Nintendo published its FY3/2021 Q1 earnings release, which reveals that the Nintendo Switch has crossed another massive sales milestone.
The Nintendo Switch and Switch Lite achieved a combined total hardware sales of 61.44 million units worldwide as of June 30 2020. In comparison to its predecessors, this means that the Switch is well on its way to exceeding the lifetime sales of the NES, which sold around 61.9 million units in its lifetime.
Nintendo hardware sales
| Console | Hardware Sales (Million) | Software Sales (Million) |
| Wii | 101.63 | 921.85 |
| NES | 61.91 | 500.01 |
| Nintendo Switch | 61.44 | 406.67 |
| SNES | 49.10 | 379.06 |
| Nintendo 64 | 32.93 | 224.97 |
| GameCube | 21.74 | 208.57 |
| Wii U | 13.56 | 103.21 |
Software sales
The Nintendo Switch also crossed the 400 million software sales mark as of June 30 2020, but still has a considerable way to go before reaching the heights of the NES or even Wii when it comes to that..
As the Nintendo Switch is currently only in its fourth year, we can probably expect it to zip past its eldest sibling in terms of hardware and software sales in the months to follow.
