Nintendo · Hybrid · Released 2017
Nintendo Switch: 156.59 million units sold
The Nintendo Switch is the #2 best-selling gaming machine of all time in this dataset. It belongs to the 8th generation, where it placed #1 of 5 machines by units sold.
- 156.6MUnits sold
- #2All-time rank
- 8Generation
- 2017Released
Games released on the Nintendo Switch hold 2,327 Game of the Year awards in this database, led by The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt with 281. A game counts for every machine it shipped on, so these totals overlap between consoles. The most-awarded games on it: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (281, 2015); The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (265, 2017); The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (230, 2011).
Generation 8 counts 5 machines here, 369.0 million units between them; it was the best seller of them all. The sales figure comes from Wikipedia, List of best-selling game consoles.
Of the 15 Nintendo machines tracked here, it is number 1 by units sold, behind none - it is the maker's best seller.