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As reported in the Nintendo’s latest Financial Report as June 2021 Nintendo have sold in total 800.84 million consoles worldwide since 1983*.
Nintendo is, by a wide margin, the console manufacturer which has sold the most consoles in the World.

Total number of videogame consoles sold by manufacturer as June 2021 (only console makers which have sold at least 30 million units):

A curiosity:
As March 1995 (PS1 was launched in December 1994 in Japan) NES + GB + SNES had sold in total 141.49 million units therefore since the introduction of the PlayStation brand of consoles Nintendo has sold around 95 million consoles more than what Sony did in the same timeframe.

* Note:
I considered only the stand alone consoles with interchangeable software (no Color TV Game, no Game & Watch, no Nintendo plug & play retro consoles, no PlayStation Classic, no PocketStation, no add-ons in general).

Useful links:

IR Information : Sales Data - Dedicated Video Game Sales Units

www.nintendo.co.jp

Nintendo software and hardware sales data from 1983 to present

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Business Data & Sales

Sony Interactive Entertainment offers its business and sales information for those seeking to understand our sales wins.

www.sie.com

 

[Gameplaylover]

<3 Nintendo

 

[ArtemisClydeFrog]

 

[reksveks]

So down 10% in terms of YoY revenue?

 

[Evilms]

Switch : 89.04M LTD (30/06/21)​

Hardware Q1 - 4.45M (-21.7% YoY)​

 

[Bernd Lauert]

The beast keeps delivering. Fun fact: Switch already outsold 3DS and WiiU combined.

 

[Marty-McFly]

Extrapolating Q1 sales, this is Switch's second best Q1 ever and sales should end up around 23-26 million for this fiscal year.

+---------+-------+-------+
| FY2Q1 1.97
| FY2 15.06
+--------+--------+-------+
| FY3Q1 1.88
| FY3 16.95
+---------+-------+-------+
| FY4Q1 2.13
| FY4 21.03
+---------+-------+-------+
| FY5Q1 5.68
| FY5 28.83
+---------+-------+-------+
| FY6Q1 4.45

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Good for them. Sony is still very impressive, having been in the market for 12 years less than Nintendo and 6 more than XBox.

Now to wait for the goalposts moving.

 

[Andyliini]

Here are also the updated million sellers list. It includes top 10 best selling games and other games that sold more than 1 million during the quarter:

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 37.08 million
Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 33.89 million
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 24.77 million
Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 23.20 million
Pokemon Sword/Shield – 21.85 million
Super Mario Odyssey – 21.40 million
Super Mario Party – 15.72 million
Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu / Eevee – 13.57 milion
Splatoon 2 – 12.45 million
Ring Fit Adventure – 11.26 million
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury – 6.68 million
New Pokemon Snap – 2.07 million
Mario Golf: Super Rush – 1.34 million
Miitopia – 1.04 million

Since last update, Switch has officially Outsold PS3. There are no gaming hardware that ended up between 90-100 million, so next in line are Wii at 101 million and PS1 at 102 million. Switch should reach those numbers by December 31 2021.

 

[Robb]

That's a nice milestone. Also seems like Switch might pass 100M and beat the Wii in sales this year.

Sony is still very impressive

I was thinking the same thing, it's super impressive to me that Sony is that close.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

All numbers are expectedly down YoY, but Nintendo is still the profit king, with an operating profit of $1.1b

 

[Lupin3]

Only 800 in total? Watch out, Nintendo! Microsoft is coming for you!

Some day...

Xbox One: Microsoft aims for 1 billion lifetime sales, 100 million Xbox 360 units

Microsoft's senior vice president of Interactive Entertainment Business Yusuf Mehdi has stated that given the broad mul…

www.vg247.com

 

[Hoppa]

Nintendo bulldozing everything as usual

 

[carlosrox]

Wait til they reach 1 billion!

