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Nintendo Switch is now the third best selling console of all time



Nearly six years after its initial launch, the Nintendo Switch is now the third best-selling console of all time. According to Nintendo’s financial results In the previous nine months, ending December 31, 2022, the Switch sold an additional 14.91 million units across the three base models, Lite and OLED.

This brings the total worldwide Switch sales to 122.55 million–up from 114.3 million consoles sold as of September 30, 2022–passes lifetime sales of PlayStation 4 (117.2 million units sold) and Nintendo’s first handheld, the Game Boy (118.69 million units sold) for both Game Boy and Game Boy Color). For comparison, the Nintendo 3DS had lifetime sales of 75.94 million units, while the Wii U sold only 13.54 million units.

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The next milestone for the Switch is the Nintendo DS line of consoles, which holds second place with 154 million units sold, and the PlayStation 2 has sold 158.7 million units over its lifetime. That number may be hard to reach in 2023, when Nintendo has adjusted its forecast Sales after the holiday season did not meet the company’s expectations.

Nintendo is estimating that it will sell 18 million Switch consoles, down from an estimate of 19 million, in fiscal year 2023 ending March 31, 2023. If that sales figure is reached, revenue Switch’s global number will increase to more than 125.6 million.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is scheduled to premiere Switch sales increase sharply when the game released in May, and this week will see a Nintendo Direct live stream will contain “about 40 minutes” of news focusing on Switch games launching in the first half of 2023.

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