Although microsoft and Sony came up with the next generation consoles at the end of last year, when we looked at the sales figures, we saw that the needle was still on nintendo switch. The Switch is performing really amazingly and continues to maintain sales momentum 4 years after its release.
The latest statements from Nintendo show that Switch sales reached 84.59 million as of March 31, 2021. The number of games sold since its release is 587.12 million, or about 7 games per console.
Nintendo sold 28.83 million consoles and 230.9 million games in the last fiscal year. Of those sold this fiscal year, 6.89 million were classic consoles and 14.7 million were new Nintendo Switch Lites.
The 3 best-selling Switch games are as follows:
Nintendo ranked 8th among all-time best-selling consoles with 85 million sales (including home and handheld consoles), with less than 3 million left to surpass the top-ranked PS3. Switch sales are likely to reach 100 million by the end of this year, then it could download wii (101.63 million) and PlayStations (102.49 million).