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This is the list of best-selling Nintendo Switch video games in millions of copies sold from both physical and digital download sales, as of June 30, 2024. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is currently the system's best-selling game. The Nintendo Switch system has sold 143.42 million units (combined with Switch Lite and OLED Model sales) worldwide since its launch in March 2017. Almost all the games listed are released worldwide simultaneously.
Sales data are according to Nintendo's official IR data (unless otherwise noted).
Note: All sales data are updated once every three months.
List[]
| Title | Year | Sales (millions) | Developer(s) | Publisher | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2017 | 62.90 | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | |
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2020 | 45.85 | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | |
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2018 | 34.66 | Bandai Namco Sora Ltd. |
Nintendo | |
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2017 | 32.05 | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | |
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2017 | 28.21 | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | |
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2019 | 26.35 | Game Freak | The Pokémon Company Nintendo |
|
 
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2022 | 25.29 | Game Freak | The Pokémon Company Nintendo |
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2018 | 20.84 | Nd Cube | Nintendo | |
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2023 | 20.80 | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | |
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2019 | 17.61 | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | |
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2019 | 15.38 | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | [1] |
 
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2018 | 15.07 | Game Freak | The Pokémon Company Nintendo |
[2] |
 
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2021 | 15.06 | Game Freak | The Pokémon Company Nintendo |
[3] |
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2022 | 14.83 | Game Freak | The Pokémon Company Nintendo |
[4][5] |
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2019 | 14.25 | Next Level Games | Nintendo | [6] |
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2017 | 13.60 | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | [3][7] |
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2021 | 13.47 | Nintendo EPD Nintendo Software Technology |
Nintendo | [6] |
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2023 | 13.44 | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | [6] |
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2022 | 13.11 | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | [6] |
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2021 | 12.89 | ND Cube | Nintendo | [6] |
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2022 | 11.96 | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | [6] |
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2020 | 9.07 | Nintendo | Nintendo | [8] |
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2019 | 8.42 | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | [3] |
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2021 | 8.02 | Capcom | Capcom | [9][10] |
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2022 | 7.52 | HAL Laboratory | Nintendo | [6] |
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2021 | 7.4 | Aladdin X | Aladdin X | [11] |
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2019 | 6.46 | Grezzo Nintendo EPD |
Nintendo | [3] |
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2017 | 5.67 | 4J Studios Ltd. | Mojang | [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] |
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2020 | 4.64 | NDcube | Nintendo | [3] |
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2018 | 4.62 | Retro Studios | Nintendo | [3] |
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2018 | 4.50 | Camelot Software Planning | Nintendo | [3] |
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2018 | 4.38 | HAL Laboratory | Nintendo | [3] |
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2021 | 4.15 | Tantalus | Nintendo | [7] |
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2019 | 4.12 | Intelligent Systems Koei Tecmo |
Nintendo | [3] |
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2020 | 4.0 | Omega Force | Nintendo Koei Tecmo (JP) |
[22] |
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2020 | 4+ | Konami | Konami | [23] |
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2017 | 3.74 | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | [3] |
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2023 | 3.48 | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | [6] |
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2020 | 3.47 | Intelligent Systems | Nintendo | [3] |
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2019 | 3.35 | Good-Feel | Nintendo | [3] |
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2023 | 3.31 | ArtePiazza | Nintendo | [6] |
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2020 | 3.2 | Innersloth | Inntersloth | [24] |
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2021 | 3.07 | MercurySteam | Nintendo | [3] |
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2022 | 3~ | Ubisoft Paris Ubisoft Milan |
Ubisoft | [25] |
