Nintendo has up to date its gross sales figures for the Swap, and it is official people, the little hybrid that would is now the corporate’s best-selling console of all time.
We have been preserving a detailed eye on this because the final monetary report again in November 2025, the place solely 10,000 models separated the Swap and the Nintendo DS. Naturally, it appeared solely inevitable that the previous would emerge victorious, nevertheless it’s good to see Nintendo formally acknowledge it.
So what are the precise figures? Properly, the Swap has now bought a complete of 155.37 million models, whereas the DS was beforehand sat atop the throne at 154.02 million. The Swap 2, in the meantime, has gotten off to a roaring begin with a complete of 17.37 million models bought since launch in June 2025.
The Swap continues to be not the best-selling console of all time, although. Sony not too long ago discovered a bunch of PS2 gross sales simply kinda hiding down the again of the sofa, which suggests the long-lasting console is now presently sitting at over 160 million models. At this stage, we’re not completely satisfied the Swap will handle to achieve 160 million, however hey, stranger issues have occurred!
It is an astonishing feat from the Swap regardless, although. For readability, this is a take a look at each Nintendo console for comparability:
| Console | Unit Gross sales (thousands and thousands) |
|---|---|
| Swap | 155.37 |
| DS | 154.02 |
| Recreation Boy | 118.69 |
| Wii | 101.63 |
| Recreation Boy Advance | 81.51 |
| 3DS | 75.94 |
| NES | 61.91 |
| SNES | 49.10 |
| Nintendo 64 | 32.93 |
| GameCube | 21.74 |
| Swap 2 | 17.37 |
| Wii U | 13.56 |
For the Swap 2, Nintendo has not up to date its gross sales forecast for the rest of the fiscal 12 months, so it is present goal is nineteen million. At 17.37 with one other quarter of the 12 months to go, we reckon it’s going to have completely no bother assembly its goal.
