Report: Tears of the Kingdom Surpasses 20 Million Unit Sales, Lists Among Best-Selling Switch Games
Posted on February 06 2024 by Nick Miller
A new financial report from Nintendo confirms that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has sold 20.28 million units as of December 31st, 2023, making it the ninth best-selling game on the Nintendo Switch. With 780,000 units sold in Q3 of FY2024, Tears of the Kingdom is poised to surpass the Switch’s eighth best-selling game, Super Mario Party, which currently sits with lifetime sales of 20.34 million units.
Reported as well is the ranking of the 10 best-selling games for the Nintendo Switch. They are:
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: 60.58 million
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons: 44.79 million
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: 33.67 million
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild: 31.61 million
- Super Mario Odyssey: 27.65 million
- Pokémon Sword and Shield: 26.17 million
- Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: 24.36 million
- Super Mario Party: 20.34 million
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom: 20.28 million
- New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe: 17.2 million
Switch hardware sales were also shown to have reached 139 million units, placing it only behind the Nintendo DS’ 154 million.
So, tell us, will Tears of the Kingdom continue its way up the sales leaderboard? When do you think its sales will start to plateau? How do you think the rumored new console announcement will affect sales numbers? Let us know in the comments!
Source: Nintendo (via Nintendo Life)
Nick is a writer for Zelda Dungeon and a longtime fan of the Zelda franchise. In his free time, he enjoys fishing, archery, skateboarding, and some good ol’ fashioned family time. He’s an advocate for physical media and an avid video game collector. His favorite Zelda game is Ocarina of Time, though Breath of the Wild and the Link’s Awakening remake are close contenders.
