The Nintendo Switch Has Now Sold 41.67 Million Units; Top 10 Best Selling Games on Nintendo Switch

The Nintendo Switch Has Now Sold 41.67 Million Units; Top 10 Best Selling Games on Nintendo Switch
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As of Nintendo releasing its most up to date financial results, we now know that the Nintendo Switch has sold 41.67 million units since its launch in March 2017 and the top 10 best selling games on Nintendo Switch. To put that into perspective, the Nintendo 64 sold 32.93 million units and the Super Nintendo sold 49.1 million units throughout their entire lifespans.

Nintendo Switch (Credit Nintendo Australia)

The Switch has also sold 246.01 million software units that were specifically published by Nintendo themselves. Here are some more numbers:

  • Net sales: 271.856 million this fiscal quarter; 443.967 million this fiscal year
  • Operating income: 66.794 million this fiscal quarter; 94.222 million this fiscal year
  • Net profit: 45.414 million this fiscal quarter; 62.018 million this fiscal year
  • 2.85 million original Switch units sold in the fiscal quarter; 4.95 million this fiscal year
  • 1.95 million Switch Lite units sold this fiscal quarter/year
  • 4.8 million overall Switch units sold this fiscal quarter; 6.93 million this fiscal year
  • Switch software: 35.87 million this quarter, 58.49 million this fiscal year
  • 0.17 million 3DS units sold this fiscal quarter; 0.37 million this fiscal year
  • 3DS software: 1.12 million this quarter, 2.6 million this fiscal year

And here’s the top 10 best selling games on Nintendo Switch:

  1. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 19.01 million units
  2. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 15.71 million units
  3. Super Mario Odyssey – 15.38 million units
  4. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 14.54 million units
  5. Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu / Pokemon: Let’s Go, Eevee – 11.28 million units
  6. Splatoon 2 – 9.28 million units
  7. Super Mario Party – 7.59 million units
  8. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe – 4.59 million units
  9. Super Mario Maker 2 – 3.93 million units
  10. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening – 3.13 million units.

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