Nintendo's Best-Selling Console Surpasses All-Time Sales Milestone

Nintendo has officially announced that its latest console, the original Switch, has surpassed its DS predecessor in lifetime sales, selling 155.37 million units as of December 31, 2025. This marks a significant milestone for Nintendo, solidifying the Switch as the company’s best-selling console to date. The Switch has been a major commercial success since its release in 2017, and it appears that its popularity continues to endure. The Switch’s sales surpass those of the Nintendo DS, which originally sold 154.02 million units between 2004 and 2020. It is worth noting that the DS was a highly successful handheld console in its time, but the Switch has proven itself to be a more versatile and widely appealing gaming platform. In a surprise move, Nintendo announced earlier this year that it would focus primary development on its upcoming successor, the Switch 2, rather than continuing to support the original model. This decision likely contributed to the surge in sales of the original Switch, as gamers rushed to purchase the console before it was phased out.