The Nintendo Switch Has Sold 125.62 Million Units, Breath of the Wild Has Sold 29.81 Million Units On Switch

Nintendo has released its financial report for the fiscal year ending March 2023. This report includes an update of the lifetime sales numbers for the Nintendo Switch family of systems, new milestones for the lifetime software sales for the system, and an update on the cumulative sales figures for the best selling Switch games.  

With this latest update, the Nintendo Switch family of systems has now sold 125.62 units. The only systems with more units sold are the Nintendo DS (154.02 million units sold) and the PlayStation 2 (159 million units sold). The Nintendo Switch – OLED Model was the most popular Nintendo Switch model during this time period. It should be noted that this report does not include any sales figures for the Tears of the Kingdom OLED Model because that version of the system launched after March 2023.

Overall, it is clear that Nintendo Switch sales numbers are continuing to slow down; there was a year-on-year decline of 22.1% from 2022 to 2023. This is not surprising given that the Nintendo Switch is in its seventh fiscal year of release. It will be interesting to see if Tears of the Kingdom will have any impact on Switch hardware sales over the course of the next fiscal year. 

In terms of software, Nintendo announced that over one billion units of software have been sold for Switch over the course of the system’s lifetime. This number represents the first time a billion units of software have been sold on a Nintendo system. In addition to the updates on the hardware sales and total software sales, Nintendo also updated the sales figures for the list of the best-selling Nintendo Switch games:

1. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 53.79 million
2. Animal Crossing: New Horizons 42.21 million
3. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 31.09 million
4. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 29.81 million
5. Pokémon Sword & Pokémon Shield 25.82 million pcs.
6. Super Mario Odyssey 25.76 million
7. Pokémon Scarlet & Pokémon Violet 22.10 million
8. Super Mario Party 19.14 million
9. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe 15.41 million
10. Ring Fit Adventure 15.38 million

Overall, Breath of the Wild is slowly moving towards the milestone of 30 million units sold, and it will likely hit this number by the time the next financial report is released. With the imminent release of Tears of the Kingdom, it will be interesting to see what happens to sales numbers for its beloved predecessor. 

What do you think about Nintendo’s hardware and software sales numbers for the fiscal year ending March 2023? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!

Source: Nintendo (1, 2) (via Nintendo Life)

Sean Gadus

Sean Gadus is a Senior Editor at Zelda Dungeon. His first Zelda game was Ocarina of Time, and he loves all of the 3D Zelda games from 1998-2011. The final battle of Tears of the Kingdom is one of his favorite final battles in the entire series. He wants to help build a kinder, more compassionate world.  You can check out his other written work at The-Artifice.com.