Nintendo has announced in its latest press release that Nintendo Switch has sold 141.32 million units worldwide, according to data updated as of March 31, 2024. Additionally, in the three months ending on March 31, 2024, 1.96 million Nintendo Switch hardware units and 35.72 million software units were sold.
Nintendo has also shared the updated sales numbers of its first-party titles for Switch. The top 10 best-selling first-party titles for Switch are:
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 61.97 million
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 45.36 million
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 34.22 million
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 31.85 million
- Super Mario Odyssey – 27.96 million
- Pokemon Sword / Pokemon Shield – 26.27 million
- Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet – 24.92 million
- Super Mario Party – 20.66 million
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – 20.61 million
- New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe – 17.45 million
Other data from Nintendo on the best-selling games
The Top 10 is mostly composed of the usual names, with simply updated data. It could be more interesting to see the data of other first-party games, especially the most recent ones, to understand exactly how much the most important Nintendo games sell in the short term. For example, we can see that Princess Peach: Showtime! has sold 1.22 million units (the game was released on March 22), followed by Mario vs. Donkey Kong (February 16) with its 1.12 million units.
Looking at titles that don’t make it to the Top 10, we find:
- Luigi’s Mansion 3 – 14.25 million
- Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury – 13.47 million
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder – 13.44 million
- Nintendo Switch Sports – 13.11 million
- Mario Party Superstars – 12.89 million
- Splatoon 3 – 11.96 million
- Kirby and the Lost Land – 7.52 million
- Pikmin 4 – 3.48 million
- Super Mario RPG – 3.31 million
Looking beyond first-party games, we know that Stardew Valley was the best-selling game on the eShop in April.
