Switch Is About To Pass DS To Become Nintendo's Best-Selling Platform Ever, But May Not Beat PS2

Nintendo released its latest quarterly earnings report today for the six-month period that ended on September 30, revealing a number of new details about the health of the company's business, including updated sales figures for the Switch and Switch 2. The original Switch has now sold 154.01 million units since it launched in 2017, and that's fairly close to the PS2's lifetime record of 160 million.

Will the Switch be able to catch the PS2? Probably not, says one analyst. Even so, the Switch is about to pass the Nintendo DS (154.02 million units sold) to become Nintendo's best-selling platform ever. It needs just 10,000 more sales to match the DS. This has no doubt already happened, as Nintendo's numbers run through September 30, and that's already more than a month ago. However, this won't be official until Nintendo releases its next earnings report in February 2026 or sooner if the company opts to make an announcement outside of its scheduled earnings releases.

Daniel Ahmad of Niko Partners was recently asked if he believes the Switch can surpass the PS2 for lifetime sales, and he replied, "Probably not."

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