"The original Switch is officially Nintendo's best-selling console of all time after surpassing the DS handheld in lifetime sales. In its latest earnings release, Nintendo reports that the Nintendo Switch has, as of December 31, 2025, sold 155.37 million units since its launch in 2017, compared to 154.02 million units for the 2004 Nintendo DS. In November, Nintendo reported that the Switch and DS were neck and neck."
"We expected the holiday sales period would see the Switch surpass the DS, even with Nintendo announcing that primary development would focus on the Switch 2. Nintendo previously said that it would continue to sell the original Switch "while taking consumer demand and the business environment into consideration." Nintendo has to keep selling the Switch if it wants to dethrone Sony's PlayStation 2 as the best-selling video game console of all time."
Nintendo's original Switch reached 155.37 million units sold as of December 31, 2025, overtaking the 2004 Nintendo DS, which sold 154.02 million units. The holiday sales period pushed the Switch past the DS despite Nintendo shifting primary development focus to the upcoming Switch 2. Nintendo intends to continue selling the original Switch while considering consumer demand and the business environment. Continued sales of the original model are necessary for Nintendo to challenge Sony's PlayStation 2, which remains the all-time leader with over 160 million units sold before its discontinuation in January 2013.
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