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2021 | 2.74 | Bandai Namco | The Pokémon Company Nintendo |
[7][26] |
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2017 | 2.72 | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | [3] |
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2017 | 2.70 | Monolith Soft | Nintendo | [3] |
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2022 | 2.54 | Next Level Games Nintendo EPD |
Nintendo | [4] |
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2017 | 2.5 | Ubisoft | Ubisoft Nintendo (JP) |
[27][28] |
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2021 | 2.48 | Camelot Software Planning | Nintendo | [3] |
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2018 | 2.43 | Arc System Works | Bandai Namco | [3] |
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2020 | 2.4 | Nintendo EPD Eighting |
Nintendo | [3] |
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2018 | 2.35 | Nintendo Software Technology | Nintendo | [3] |
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2018 | 2.27 | Bandai Namco Studios | Bandai Namco Entertainment | [3] |
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2018 | 2.16 | Square Enix | Nintendo Square Enix (JP) |
[29][30] |
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2017 | 2 | Curve Digital | No Brakes Games | [31] |
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2020 | 1.99 | Spike Chunsoft | Nintendo The Pokémon Company |
[3] |
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2021 | 1.94 | Indieszero Nintendo EPD |
Nintendo | [3] |
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2020 | 1.88 | Monolith Soft | Nintendo | [3] |
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2022 | 1.86 | Monolith Soft | Nintendo | [4] |
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2017 | 1.82 | Dimps | Bandai Namco | [3] |
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2021 | 1.79 | Grezzo | Nintendo | [3] |
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2024 | 1.76 | Intelligent Systems | Nintendo | [32] |
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2020 | 1.73 | Velan Studios | Nintendo | [3] |
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2017 | 1.73 | CyberConnect2 | Bandai Namco | [3] |
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2022 | 1.61 | Intelligent Systems | Nintendo | [4] |
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2019 | 1.60 | Team Ninja | Nintendo | [3] |
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2017 | 1.54 | Bandai Namco | Nintendo The Pokémon Company (JP) |
[33][34] |
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2023 | 1.46 | HAL Laboratory | Nintendo | [4] |
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2018 | 1.42 | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | [35] |
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2017 | 1.4 | Capcom | Capcom | [36] |
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2021 | 1.34 | Intelligent Systems | Nintendo | [3] |
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2019 | 1.33 | PlatinumGames | Nintendo | [3] |
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2019 | 1.27 | Nintendo EPD indieszero |
Nintendo | [3] |
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2018 | 1.24 | PlatinumGames | Nintendo | [3] |
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2018 | 1.23 | PlatinumGames | Nintendo | [3] |
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2024 | 1.22 | Good-Feel | Nintendo | [6] |
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2024 | 1.19 | Tantalus | Nintendo | [32] |
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2021 | 1.15 | FromSoftware | Bandai Namco | [3] |
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2021 | 1.15 | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | [3] |
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2024 | 1.12 | Nintendo Software Technology | Nintendo | [6] |
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2021 | 1.1 | Atlus | Atlus / Sega | [3] |
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2019 | 1.1 | Capcom | Capcom | [37] |
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2023 | 1.09 | Retro Studios | Nintendo | [4] |
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2022 | 1.07 | PlatinumGames | Nintendo | [4] |
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2019 | 1.02 | Sega | Sega | [38][39][40] |
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2023 | 1+ | TOSE | Square Enix | [41] |
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2019 | 1+ | Capcom | Capcom | [37] |
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2023 | 1+ | Konami | Konami | [42] |
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2017 | 1+ | Omega Force Team Ninja |
Nintendo Koei Tecmo (JP) |
[43] |
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2022 | 1+ | Omega Force | Nintendo Koei Tecmo (JP) |
[44] |
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2017 | 1+ | Konami HexaDrive |
Konami | [45] |
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2017 | 1+ | Devolver Digital | Dodge Roll | [46] |
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2018 | 1+ | Imagineer | Nintendo Imagineer (JP) |
[47] |
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2020 | 1+ | Imagineer | Nintendo Imagineer (JP) |
[48] |
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2021 | 1+ | Marvelous | Marvelous XSEED (NA) |
[49] |
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2019 | 1 | Noble Muffins | Forever Entertainment | [50] |
Sales by region[]
Below lists the games that have sold 1 million or more per specific region.
