Switch Ships 146.04 Million Units as of September 2024 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 05 November 2024 / 6,853 Views
Nintendo has released its latest hardware and software figures for the Nintendo Switch through September 30, 2024. Shipment figures for the Nintendo Switch reached 146.04 million units, while 1,306.10 million Switch games have been shipped lifetime.
For the quarter ending September 30, 2024, Nintendo shipped 2.62 million Switch units and 39.64 million Switch games.
Breaking down the 146.04 million lifetime shipped figure for the Switch, it has shipped 56.11 million units in the Americas, 37.52 million in Europe, 35.62 million in Japan, and 16.79 million in the rest of the world.
The regular Nintendo switch model accounts for 94.70 million units of the total Switch consoles shipped worldwide. The Switch OLED accounts for 26.83 million units and the Switch Lite accounts for 24.51 million units.
Nintendo's forecast for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025 has been lowered by one million units to 12.50 million units. If Nintendo is able to hit its forecast that would mean another 7.78 million Switch units shipped for the rest of the fiscal year for a lifetime shipment total of 153.82 million units.
Here are the top 10 best-selling Nintendo Switch first-party titles:
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 64.27 million
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 46.45 million
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 35.14 million
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 32.29 million
- Super Mario Odyssey – 28.50 million
- Pokemon Sword / Pokemon Shield – 26.44 million
- Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet – 25.69 million
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – 21.04 million
- Super Mario Party – 20.98 million
- New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe – 17.77 million
Other Nintendo Switch first-party sales:
- Nintendo Switch Sports – 14.37 million
- The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom – 2.58 million (New)
- Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door – 1.94 million
- Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD – 1.57 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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Zelda sold 2.58 million
2.63mil NSW units is waaaaay higher than expected! That’s only 10.2% drop YoY comp to same quarter last year (2.93mil v. 2.63mil). For additional context, PS5 moved 2.4mil Q1F’25. (Is it possible NSW outsold PS5 this past quarter?)
I’m very surprised….the new forecast of 12.5mil certainly seems very realistic, and would put NSW <1mil away from DS LTD by end of fiscal year. Seems like a safe bet NSW will become Nintendo’s best selling console of all time.
Seems like Nintendo will coast the Switch into 1st place. What a fun time to be a Nintendo fan.
The Switch's legs are really something.
Gotta hand it to Nintendo, coming off the failure of the Wii U and the lukewarm 3DS, they really hit this one out of the park.
Congrats to Nintendo!
In an age of news & opinions surrounding the uncertainty about a declining console business, the Switch showed that there are still records they can breake.
And that there's still plenty of space in the living rooms for a home console besides mobile, TV sticks and PC.
And for us nerds:
An exciting race wether the Switch is going to de-throne the mighty PS2 eventually or not.
Tbh in noo way will the switch not outsell the ps2.
Its 100% now
Really?
I didn't follow that closely tbh. I don't have anything in mind when it comes to the end spurt of the Switch compared to PS2.
So it's unlikely you say? Or even impossible?
The margins are pretty tight. It is looking likely, depending on how Nintendo decides to phase it out.
Things get muddy because we don't have exact numbers for PS2 so if Switch lands between 158-161, which sold most is probably going to be contested for a long time.
Sounds legit, yes.
So, if Nintendo will sell 12.5m units until March, 31st 2025 - where would the Switch be then in terms of units sold?
~152m?
It's written in the article – 153.82M at the end this fiscal year (end of March '25).
I actually read it.
Sry, must've forgotten by the time I asked. 😵'
Thanks!
Switch best ever console of all time next 4-5 months beating DS and ps2 (100$ console 12 years lifetime)
Woot! 9 Mil to go to outsell the PS2, very doable! Until Sony moves the goal post again, even though not substantiated by facts, only mentioned by an ex-CEO. 2025 will be the Switch overtaking the PS2! Facts.
With people upgrading their regular Switch for the OLED version, strong holiday sales in Japan partly cause the PS5's increased price, along with new titles like Super Mario Jamboree, Mario & Luigi: Brothership, and anticipated games like Xenoblade X, Metroid Prime 4, and Pokémon Legends: Z-A, the Switch has a real shot at becoming the best-selling console.
153.82 million units at the FY, it might have enough legs to do another 5-7 millions lifetime
Gongratz! Out of all the gaming companies nintendo is the only one who still understands how games should be made.
@xl-klaudkil Why do you think that? Also if its likly it will happen, first of all we need a good christmas quater. A quater that is not much down to Q3 2023 like this quater was not much down to q2. The DS is basically smoked. 100% sure of it. 155 million is the floor now. IF the current quater follows Q1 of this year (down a lot) it needs a 3DS livespan to do it. If it happens it depends on Nintendo. IF Q3 of this year follows the past quater (this Q2) it won't be down by much and 154 million+ for march (NS>DS) is a given. If we would then get a 6 million FC for next year, the PS2 would be surpassed by ~2026 (2027 latest).