 

[Evilms]

 

[EdGalTBR]

+---------+-------+-------+
| Quarter |  WII  |  NSW  |
+---------+-------+-------+
|  FY1Q1  |       |       |
|  FY1Q2  |       |       |
|  FY1Q3  |  3.19 |       |
|  FY1Q4  |  2.65 |  2.74 |
|   FY1   |  5.84 |  2.74 |
+---------+-------+-------+
|  FY2Q1  |  3.43 |  1.97 |
|  FY2Q2  |  3.90 |  2.93 |
|  FY2Q3  |  6.97 |  7.23 |
|  FY2Q4  |  4.31 |  2.93 |
|   FY2   | 18.61 | 15.06 |
+--------+--------+-------+
|  FY3Q1  |  5.17 |  1.88 |
|  FY3Q2  |  4.03 |  3.19 |
|  FY3Q3  | 10.41 |  9.41 |
|  FY3Q4  |  5.46 |  2.47 |
|   FY3   | 25.95 | 16.95 |
+---------+-------+-------+
|  FY4Q1  |  2.23 |  2.13 |
|  FY4Q2  |  3.52 |  4.80 |
|  FY4Q3  | 11.31 | 10.81 |
|  FY4Q4  |  3.48 |  3.29 |
|   FY4   | 20.54 | 21.03 |
+---------+-------+-------+
|  FY5Q1  |  3.04 |  5.68 |
|  FY5Q2  |  1.93 |  6.85 |
|  FY5Q3  |  8.74 | 11.57 |
|  FY5Q4  |  1.37 |  4.73 |
|   FY5   | 15.08 | 28.83 |
+---------+-------+-------+
|  FY6Q1  |  1.56 |  4.45 |
|   LTD   | 87.57 | 89.04 |
+---------+-------+-------+

 

[Mownoc]

Nintendo's continued presence in the handheld market made this an easy win. 12 total systems released. While they may be less consistent in console sales successes than PlayStation they make up for it in quantity of systems released.

 

[Marty-McFly]

+---------+-------+-------+
| Quarter |  WII  |  NSW  |
+---------+-------+-------+
|  FY1Q1  |       |       |
|  FY1Q2  |       |       |
|  FY1Q3  |  3.19 |       |
|  FY1Q4  |  2.65 |  2.74 |
|   FY1   |  5.84 |  2.74 |
+---------+-------+-------+
|  FY2Q1  |  3.43 |  1.97 |
|  FY2Q2  |  3.90 |  2.93 |
|  FY2Q3  |  6.97 |  7.23 |
|  FY2Q4  |  4.31 |  2.93 |
|   FY2   | 18.61 | 15.06 |
+--------+--------+-------+
|  FY3Q1  |  5.17 |  1.88 |
|  FY3Q2  |  4.03 |  3.19 |
|  FY3Q3  | 10.41 |  9.41 |
|  FY3Q4  |  5.46 |  2.47 |
|   FY3   | 25.95 | 16.95 |
+---------+-------+-------+
|  FY4Q1  |  2.23 |  2.13 |
|  FY4Q2  |  3.52 |  4.80 |
|  FY4Q3  | 11.31 | 10.81 |
|  FY4Q4  |  3.48 |  3.29 |
|   FY4   | 20.54 | 21.03 |
+---------+-------+-------+
|  FY5Q1  |  3.04 |  5.68 |
|  FY5Q2  |  1.93 |  6.85 |
|  FY5Q3  |  8.74 | 11.57 |
|  FY5Q4  |  1.37 |  4.73 |
|   FY5   | 15.08 | 28.83 |
+---------+-------+-------+
|  FY6Q1  |  1.56 |  4.45 |
|   LTD   | 87.57 | 89.04 |
+---------+-------+-------+

Switch is bullying the Wii at this point launch alligned.

People who were thinking it would drop off like the Wii were sorely mistaken.

 

[Kenpachii]

I find sony impressive. that's a huge amount of consoles lol

 

[Evilms]

2017: 14.87 million
2018: 17.40 million
2019: 20.21 million
2020: 27.39 million
2021: 9.17 million (6 month only)

 

[Eddie-Griffin]

Atari should be higher and Sega should be lower.

Also not surprising with how many portable systems and iterations Nintendo put out. Most of their systems sold are portable, as well as most of their third party support.

 

[Marty-McFly]

Switch staring down the Wii and PS1 like

 

[Godot25]

I would have never imagined that Switch would be such a beast after failure called WiiU

 

[John Wick]

Not really. Nintendo handhelds are always successful. That's why the Switch is a Hybrid but more of a handheld than home console.

