Nintendo Switch:
- Hardware:129.53 million units
- Software:1,088.35 million units
In comparison:
Nintendo Wii
- Hardware: 101.63 million units
- Software: 921.85 million units
Nintendo DS
- Hardware: 154.02 million units
- Software: 948.76 million units
Top 10 Switch titles and their sales:
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 55.46 million pcs.
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 42.79 million pcs.
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - 31.77 million pcs.
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 30.65 million pcs.
- Super Mario Odyssey - 26.44 million pcs.
- Pokémon Sword/Pokémon Shield - 25.92 million pcs.
- Pokémon Scarlet/Pokémon Violet - 22.66 million pcs.
- Super Mario Party - 19.39 million pcs.
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (released May 12, 2023) - 18.51 million pcs.
- New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe - 16.17 million pcs.
That’s interesting.
If Switch 2 is completely backwards compatible with Switch games, and Switch ( or Switch Lite) is much cheaper than Switch 2, I can see some people getting Switch instead.
Let’s see what happens.
My Switch games collection is the biggest games collection I’ve ever had, so it better be backwards compatible 😅
Haha, same here. Not counting subscription games, my Switch games library is bigger than my PS5, PS3 and PS Vita’s library combined.