Nintendo released new sales figures showing the original Switch family has reached 155.37 million lifetime units sold. The newer Switch 2 has moved 17.37 million units since launch.
The update also included first-party software sales for Switch 2 titles. Mario Kart World leads the pack at 14 million units sold. Donkey Kong Bananza sits at 4.25 million. Pokémon Legends: Z-A (Switch 2 Edition) has moved 3.89 million copies. Kirby Air Riders rounds out the list at 1.76 million.
The Mario Kart World numbers are particularly striking. With 14 million copies sold against 17.37 million consoles, the game has achieved an 80% attach rate. That means roughly four out of every five Switch 2 owners bought the title.
Nintendo’s reporting methodology adds some complexity to the software figures. The company counts physical copies sold as Switch 2 copies under “Switch 2 software.” Digital copies and upgrade purchases may be categorized differently in their internal reporting. This means the total player counts for cross-generation titles could be higher than the Switch 2-specific figures suggest.
Kirby Air Riders has posted unusually strong numbers for the series. The game has already surpassed its predecessor’s lifetime sales of 1.35 million units. The regional split is also noteworthy—roughly 900,000 units sold in Japan and 860,000 outside Japan. Japan-heavy sales distributions are relatively rare for million-selling titles outside certain Nintendo franchises.
Switch closing in on all-time throne
The Switch’s 155.37 million total puts it within range of the PlayStation 2’s all-time console sales record. A few million more units would push it past Sony’s legendary system.
Metroid Prime 4 notably doesn’t appear on the million-seller list. Nintendo typically only includes titles that exceed one million units per platform in these reports. The game launched in early December, giving it limited time before the reporting period cutoff at year-end. It may have sold under the disclosure threshold on each individual platform during that window.
