- The Switch has reportedly become Nintendo’s best-selling console of all time
- By the end of 2025, it has finally surpassed DS’s previous record
- The Switch remains behind the PlayStation 2 by around 5 million units, according to SIE
Nintendo has confirmed that the Switch is officially its best-selling hardware of all time, finally surpassing the previous record set by the original DS console on December 31, 2025.
The company’s latest financial data update (obtained by The Verge) shows that the original Switch (which also stands for the Lite and OLED models) has reached 155.37 million hardware units sold. That has 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 per December 31, 2025, far surpassing any system in its history. The second closest is the DS with 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 sits at 160 million units (as of March 31, 2012).
Despite an underwhelming Christmas performance, the Nintendo Switch 2 has done well in its first six months on store shelves. With 17.37 million hardware units sold by the end of last year, it was Nintendo’s fastest-selling console at launch. However, its momentum may continue to be rocky as analysts have warned consumers to brace for a price hike sometime in 2026.
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