Nintendo Switch sales continue to soar

Nintendo has sold nearly 80 million units of its Switch hybrid handheld/ home video game system, eclipsing those of its predecessor, the 3DS

GLOBAL GAMES CONSOLE SALES (millions of units)*

PlayStation 2 Sony 157.7
DS Nintendo  154.0
PlayStation 4 Sony 114.9
PlayStation Sony 104.3
Wii Nintendo 101.6
PlayStation 3 Sony 87.4
XBox 360 Microsoft 85.5
PlayStation Portable Sony 82.0
Game Boy Advance Nintendo 81.5
Switch Nintendo 79.9
3DS Nintendo 75.9
Game Boy Nintendo 64.4
NES Nintendo 61.9
Game Boy Color Nintendo 54.3
XBox One Microsoft 51.0
SNES Nintendo 49.1
Genesis/Mega Drive Sega 35.0
N64 Nintendo 32.9
XBox  Microsoft 24.0
GameCube Nintendo 21.7
PlayStation Vita Sony 15.0
Wii U Nintendo 13.6
Master System Sega 13.0
Game Gear Sega 10.6
Saturn Sega 9.3
Dreamcast Sega  9.1
PlayStation 5 Sony 4.5
XBox Series X Microsoft 3.5

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NINTENDO SWITCH AND 3DS LIFESPAN COMPARISON
Switch (Mar 2017-present)
3DS (Feb 2011-Sep 2020)
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Nintendo Switch sales continue to soar

Nintendo has sold nearly 80 million units of its Switch hybrid handheld/ home video game system, eclipsing those of its predecessor, the 3DS

*Shows sales from big four console makers only (Note: Sega stopped making consoles in 2001)
Sources: BBC, Nintendo, Guinness World Records
Picture: © Nintendo