Nintendo just dropped some eye-opening numbers. The company has now sold over 860 million hardware units across its long history. That’s a lot of gaming devices. Even more impressive, they’ve moved more than 5.9 billion software units. That’s almost seven times the number of hardware pieces they’ve sold.
These colossal figures come straight from Nintendo’s own website. They shared this data near the end of a recent article. The numbers count every sale since the Famicom, also known as the NES, first hit shelves in 1983. This long history means Nintendo still holds the top spot. They’ve sold more home consoles than any other brand ever.
The good news doesn’t stop there for the gaming giant. Nintendo recently announced great sales for their newest console, the Switch 2. It’s only been out for less than two months, but it has already sold over 6 million units. That makes it the fastest-launching game console we’ve seen. Plus, software sales for the Switch 2 are booming too. Gamers have already bought more than 8.67 million software titles for the new system. These early results really show that this is another big hit for Nintendo. Everyone is now curious to see what comes next from the company.