- The Switch has reportedly become Nintendo’s best-selling console ever
- As of the end of 2025, it has finally surpassed the DS’s previous record
- The Switch remains behind the PlayStation 2 by about 5 million units, according to SIE
Nintendo has confirmed that the Switch is officially its all-time best-selling piece of hardware, finally surpassing the previous record set by the original DS console as of December 31, 2025.
The company’s latest financial data update (sourced by The Verge) shows that the original Switch (also accounting for the Lite and OLED models) has reached 155.37 million hardware units sold. That’s been enough to dethrone the Nintendo DS and its lifetime sales of 154.02 million units across all models.
The Switch has also crossed 1.5 billion software units sold as of December 31, 2025, vastly outpacing any system in its history. The next closest is the DS at 948.76 software units, closely followed by the Wii’s 921.85 million.
Still, Nintendo has some legwork left to do if it wants the Switch to surpass the lifetime sales of the PlayStation 2. According to Sony Interactive Entertainment’s cumulative worldwide hardware unit sales, the PS2 is sitting at 160 million units (as of March 31, 2012).
Despite an underwhelming Christmas performance, the Nintendo Switch 2 has done alright in its first six months on store shelves. At 17.37 million hardware units sold as of the end of last year, it was Nintendo’s fastest-selling console at launch. Its momentum may continue to be rocky, though, as analysts have warned consumers to brace for a price hike sometime in 2026.
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