Nintendo Switch Sales Are Almost at 20 Million Worldwide; Breath of the Wild Is About to Hit 10 Million
Announced in the company’s latest earnings report, Nintendo has managed to sell 19.67 million Switch units worldwide, as of June 30. In the report, Nintendo also released updated sales numbers for the top 10 best-selling first-party Switch titles, including Mario Tennis Aces and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – two titles that have not had their sales numbers released yet:
- Super Mario Odyssey – 11.17 million
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 10.35 million
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 9.32 million
- Splatoon 2 – 6.76 million
- 1-2 Switch – 2.45 million
- ARMS – 2.01 million
- Kirby: Star Allies – 1.89 million
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – 1.42 million
- Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – 1.40 million
- Mario Tennis Aces – 1.38 million
Nintendo also still plans to ship at least 20 million Switch units between April 2018 and March 2019; with two huge games coming out this holiday season – Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu/Eevee and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – it should not be a difficult goal to reach; Pokemon is a million seller franchise that always seems to get people to buy a new console or handheld, simply because it’s Pokemon.
Compared to other Nintendo consoles of the past, the Switch is on fire, surpassing the total sales of the Wii U and slowly but surely catching up to the 21 million mark that the Nintendo GameCube managed to reach back in the day – impressively, in just over a year.
Nintendo also updated the list of top-selling 3DS games as well, if you care to take a look:
- Mario Kart 7 – 17.21 million
- Pokemon X/Y – 16.31 million
- Pokemon Sun/Moon – 16.12
- Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 14.10 million
- New Super Mario Bros. 2 – 12.70 million
- Super Mario 3D Land – 12.12 million
- Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 11.78 million
- Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – 9.30 million
- Pokemon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon – 7.72 million
- Tomodachi Life – 6.25 million
The company also stated that the Nintendo Labo series has managed to sell 1.39 million units.
How do you guys feel about these sales numbers for the Nintendo Switch? Are you impressed at all? Surprised by any of these sales numbers? Let us know in the comments section below!