In its newest income name, Nintendo introduced that it bought 8.23 million Switch consoles within the remaining quarter, taking its lifetime gross sales to 122.55 million devices. This determine comfortably ‘beats’ the 117.2 million PS4 consoles that Sony bought, as consistent with the newest knowledge shared through the corporate. Additionally, Switch’s tally could also be miles forward of fifty.53 million Xbox One devices bought through Microsoft.
Nintendo Switch is now not up to 50 million devices clear of PS2
After beating the competing consoles of its technology, Nintendo Switch is now most effective in the back of its hand-held precursor Nintendo DS (154.9 million devices) and Sony’s PlayStation 2 (157.68 million devices) as consistent with a Statista record.
With 2023 more likely to be Switch’s nightfall yr, it is kind of set to stick on the 3rd spot – except one thing giant comes alongside, just like the long-rumored Switch Pro variant.
Software gross sales additionally reached milestone numbers
Apart from {hardware} gross sales, Nintendo published the selection of sport copies it bought in FY 2023. While the newest access in one among its most well liked sport franchises Pokemon Scarlet and Violet bought 20.61 million copies, Splatoon 3 touched 10.13 million copies. Furthermore, Nintendo Switch Sports grew to become in robust numbers with 8.61 million copies bought within the monetary yr.
Interestingly, Bayonetta 3, a identify that got here out in past due October remaining yr, shipped out 1.04 million copies in only a few months. Furthermore, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 additionally raced as much as 1.81 million copies bought after freeing in July 2022.