Nintendo Switch Becomes the Japanese Company's Best-Selling Console Ever
Shipping three times as many units as the PlayStation 5 last quarter.
The Nintendo Switch has officially become the Japanese gaming giant’s best-selling console ever.
Over the third quarter of fiscal 2021, the company sold 10.67 million units of its newer OLED model, almost triple of Sony’s 3.9 million units shipped for the PlayStation 5 in the same period. The massive sales figure brings the Switch’s lifetime total since its launch in 2017 to 103.54 million units, surpassing the company’s previous best-seller Wii‘s 101.63 million.
Despite the monumental milestone, the quarter was less than ideal for Nintendo, which saw Switch sales down 8% year over year. The first nine months also saw a decline in sales of 6% to $11.52 billion USD, and the company has now revised its yearly forecast down to 23 million units from 24 million previously. Luckily, game sales have performed better, seeing the highest quarterly consumer sales since the launch of the console. Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl shipped a whopping 13.97 million copies while Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is still running strong with 7.69 million, followed by Mario Party Superstars at 5.43 million and Animal Crossing: New Horizons at 4.99 million.
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