Japan[]
| Title | Year | Sales (millions) |
Publisher | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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2020 | 7.34 | Nintendo | [51] |
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2018 | 4.99 | Nintendo | [51] |
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2017 | 4.88 | Nintendo | [51] |
|
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2019 | 4.33 | The Pokémon Company Nintendo |
[52] |
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2017 | 4.06 | Nintendo | [52] |
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2017 | 3.51 | Mojang | [12] |
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2023 | 3.51 | Nintendo | [53] |
|
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2022 | 3.45 | Nintendo | [54] |
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2019 | 3.29 | Nintendo | [51] |
|
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2020 | 2.7 | Konami | [51] |
|
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2021 | 2.53 | The Pokémon Company Nintendo |
[55] |
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2021 | 2.32 | Capcom | [56] |
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2017 | 2.32 | Nintendo | [57] |
|
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2022 | 2.29 | The Pokémon Company Nintendo |
[58] |
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2017 | 2.08 | Nintendo | [58] |
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2018 | 2.07 | Nintendo | [55] |
 
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2018 | 1.74 | Nintendo | [59] |
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2019 | 1.2 | Nintendo | [55] |
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2019 | 1.17 | Nintendo | [55] |
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2021 | 1.08 | Nintendo | [58] |
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2022 | 1.05 | Nintendo | [58] |
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2020 | 1.02 | Nintendo | [58] |
United States[]
| Title | Year | Sales (millions) |
Publisher | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
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2017 | 5+ | Nintendo | [60] |
|
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2017 | 4.7 | Nintendo | [60] |
|
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2017 | 4+ | Nintendo | [60] |
|
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2023 | 4+ | Nintendo | [61] |
|
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2018 | 3+ | Nintendo | [60] |
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2020 | 2.6 | Nintendo | [62] |
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2018 | 2+ | Nintendo | [60] |
|
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2019 | 2+ | Nintendo | [63] |
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2018 | 1.4 | Nintendo | [60] |
References[]
- ↑ Nintendo Switch Best-Selling Games (archived July 27, 2023)
- ↑ Nintendo Switch Best-Selling Games (archived April 30, 2023)
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 3.27 3.28 3.29 3.30 3.31 3.32 3.33 3.34 3.35 2023CESAゲーム白書 (2023 CESA Games White Papers). Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association. 2023. ISBN 978-4-902346-47-3.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Nintendo Financial Results (as of May 2023)
- ↑ Nintendo Financial Results (as of February 2023)
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 Nintendo Financial Results (as of May 2024)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Nintendo Financial Results (as of May 2022) Note: New Pokemon Snap WW sales: 2.40 million.
- ↑ [2022CESAゲーム白書 (2022 CESA Games White Papers). Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association. 2022. ISBN 978-4-902346-45-9]
- ↑ CAPCOM | Platinum Titles (December 31, 2021) "Monster Hunter Rise - 7.7M"
- ↑ Famitsu Sales: 5/15/23 – 5/21/23 [Update (Gematsu)] Date: May 25, 2023. Author: Sal Romano.
- ↑ (GNN News) (CH) Date: April 11, 2024. "[The] Nintendo Switch [version] in Japan reached the milestone of No. 1 in the download rankings, and has been downloaded more than 7.4 million times worldwide so far."
