The Nintendo Switch has outsold the Nintendo 3DS – the hybrid platform continues to sell like hotcakes.

Nintendo published its quarterly financial earnings report (October-December 2020), and during its Q&A session, the big N’s leadership had some interesting comments, tweeted by Takahashi Mochizuki, Bloomberg‘s reporter: „Nintendo says it has enough components to make & sell Switch for time being. But with stronger-than-expected demand, some versions may get hard to find at some stores in Japan,” he wrote. Then, Nintendo was asked if there will be a new Nintendo Switch model this year. The big N isn’t planning to make an announcement anytime soon. So they don’t say outright that they are NOT making a new model anymore… the rumours around the Nintendo Switch Pro might not be made up after all.

But until then, let’s look at the past and the present. Nintendo’s newest earnings release confirms that by the end of 2020, 79.87 million Nintendo Switch units were sold. That’s higher than what the Nintendo 3DS family achieved (75.94) million. In the final quarter of 2020, 11.57 million units were sold, which seems strong, but then again, the Christmas rush always pushes the numbers higher. A total of 532.34 million Switch games have been sold (which means on average, 6.66 games were bought for each Switch), and in the previous quarter, 75.85 million games were sold (6.55/new sold Switch, the six ratio is still there). These are so strong figures that Nintendo altered its previously announced forecast that it will sell 24 million Switch units between April 2020 and March 2021 to 26.5 million units.

We always take a look at the top ten first-party Switch titles, so let’s do it:

•     Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 33.41 million
•     Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 31.18 million
•     Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 22.85 million
•     The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 21.45 million
•     Pokemon Sword / Pokemon Shield – 20.35 million
•     Super Mario Odyssey – 20.23 million
•     Super Mario Party – 13.82 million
•     Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Pokemon: Let’s Go, Eevee! – 13.00 million
•     Splatoon 2 – 11.90 million
•     New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe – 9.82 million

The big N also announced additional sales numbers, including the first official numbers for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, Pikmin 3 Deluxe, and Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit:

•     Luigi’s Mansion 3 – 9.13 million
•     Ring Fit Adventure – 8.68 million
•     Super Mario 3D All-Stars – 8.32 million
•     Paper Mario: The Origami King – 3.05 million
•     Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics – 2.62 million
•     Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity – 2.84 million (excluding Japan) (released November 20)
•     Pikmin 3 Deluxe – 1.94 million (released October 30)
•     Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition – 1.48 million
•     Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit – 1.08 million (released October 16)

Pretty strong results.

Source: WCCFTech, Gematsu