Nintendo Consoles by the Numbers 🎮

What We’re Showing

The release year, console type, and number of games and console units sold for each Nintendo console.

Release dates are U.S. releases and console sale figures include variant models, such as Switch Lite and Switch OLED. Data comes from Nintendo and is updated as of March 2024.

Key Takeaways

• Nintendo’s newest console, the Switch, leads in game sales with 1.2 billion sold and is one of the company’s most successful consoles.
• Nintendo's handheld devices have consistently performed well. The Nintendo DS and its various models have sold a total of 154 million units, making it the highest-selling Nintendo console.
• The Wii, released in 2006, was Nintendo’s best selling non-handheld console by far, with 102 million units sold.

The Nintendo Switch's Successor

Earlier this month, Nintendo posted on X that they would announce the Nintendo Switch's successor within this fiscal year, which ends March 31st, 2015.

Not much is known about the console, but the phrasing of it being the successor to the Nintendo Switch suggests it could be another home and handheld hybrid console.