Nintendo Switch
Nintendo · Launched in 2017
- Family
- Nintendo
- Launch
- 2017
- Type
- Hybrid (home and handheld)
- In the family
- #11 of 12 in launch order
- Units sold
- 157.2 million (as of 30/09/2026)
- Games sold
- 1,593.87 million (as of 30/09/2026)
Among the devices in this family with a published figure, it is the #1 best seller of 12.
About the family
Nintendo started in 1889 in Kyoto, making hanafuda cards, and took its current name in 1963. The Family Computer, from 1983, opened its console era. Since then the company has alternated home consoles and handhelds, and the Nintendo Switch, from 2017, merged the two into one.
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Sources
Numbers checked against the sources below on 08/11/2026. These are the figures the companies publish for investors; Nintendo updates them every quarter, and Sony shows the latest figure released for each device, with different dates.