Nintendo Switch 2 Sales and Top Ten Games: Nintendo Earnings Release Reveals Hardware and Software Milestones

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Nintendo has published its latest earnings release with fresh sales totals for Nintendo Switch 2 and the legacy Nintendo Switch platform, including top-ten software rankings for both systems.

According to Nintendo’s report, the hybrid Nintendo Switch 2 has reached 26.35 million units in global hardware sales since its launch in June of last year, while Switch 2 software sales total 73.21 million units.

The company presented a top-ten list of published games for Switch 2 as part of the announcement.

Nintendo stated that the combined hardware and software numbers represent meaningful traction for the new platform.

The Switch 2 top-ten published titles and their reported sales in the release are:

- Mario Kart World — 16.48 million units

- Donkey Kong Bananza — 5.05 million units

- Pokemon Legends: Z-A — Nintendo Switch 2 Edition — 4.04 million units

- Pokemon Pokopia — 4.04 million units

- Splatoon Raiders — 2.42 million units

- Kirby Air Riders — 1.94 million units

- Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave — 1.34 million units

- Super Mario Party Jamboree — Nintendo Switch 2 Edition — 1.28 million units

- Star Fox — 1.17 million units

The report also reiterates the continued commercial strength of the original Nintendo Switch.

Cumulative Nintendo Switch hardware sales now stand at 157.20 million units, with total Nintendo Switch software sales reaching 1,593.87 million units.

Nintendo’s published top-ten Switch games and their reported lifetime sales are:

- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe — 72.00 million units

- Animal Crossing: New Horizons — 50.63 million units

- Super Smash Bros.

Ultimate — 38.5 million units

- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild — 34.28 million units

- Super Mario Odyssey — 31.06 million units

- Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet — 28.66 million units

- Pokemon Sword / Pokemon Shield — 27.36 million units

- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom — 22.90 million units

- Super Mario Party — 21.39 million units

- New Super Mario Bros.

U Deluxe — 19.22 million units

Nintendo’s earnings release also noted a year-on-year decrease of 37.4% in Switch 2 hardware sales for the reported period.

The release remarks on the platform’s recent software activity as well, including the same-day availability of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on Switch 2 and an accompanying Zelda-branded Switch 2 console.

Source: Nintendo Earnings Release.