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Switch Ships 122.55 Million Units as of December 2022

Nintendo has released its latest hardware and software figures for the Nintendo Switch through December 31, 2022. Shipments figures for the Nintendo Switch reached 122.55 million units, while 994.30 million Switch games have been shipped lifetime.

For the quarter ending December 31, 2022, Nintendo shipped 8.22 million Switch units and 76.71 million Switch games.

Breaking down the 122.55 million lifetime shipped figure for the Switch, it has shipped 47.66 million units in the Americas, 31.71 million in Europe, 29.05 million in Japan, and 14.15 million in the rest of the world.

The regular Nintendo switch model accounts for 88.67 million units of the 122.55 million Switch consoles shipped worldwide. The Switch Lite accounts for 20.40 million units and the Switch OLED accounts for 13.49 million units.

Nintendo has lowered its forecast for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023, from 19 million units for the Nintendo Switch down to 18 million.

Nintendo for the nine month period ending December 31, 2022  reported net sales were down 1.9 percent to ¥1,295.18 billion ($9.80 billion) and an operating profit dropped 13.1 percent to ¥410.54 billion ($3.11 billion).

Here are the top 10 best-selling Switch first-party titles:

  1. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 52 million
  2. Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 41.59 million
  3. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 30.44 million
  4. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 29 million
  5. Pokémon Sword / Pokémon Shield – 25.68 million
  6. Super Mario Odyssey – 25.12 million
  7. Pokémon Scarlet / Pokémon Violet – 20.61 million
  8. Super Mario Party – 18.79 million
  9. Ring Fit Adventure – 15.22 million
  10. Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! – 15.07 million
Nintendo also shared the sales figures of more games:
  1. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe – 14.75 million
  2. Pokémon Legends: Arceus – 14.63 million
  3. Luigi’s Mansion 3 – 12.44 million
  4. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury – 10.82 million
  5. Splatoon 3 – 10.13 million
  6. Mario Party Superstars – 9.38 million
  7. Nintendo Switch Sports – 8.61 million
  8. Kirby and the Forgotten Land – 6.12 million
  9. Mario Strikers: Battle League – 2.47 million
  10. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 – 1.81 million
  11. Bayonetta 3 – 1.04 million
Last edited by trunkswd - on 07 February 2023

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