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Nintendo Switch Outsells PS4 Worldwide
The Nintendo Switch has outsold the lifetime sales of the PlayStation 4, according to VGChartz estimates.
The Switch sold an estimated 1,331,185 units for the week ending November 26, 2022 to bring its lifetime sales to 117.27 million units. This compares to the PlayStation 4 with sales of 117.03 million units lifetime. The figure for the Switch includes the combined sales of the original Switch model, the Switch Lite, and Switch OLED.
Nintendo's hybrid console has now become the fourth best-selling video game platform of all time. Next up is the Game Boy (plus Game Boy Color) at 118.69 million units. After that is the Nintendo DS with 154.02 million units sold lifetime.
The Switch is 1.42 million units away from the Game Boy and 36.75 million units from the DS.
Breaking down the sales of the Switch by region, it has sold 42.29 million units in North America, 29.75 million units in Europe, 27.13 million units in Japan, and 18.11 million units in the rest of the world.
This compares to the PlayStation 4, which sold 38.20 million units in North America, 45.92 million units in Europe, 9.58 million units in Japan, and 23.32 million units in the rest of the world.
Breaking down sales of the Switch in Europe even further, it has sold 5.84 million units in the UK, 6.78 million in France, and 6.18 million in Germany.
Shipment figures for the Nintendo Switch reached 114.33 million units as of September 30, 2022, while 917,59 million Switch games had been shipped lifetime.
Here is a list of the top 10 best-selling Nintendo Switch games, according to Nintendo's shipment figures through September 30, 2022:
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 48.41 million
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 40.17 million
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 29.53 million
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 27.79 million
- Pokemon Sword / Pokemon Shield – 25.37 million
- Super Mario Odyssey – 24.40 million
- Super Mario Party – 18.35 million
- Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Pokemon Shining Pearl – 14.92 million
- Ring Fit Adventure – 14.87 million
- Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Pokemon: Let’s Go, Eevee! – 14.81 million
The Switch launched worldwide on March 3, 2017, while the PS4 launched in North America on November 15, 2013, in Europe on November 29, 2013, and in Japan on February 22, 2014.
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Last edited by trunkswd - on 09 December 2022