The original Switch just became Nintendo’s best-selling console with 155.37 million units as of December 31, 2025, overtaking. the DS which sold 154.02 million units from 2004-2011. It’s part of a holiday surge that saw the company move 7.01 million Switch 2s (and 17.37 million through Q3 of the fiscal year), making it “Nintendo’s fastest-selling dedicated video platform to date,” the company said in its income report.

Despite being replaced by the Switch 2, the Switch continues to sell decently (1.36 million units in Q3 fiscal 2026), due to relatively cheap price. Nintendo reported last year that it was only trailing the DS in sales and was likely to surpass it after Christmas. The Switch is now 5.27 million units behind Sony’s PS2, the best-selling console of all time – so Nintendo will need to sell it for at least another year to take the record.

The Switch 2, meanwhile, is a marketing machine. With high holiday sales exceeded expectationsNintendo should quickly reach his 19 million sales goal for fiscal 2026 which ends on March 31 of this year. The company has (easily) busted through its original sales forecast of 15 million consoles placed as early as 2025.

Game sales are also strong, with Mario Kart World reached 14 million units and Donkey Kong Banana sold 4.25 million since the launch of the Switch 2. In all, the company saw 803.32 billion yen in sales for Q3 ($5.2 billion), an increase of 86 percent over last year but still less than expected, and 159.93 billion yen in revenue ($1.03 billion), 20 percent higher than the same period last year.

Whether the company can continue may depend on the strength of its upcoming gaming lineup. Two of the key titles are Mario Tennis Fever expected on February 12 and Pokemon Pokopia come March.