 

[Mozza]

Switch : 89.04M LTD (30/06/21)​

Hardware Q1 - 4.45M (-21.7% YoY)​

SonyGaf strikes again, as we are not allowed to have a thread celebrating the fact Nintendo have sold lots of consoles, and if they do it's usually down to people buying rubbish or the pandemic, of course if we have a thread that says the PS5 has sold 10 million consoled that's all down to demand.

Also your comment about the decline has not context, the main reason the Nintendo Switch has sold less in the first quarter 2021 than it did in 2020 was Animal crossing, this game should have been released in Dec 2019 but was pushed back to 2020 thus inflating the sales figures in 2020, traditionally Nintendo sells it's most hardware over the Christmas holiday period. This year will be boosted by the Pokemon remakes, and 2022 will have Pokemon legends, and of course you have the new OLED model out in October, but please feel free to suggest the Switch sales slump mantra if it makes you feel any better.

 

[Raekwon26]

SonyGaf strikes again, as we are not allowed to have a thread celebrating the fact Nintendo have sold lots of consoles, and if they do it's usually down to people buying rubbish or the pandemic, of course if we have a thread that says the PS5 has sold 10 million consoled that's all down to demand.

Also your comment about the decline has not context, the main reason the Nintendo Switch has sold less in the first quarter 2021 than it did in 2020 was Animal crossing, this game should have been released in Dec 2019 but was pushed back to 2020 thus inflating the sales figures in 2020, traditionally Nintendo sells it's most hardware over the Christmas holiday period. This year will be boosted by the Pokemon remakes, and 2022 will have Pokemon legends, and of course you have the new OLED model out in October, but please feel free to suggest the Switch sales slump mantra if it makes you feel any better.

Alright, calm down warrior.

Relax.

 

[Marty-McFly]

double post

 

[Mozza]

Here are also the updated million sellers list. It includes top 10 best selling games and other games that sold more than 1 million during the quarter:

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 37.08 million
Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 33.89 million
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 24.77 million
Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 23.20 million
Pokemon Sword/Shield – 21.85 million
Super Mario Odyssey – 21.40 million
Super Mario Party – 15.72 million
Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu / Eevee – 13.57 milion
Splatoon 2 – 12.45 million
Ring Fit Adventure – 11.26 million
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury – 6.68 million
New Pokemon Snap – 2.07 million
Mario Golf: Super Rush – 1.34 million
Miitopia – 1.04 million

Since last update, Switch has officially Outsold PS3. There are no gaming hardware that ended up between 90-100 million, so next in line are Wii at 101 million and PS1 at 102 million. Switch should reach those numbers by December 31 2021.

Very impressive sales for those first party Nintendo titles, obviously the top two are just insane, but for me the sales of Super Mario Odyssey are the most impressive, as when did a Mario 3-D game reach those type of Numbers.

 

[Mozza]

Alright, calm down warrior.

Relax.

Not being a warrior at all, just pointing out it's easy to post facts and figures with no context to them, and many on this site do not like any sort of Nintendo success, may not sit well with people, but it's pretty obvious on a lot of Nintendo sales threads, where there are many comments suggesting it's down to luck or other factors.

Yet you get a positive thread about a Sony console performing well, or their annual sales report, and it's high fives all round, and fully expected and deserved.

 

[Evilms]

Not being a warrior at all, just pointing out it's easy to post facts and figures with no context to them, and many on this site do not like any sort of Nintendo success, may not sit well with people, but it's pretty obvious on a lot of threads.

take one

 

[Moses85]

 

[Mozza]

take one

I think those tissues are for you when the next Sony success thread comes around, or the annual sales figures/investor meeting is published, although I doubt you will be using them to wipe away your tears.

 

[Raekwon26]

Anyway, brilliance is the best way to describe this.

Sustained brilliance.

Numbers like this should be known and celebrated.

 

[Marty-McFly]

take one

Switch is on pace to have it's second best year on the market outselling "PS4's best ever 20 million year" for a third consecutive year.

If anything, I'd say it's time to pop the champagne.

 

[Gameplaylover]

Not being a warrior at all, just pointing out it's easy to post facts and figures with no context to them, and many on this site do not like any sort of Nintendo success, may not sit well with people, but it's pretty obvious on a lot of Nintendo sales threads, where there are many comments suggesting it's down to luck or other factors.

