The Switch is now Nintendo’s best-selling console of all time

The original Switch is officially Nintendo’s best-selling console of all time after surpassing the DS Portable’s lifetime sales. In its latest earnings release, Nintendo reported that the Nintendo Switch was sold out as of December 31, 2025. 155.37 million units Since its launch in 2017, compared to 154.02 million units for the 2004 Nintendo DS.

In november, Nintendo reported That the Switch and DS were neck and neck. We expected the holiday sales period to see the Switch overtake the DS, even as Nintendo announced that core development would focus on the Switch 2. Nintendo previously said It will continue to sell the original Switch “taking consumer demand and the business environment into account.”

Nintendo has to keep selling the Switch if it wants to dethrone Sony’s PlayStation 2 as the best-selling video game console of all time. The PlayStation 2, which was discontinued in January 2013, has been sold More than 160 million units Over the course of his 13 years.

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