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Switch Ships 125.62 Million Units as of March 2023

Switch Ships 125.62 Million Units as of March 2023 - Sales

by William D'Angelo , posted on 09 May 2023 / 6,240 Views

Nintendo has released its latest hardware and software figures for the Nintendo Switch through March 31, 2022. Shipment figures for the Nintendo Switch reached 125.62 million units, while 1,036.15 million Switch games have been shipped lifetime.

For the quarter ending March 31, 2023, Nintendo shipped 3.07 million Switch units and 41.85 million Switch games.

Breaking down the 125.62 million lifetime shipped figure for the Switch, it has shipped 49.00 million units in the Americas, 32.58 million in Europe, 29.59 million in Japan, and 14.44 million in the rest of the world.

The regular Nintendo switch model accounts for 89.58 million units of the 125.62 million Switch consoles shipped worldwide. The Switch Lite accounts for 21.02 million units and the Switch OLED accounts for 15.02 million units.

Nintendo has set a forecast for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024 at 15.00 million. If Nintendo is able to hit its forecast it would bring lifetime Switch shipment figures to 140.62 million at the end of March 2024. This would be 13.4 million behind lifetime sales of the Nintendo DS.

Nintendo for the 12 month period ending March 31, 2023 reported net sales were down 5.5 percent to ¥1,601.68 billion ($11.88 billion) and operating profit dropped 14.9 percent to ¥504.38 billion ($3.74 billion).

Here are the top 10 best-selling Switch first-party titles:

  1. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 53.79 million
  2. Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 42.21 million
  3. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 31.09 million
  4. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 29.81 million
  5. Pokémon Sword / Pokémon Shield – 25.82 million
  6. Super Mario Odyssey – 25.76 million
  7. Pokémon Scarlet / Pokémon Violet – 22.10 million
  8. Super Mario Party – 19.14 million
  9. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe – 15.41 million
  10. Ring Fit Adventure – 15.38 million

Nintendo also shared the sales figures of more games:

  1. Pokemon Legends: Arceus – 14.83 million
  2. Luigi’s Mansion 3 – 12.82 million
  3. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury – 11.38 million
  4. Splatoon 3 – 10.67 million
  5. Mario Party Superstars – 10.17 million
  6. Nintendo Switch Sports – 9.60 million
  7. Kirby and the Forgotten Land – 6.46 million
  8. Mario Strikers: Battle League – 2.54 million
  9. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 – 1.86 million
  10. Fire Emblem Engage – 1.61 million
  11. Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe – 1.46 million
  12. Metroid Prime Remastered – 1.09 million
  13. Bayonetta 3 – 1.07 million

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.


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19 Comments
AJNShelton (on 09 May 2023)

I am a bit disappointed by Metroid's sales, with its good reception, I would've expect at least 2 million

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FarleyMcFirefly AJNShelton (on 09 May 2023)

I thought so too, with it being at the top of the eshop charts for weeks.

  • +11

Are these figures combined digital and physical? Nintendo didn't release digital sales for a long time.

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AJNShelton SanAndreasX (on 10 May 2023)

To the NPD for eg, but they always disclose the total when it comes to their quarterly reports

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Kakadu18 SanAndreasX (on 11 May 2023)

They always include digital.

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G2ThaUNiT AJNShelton (on 09 May 2023)

It's even more disappointing when you consider the Switch's install base over the GameCube's and it looks like MP Remastered won't even surpass the original game in sales......I loved that it happened and I'm hoping Nintendo wasn't looking to see how this game performed before deciding to release 2&3.

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AJNShelton G2ThaUNiT (on 09 May 2023)

Exactly

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2zosteven AJNShelton (on 10 May 2023)

same here, a lot of people missing out on this one.

  • +1
Amnesia (on 09 May 2023)

17,97 M, what they have shipped for FY 2023. 15 M for the next FY sounds aggressive, I had estimated 14,5 M on my EXCEL notes.

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Kakadu18 Amnesia (on 10 May 2023)

I'd rather expect something like 13mil.

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Amnesia Kakadu18 (on 10 May 2023)

Actually, yes...

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Amnesia (on 09 May 2023)

I wish they could share sometimes the COMPLETE updated list of their titles, many 10+ millions sellers are missing from this list.

  • +7
NextGen_Gamer Amnesia (on 09 May 2023)

Like how Capcom does? Yeah that would be nice. It would be great to just do a Top 20 sellers list for each of Nintendo's past platforms. They would only have to do it once, since at this point, they are Switch-only haha

  • +5
Kakadu18 Amnesia (on 10 May 2023)

Don't worry, they still all get yearly updates indirectly from Nintendo through the CESA White Paper. It just takes a bit longer.

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Amnesia Kakadu18 (on 10 May 2023)

Astral Chain, Arms, XC2, I want to know how much they have sold today.

  • +4
Kakadu18 (on 09 May 2023)

Excellent continued legs with some of the evergreens.

  • +2
scottslater (on 10 May 2023)

So anyone think they will be able to break the 160 million mark for hardware? Wonder what price cuts could do for sales?

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SanAndreasX (on 10 May 2023)

I never expected FE Engage to do as well as 3H, but I hope 1.6m in 2 months is considered a success.

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