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Famitsu Sales: 4/22/24 – 5/5/24 [Update 2 (Gematsu)] Date: May 9, 2024. Author: Sal Romano. "Minecraft - 3,516,475 JP sales"
- ↑ Nintendo Switch sales in Europe pass 10m (gamesindustry.biz) Date: October 10, 2019. Author: Marie Dealessandri. Minecraft's EU sales 500,000
- ↑ 2019 France Game Sales Minecraft FR Switch Sales 2018: 161,557 (pg. 21)
- ↑ 2018 France Game Sales Minecraft FR Switch Sales 2019: 258,862 (pg. 17)
- ↑ 2020 France Game Sales Minecraft FR Switch Sales 2020: 258,862 (pg. 21)
- ↑ 2021 France Game Sales Minecraft FR Switch Sales 2021: 301,907 (pg. 21)
- ↑ 2022 France Game Sales Minecraft FR Switch Sales 2022: 252,994 (pg. 21)
- ↑ 2023 France Game Sales Minecraft FR Switch Sales 2023: 227,004 (pg. 23)
- ↑ Total France Switch sales: 1,505,331
- ↑ Ventas España: Nintendo recibe las comuniones como agua de mayo (GameReactor; ES) Date: May 9, 2024. Author: Alberto Garrido. Minecraft SP Switch sales: 658,000
- ↑ Hyrule Warriors Calamity Sales Tweet (Japanese)
- ↑ Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! shipments and digital sales top four million (Gematsu) Date: July 19, 2023. Author: Sal Romano.
- ↑ SuperData estimate: Among Us sold 3.2 million copies on Switch in December (Nintendo Everything) Date: January 23, 2021.
- ↑ A year after being branded a flop, Mario + Rabbids’ sequel is steadily selling Date: January 15, 2024. Author: Andy Robinson.
- ↑ Famitsu Sales: 5/9/22 – 5/15/22 [Update (Gematsu)] Date: May 19, 2022. Author: Sal Romano. New Pokemon Snap JP sales: 0.34 million
- ↑ Mario + Rabbids On Nintendo Switch Has Sold More Than Two Million Copies Date: September 1, 2017. Author: Liam Doolan.
- ↑ Nintendo Switch sales in Europe passes 10m (gamesindustry.biz) Date: October 10, 2019. Author: Marie Dealessandri.
- ↑ [2021CESAゲーム白書 (2021 CESA Games White Papers). Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association. 2021. ISBN 978-4-902346-43-5] Octopath WW sales: 1.9 million.
- ↑ Media Create Sales: 8/20/18 – 8/26/18 (Gematsu) Date: August 29, 2018. Author: Sal Romano. Octopath JP sales: 0.18 million.
- ↑ CURVE GAMES MARKS NINTENDO SWITCH CHINA DEBUT WITH NO 1 SMASH HIT (Curve Games) Date: May 2, 2024.
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 [chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2024/240802_2e.pdf Nintendo Financial Results (August 2024)]
- ↑ Super Mario Odyssey Passes The 10 Million Sold Marker (Nintendo Life) Date: April 26, 2018. Author: Damien McFerran.
- ↑ Japan's 35 Best-Selling Switch Games In The First Four Years, According To Famitsu (Nintendo Life) Date: March 7, 2021. Author: Liam Doolan. Pokken JP sales: 344,201.
- ↑ 2021CESAゲーム白書 (2021 CESA Games White Papers). ISBN 978-4-902346-43-5.
- ↑ CAPCOM | Platinum Titles
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 Capcom Platinum Titles (as of March 31, 2024)
- ↑ Annual Financial Statements Ended March 31, 2020 (SEGA) WW Sales: 0.9 million
- ↑ Famitsu Sales: 3/30/20 – 4/5/20 [Update (Gematsu)] Date: April 8, 2020. Author: Sal Romano. "Mario & Sonic" JP sales: 295,764 (April 2020)
- ↑ Best-selling games on Switch in Japan after five years (Nintendo Everything) Date: March 13, 2022. "Mario & Sonic" JP sales: 422,191 (March 2022)
- ↑ Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince shipments and digital sales top one million (Gematsu) Date: January 17, 2024. Author: Sal Romano.
- ↑ Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! shipments and digital sales top one million (Gematsu) Date: December 21, 2023. Author: Sal Romano.
