Summary

  • Nintendo Switch has the most first-party million-selling games, beating out competitors like PlayStation and Xbox.
  • The Nintendo Switch has sold over 150 million units, surpassing the Nintendo DS and other consoles.
  • Microsoft and Xbox lag behind in first-party million-sellers, with the Xbox 360 leading at 23.

Nintendo released its quarterly sales numbers yesterday, and to no surprise, the console and its games have sold like hotcakes. Mario ﷺKart 8 continues to be one of the bestꦜ-selling games of all time, and the console itself iౠs likely to sell long into the future.

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While the hardware sales numbers on their own are impressive, one thing that has gone unnoticed is that the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Nintendo Switch has had 72 first-party games that have sꦚold🌞 over a million copies, 17 more than its closest competitor.

Nintendo Switch's First-Party Library Is A Record Breaker

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In the eight years since the Switch launched, Nintendo can b๊oast a total of 72 first-party games that have sold a million or more copies on the console. Its closest rival, t🅷he Nintendo DS, managed 55 in its lifespan, and the 3DS managed 50.

Its closest competitor from hardware that isn't Nintendo-developed is the orig🐲inal PlayStation, which had 49 games that were published by Sony Computer Entertainment and sold over a million copies.

The Game Boy🦂, NES, Wii, Nintendo 64, PS2, and GameCube round out the top ten.

Microsoft and Xbox are flagging behind the competition in terms of first-🅠party million-sellers, with🌜 the Xbox 360 the company's best effort at 23. With Microsoft going on a spending spree over recent years, it will be interesting to see how that changes for the Xbox Series X and future consoles.

You can find the ful🃏l data from TheGamer's research below:

Console

Number Of First-Party Million-Sellers

Nintendo Switch

72

Nintendo DS

55

Nintendo 3DS

50

PlayStation

49

Nintendo Game Boy

46

Nintendo Entertainment System

42

Nintendo Wii

40

Nintendo 64

37

PlayStation 2

30

Nintendo GameCube

26

Nintendo Game Boy Advance

25

Xbox 360

23

Super NES

21

PlayStation 3

21

Nintendo Wii U

20

PlayStation 4

19

PlayStation Portable

8

Xbox One

7

PlayStation 5

5

Xbox

5

It's another achievement for the magnificent console, and Nintendo will have to be on its A-game if the Switch 2 is going to co🐽me close.

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Nintendo
Original Release Date
June 5, 20♛25
Operating System
♑ Proprietary
Storage
♒ 256GB internal / MicroSD
Resolution
1080p𒆙 (handheld) / 4K (do෴cked)
App Store
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