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Switch becomes best-selling Nintendo console ever

Original Nintendo Switch passes the DS to become Nintendo’s bestselling console

As of December 31, 2025, Nintendo says the Switch “has reached the highest sales volume of any Nintendo hardware” with a total of 155.37 million units sold, surpassing the original DS’s lifetime total of 154.

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The Switch Is Now Nintendo's Best-Selling System Ever, But Still Trails PS2

The original Nintendo Switch has surpassed the DS in sales, officially reaching a milestone as Nintendo's best-selling video game system of all time. With 155.37 million units sold as of the last week of December 2025, the Switch only trails Sony's PlayStation 2 for the all-time record.

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Switch beats DS to become Nintendo's best-selling video games hardware of all time

The Switch has beaten the DS, and is now officially the best-selling Nintendo video games hardware of all time with over 155 million global shipments.

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Nintendo has sold 1.5 billion Switch games and may soon surpass the PS2's total

Nintendo's latest figures confirm it has sold more than 1.5 billion Switch games, close to the 1.54 billion games PlayStation sold on PS2.

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