In comparison, Nintendo DS sales:
- Harware: 154.02 million
- Software: 948.76 million units
Top selling Switch games:
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 67.35 million pcs.
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 47.44 million pcs.
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - 35.88 million pcs.
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 32.62 million pcs.
- Super Mario Odyssey - 29.04 million pcs.
- Pokémon Sword/Pokémon Shield - 26.60 million pcs.
- Pokémon Scarlet/Pokémon Violet - 26.38 million pcs.
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 21.55 million pcs.
- Super Mario Party - 21.10 million pcs.
- New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe - 18.06 million pcs.
the fact new horizons sold that well yet stopped receiving support saddens me.
Especially when you compare it to New Leaf’s 13 million units sold, and was supported for way longer than Horizons.
I think the only reason it sold that well was because it launched in March 2020, basically lockdown central
This always bugged me a little, but when I saw how much support the mobile Animal Crossing game got, it really made me sad. They poured money and development resources into that game, but left the full price, multi million seller behind after a year, and it still lacks many features of its predecessors. I love the game and still play it off and on, but damn. It could have really been the pinnacle of the series.
Nintendo backed away from a lot of maintenance lately. Mario Maker 2, all the Mario Parry releases, etc.
The only thing they ever update is Mario Kart 8