Nintendo Switch Lifetime Sales in the United States Surpass Xbox 360, According to Recent Sales Report
Posted on December 15 2023 by Kristen G. Rosario
Nintendo has obtained their Christmas present earlier than expected, as their six-year-old Switch console is breaking yet another sales record, according to data obtained by analytics company Circana. Based on the November 2023 sales numbers, industry analyst Mat Piscatella confirmed on X (formerly Twitter) that the Nintendo Switch has surpassed the lifetime unit sales of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console in the United States.
Circana November 2023 US Video Game Sales Fun Fact – Lifetime US unit sales of Nintendo Switch surpassed those of Xbox 360 during November, and now Switch trails only Nintendo DS and PlayStation 2 (Tracking period of 1995-Current).
— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) December 13, 2023
While it’s amazing how strong the Nintendo Switch has done since it was released back in 2017, it doesn’t mean that the console hasn’t shown some small cracks in the armor over the years. In that same Circana sales report, the firm also confirms that current-generation console sales have dropped 24% when compared to November 2022, with the Switch showing the sharpest drop year-on-year since launch. It appears though that it’s not slowing the Big N down any time soon.
Said slow decline doesn’t seem to be phasing Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa. During an earning sales call in early November, he confirmed their sales numbers have surpassed expectations for the first half of this year. Furukawa even confirmed that we will be seeing the Switch as the company’s primary system throughout all of 2024. This appears to mean that there’s no Switch successor for the foreseeable future.
As of the time of writing, only two consoles are currently left above the Switch on the US lifetime sales charts: Nintendo’s DS handheld and Sony’s PlayStation 2. Considering we were just talking about the system surpassing the Wii back in July of this same year, I wouldn’t be surprised if by next Summer the console takes that silver medal. Regardless of what Nintendo’s President says, I have a good feeling that, before the end of 2024, we’ll be talking about an all-but-confirmed next-generation console from the company.
What do you think of this news? Do you think the Switch will be able to topple the top two spots on the US lifetime sales charts? Let us know in the comments below!
Source: Mat Piscatella (via Nintendo Life)
Kristen G. Rosario is an Editor who joined Zelda Dungeon back in September of 2015. His current goal is to become a full-time video game journalist, hoping to eventually gain a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism. While he pursues that dream, he not only takes care of his adorable dachshund Angel, but also helps run a YouTube channel with his brother. The Zelda series is a quest he hasn’t fully completed yet, but hopes to get there one day.