- ↑ Koei Tecmo Financial Report (in Japanese only) (pg. 2; sec. #1) April 2018
- ↑ https://twitter.com/FireEmblemMusou/status/1559812281835347968
- ↑ Super Bomberman R Hits One Million Worldwide Sales, Konami Celebrates With Bungee Jump (Nintendo Life) Date: August 2, 2018. Author: Ryan Craddock.
- ↑ Enter the Gungeon Sells 1 Million on Switch with Physical Edition on the way (Hardcore Gamer) Date: March 3, 2019. Author: Kirstin Swalley.
- ↑ Fitness Boxing has now sold 1,000,000 copies worldwide (My Nintendo News) Date: September 8, 2020.
- ↑ Imagineer, Switch software "Fit Boxing 2" has shipped and sold more than 1 million units worldwide! (gamebix) (Japanese) Date: December 9 , 2021.
- ↑ STORY OF SEASONS: Pioneers of Olive Town Free Content Update Revealed with New Series Sales Milestone (XSEED) Date: November 18, 2021.
- ↑ Thief Simulator Twitter post
- ↑ 51.0 51.1 51.2 51.3 51.4 Famitsu software sales (10/24/22 – 10/30/22) – Top 30 (Nintendo Everything) Date: November 3, 2022.
- ↑ 52.0 52.1 Famitsu software sales (4/18/22 – 4/24/22) – Top 30 (Nintendo Everything) Date: April 28, 2022.
- ↑ Nintendo Financial Results (Q2 2023)
- ↑ Domestic sales of Splatoon 3 for Nintendo Switch surpass 3.45 million in first three days (Nintendo) Date: September 12, 2022.
- ↑ 55.0 55.1 55.2 55.3 Famitsu software sales (4/4/22 – 4/10/22) – Top 30 (Nintendo Everything) Date: April 14, 2022.
- ↑ Famitsu software sales (9/20/21 – 9/26/21) – Top 30 (Nintendo Everything) Date: October 1, 2021.
- ↑ Famitsu software sales (2/14/22 – 2/20/22) – Top 30 (Nintendo Everything) Date: February 24, 2022.
- ↑ 58.0 58.1 58.2 58.3 58.4 Famitsu software sales (10/10/22 – 10/16/22) – Top 30 (Nintendo Everything) Date: October 20, 2022.
- ↑ Famitsu software sales (8/17/20 - 8/23/20) – Top 30 (Nintendo Everything) Date: August 27, 2020.
- ↑ 60.0 60.1 60.2 60.3 60.4 60.5 Nintendo Switch is the Fastest-Selling Video Game System of This Generation (Business Wire) Date: December 18, 2018.
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom sells over 10 million worldwide in first three days, becoming the fastest-selling game in series (Nintendo) Date: May 17, 2023. Tears of the Kingdom U.S. sales are for the "Americas" region.
- ↑ Nintendo comments on removing certain games after March 2021 (Nintendo Life) Date: December 16, 2020. "Super Mario 3D All-Stars has sold over 2.6 million units in the U.S. alone." - Doug Bowser on Polygon interview.
- ↑ Pokemon Sword and Shield sales go big for launch (SlashGear) Date: November 21, 2019. Author: Eric Abent.
External links[]
- Nintendo Sales Data - Top-Selling Nintendo Switch Title Units
- Nintendo Fiscal Year Earnings Period Ending March 2019 (PDF)
- Nintendo Fiscal Year Earnings Period Ending June 2019
- Nintendo Fiscal Year Earnings Period Ending September 2019
See also[]
- List of Nintendo Switch games
- List of best-selling Wii U games
- List of best-selling Wii games
- List of best-selling Nintendo 3DS games
- List of best-selling Nintendo DS games
- List of best-selling GameCube games
- List of best-selling Nintendo 64 games
- List of best-selling Super Nintendo Entertainment System games
- List of best-selling Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom Disk System games
- List of best-selling Mario games
- List of best-selling Kirby games
- List of best-selling video game franchises