Updated story, 5/07/2024:
Nintendo has released its latest round Financial results, this time to the end of fiscal year 2024 (ended in March). The Switch has surpassed 140 million units sold, further cementing its position as the second-best-selling console in the company’s history, and Nintendo has revealed that it will announce a Switch successor by March 2025.
Despite the high numbers in this round of financial results, Switch Software is down roughly 5% compared to the same time frame in fiscal 2023. Nevertheless, its games are still selling relatively well in the wider market. Here’s Nintendo’s most up-to-date list, with the latest numbers on Switch software Best seller Switch games:
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: 61.97 million units
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons: 45.36 million units
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: 34.22 million units
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild: 31.85 million units
- Super Mario Odyssey: 27.96 million units
- Pokemon Sword and Shield: 26.27 million units
- Pokemon Scarlet and Violet: 24.92 million units
- Super Mario Party: 20.66 million units
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom: 20.61 million units
- New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe: 17.45 million units
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Updated story, 5/09/23:
Nintendo has released its latest round Financial results, this time to the end of fiscal year 2023 (ended in March). As the Switch surpassed 125 million units sold, both hardware and software sales for the platform were down.
Overall, hardware sales were down 22.1% and software sales were down 9%.
With recent releases like Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, Splatoon 3 and more, here’s Nintendo’s most up-to-date list Best seller Switch games:
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: 53.79 million units
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons: 42.21 million units
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: 31.09 million units
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild: 29.81 million units
- Pokemon Sword and Shield: 25.82 million units
- Super Mario Odyssey: 25.76 million units
- Pokemon Scarlet and Violet: 22.10 million units
- Super Mario Party: 19.14 million units
- New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe: 15.41 million units
- Ring Fit Adventure: 15.38 million units
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Original story, 8/03/22:
Nintendo released its latest round of financial results, this time for Q1 of fiscal 2023, which covers April, May and June of 2022. In it, the company revealed that the Switch sold 111 million units but despite that, overall sales were down.
In terms of hardware, sales were down 22.9%, with Nintendo citing an ongoing semiconductor shortage as the reason. Software sales also declined, falling 8.6% in the quarter. Although, 8.6% is a significant decline, Nintendo still moved 41.41 million units in Q1 FY23. It also revealed its top 10 best-selling Switch games, which have seen the most since the last round of financial results earlier this year.
Here are the top 10 best-selling Nintendo Switch games as of June 2022:
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: 46.82 million
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons: 39.38 million
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: 28.82 million
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild: 27.14 million
- Pokemon Sword/Pokemon Shield: 24.50 million
- Super Mario Odyssey: 23.93 million
- Super Mario Party: 18.06 million
- Pokemon Brilliant Diamond/Pokemon Shining Pearl: 14.79 million
- Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu!/Pokemon: Let’s Go, Eevee!: 14.66 million
- Ring Fit Adventure: 14.54 million
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe had the biggest jump on the list, selling 1.48 million units this quarter. According to Nintendo, the new 2022 releases are also selling well. Nintendo Switch Sports sold 4.84 million units, Mario Strikers: Battle League sold 1.91 million, and Kirby and the Forgotten Land sold 1.88 million units, making it the second best-selling Kirby game of all time.
For more information, read about Nintendo’s latest financial results released today and then check out a list of every NES, SNES, N64 and Sega Genesis game available for Nintendo Switch online. After that, feast your eyes on all of Scarlet and Violet’s new Pokemon revealed in today’s Pokemon Presents Showcase.
Are there any Switch games on this list that you haven’t played yet? Tell us which ones and why!