Nintendo Breaks 13-Year Record With New Switch Sales Figures

Nintendo has revealed new Switch sales figures from the first nine months of the current financial year–ending on March 31, 2025–and while sales of the console and its games have been below expectations, there is a silver lining here. The Switch has sold over 150 million units since launch, making it the first console to do so in 13 years.

The last video game console to reach these numbers was also a Nintendo device (as spotted by Stealth on X), specifically the Nintendo DS. The dual-screen handheld had numerous hardware revisions over its lifespan, ranging from the original futuristic clamshell model to a streamlined design before the Nintendo 3DS eventually succeeded it, and it was quite popular with Nintendo fans thanks to its strong library of games and affordable pricing.

The Switch is still the third-best-selling video game system of all time, and if it can shift four million more sales, it’ll take the second place position held by the Nintendo DS. The top spot still belongs to Sony’s PlayStation 2, as after its lifetime sales were updated, it was revealed that over 160 million of these consoles were sold in total.

In other Nintendo news, the company has now sold over 1.3 billion units of software, with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe continuing to be a hit with 5.38 million sales in the latest period and 67.35 million overall. Overall sales on Switch hardware were down by 30.6% year-on-year, while game sales declined by 24.4% year-on-year. When it came to new releases, Super Mario Party Jamboree reached 6.17 million sales, making it the fastest-selling entry in the history of that franchise.

Looking to the future, Nintendo recently showed off the Switch 2 console. While the reveal trailer still left us with several questions for the Switch 2, we do know that new details on it are set to be revealed in a Nintendo Direct that’s scheduled for April 2. Nintendo Fans want to know when the Switch 2 will be released and how much it’ll cost, but US president Donald Trump’s new tariffs could make it an expensive piece of gaming tech.