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Steve Dent @ Engadget 2 place · today 03:37 EDT

The Switch just surpassed the DS as Nintendo's best-selling console ever

The original Switch just became Nintendo’s best-selling console ever with 155.37 million units as of December 31, 2025, overtaking the DS which sold 154.02 million units from 2004-2011. It was part of a holiday surge that saw the company move 7.01 million Switch 2s (and 17.37 million through Q3 of its fiscal year), making it the “fastest-selling dedicated video platform released by Nintendo to date,” the company said in its earnings report. Despite being supplanted by the Switch 2, the Switch keeps selling.

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