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The Switch is now Nintendo’s best-selling console of all time (www.theverge.com)
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The original Switch is officially Nintendo’s best-selling console of all time after surpassing the DS handheld in lifetime sales. In its latest earnings release, Nintendo reports that the Nintendo Switch has, as of December 31, 2025, sold 155.37 million units since its launch in 2017, compared to 154.02 million units for the 2004 Nintendo DS.

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[–] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not surprised, but man am I not a fan of the switch. It's not great as a portable (too big, terrible battery life), and too weak for a stand alone console. So you end up with a ton of compromises and a higher price. My Switch is my least used console by far.

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Different use cases for different people I guess, and there is nothing wrong with that. As a parent of a little kid, Switch was a godsend when it released, and while it was unarguably weak when compared to other consoles, it worked really well for indies and many non-AAA third party games.

It is my most used console so far, let's see if Switch 2 will surpass that or not.

[–] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 13 hours ago

Glad to hear that it worked out for you. If not for a few specific non-first party exclusives (that I really, really, wish were not), my Switch would just be a rarely used Mario Kart Machine. I had a feeling this would happen when i got the Switch, since it was exactly how it played out with the Wii (except it became a rarely used Wii Sports Machine). No chance I'll ever buy a Switch 2 or probably any other Nintendo console at this rare. It's been all down hill for Nintendo since the SNES :)