Yet you get a positive thread about a Sony console performing well, or their annual sales report, and it's high fives all round, and fully expected and deserved.

What did you expect? GAF is like 70% Sony. 20% Nintendo and 10% Xbox when it comes to consoles. When i saw this topic i instantly knew we will some have donwplaying and Sony praising on page 1. You have to accept this if you are here.

 

[BadBurger]

Yea, Nintendo has put out a lot of consoles over nearly four decades with only two clear stinkers in my opinion (Virtual Boy and Wii U). I think it's also impressive that Sony is so close considering they got into the game about seventeen years later - though they enjoyed a changing consumer base of gamers that began growing at astronomical rates in the 2000's and more and more consisted of young adults with disposable income. Nintendo, on the other hand, spent a good fifteen years selling mostly to children, the earliest years of which were to a smaller group of families capable of affording a large purchase like that.

 

[Evilms]

I think those tissues are for you when the next Sony success thread comes around, or the annual sales figures/investor meeting is published, although I doubt you will be using them to wipe away your tears.

You made me feel sorry for you.
wipe your tears with it, since you haven't stopped crying for a while

 

[Raekwon26]

What did you expect? GAF is like 70% Sony. 20% Nintendo and 10% Xbox when it comes to consoles. When i saw this topic i instantly knew we will some have donwplaying and Sony praising on page 1. You have to accept this if you are here.

*sigh*

This victim shit again.

 

[Marty-McFly]

You made me feel sorry for you.
wipe your tears with it, since you haven't stopped crying for a while

Nintendo rn

 

[arvfab]

SonyGaf strikes again...

Because of a post of a user, who might or might not be Sony aligned, where he posts (I assume correct) data, without comparisons to other consoles, without his personal takes on it, it's SonyGAF.

Yet you mostly find praise in this thread and if Sony is mentioned, then to praise both.

Guys you should really start to brush this paranoia off, it's not healthy.

 

[Mozza]

What did you expect? GAF is like 70% Sony. 20% Nintendo and 10% Xbox when it comes to consoles. When i saw this topic i instantly knew we will some have donwplaying and Sony praising on page 1. You have to accept this if you are here.

I am totally aware of what it's like on here, just like to call them out on it once in a while.

 

[Mozza]

Switch is on pace to have it's second best year on the market outselling "PS4's best ever 20 million year" for a third consecutive year.

If anything, I'd say it's time to pop the champagne.

I think he will be popping more than his champagne next Sony success thread.

 

[Mozza]

You made me feel sorry for you.
wipe your tears with it, since you haven't stopped crying for a while

Don't want stuff like that, please post some more Sony success graphs or pie charts.

 

[Mozza]

Yea, Nintendo has put out a lot of consoles over nearly four decades with only two clear stinkers in my opinion (Virtual Boy and Wii U). I think it's also impressive that Sony is so close considering they got into the game about seventeen years later - though they enjoyed a changing consumer base of gamers that began growing at astronomical rates in the 2000's and more and more consisted of young adults with disposable income. Nintendo, on the other hand, spent a good fifteen years selling mostly to children, the earliest years of which were to a smaller group of families capable of affording a large purchase like that.

You can't underestimate Sony's impact on the video gaming scene, it pretty much made Nintendo go in a totally different direction, even more when Microsoft entered the fray.

 

[Evilms]

Don't want stuff like that, please post some more Sony success graphs or pie charts.

 

[Mozza]

Come on you little tease, give me those Sony sales graphs and pie charts, you know you want to.

 

[Labadal]

Those numbers are great for Nintendo. Down from 2020, but they had Animal Crossing during that period.

 

[Mozza]

A game system selling 5+ million units during the April-June quarter will probably never happen ever again. Outside of the Switch last year, only the NDS and Wii has ever accomplished that feat.

As a point of comparison, here is what the PS4 sold during each FYQ1:

> FY2014 Q1: 2.8 million units of hardware
> FY2015 Q1: 2.9 million units of hardware
> FY2016 Q1: 3.5 million units of hardware
> FY2017 Q1: 3.3 million units of hardware
> FY2018 Q1: 3.2 million units of hardware
> FY2019 Q1: 3.2 million units of hardware
> FY2020 Q1: 1.9 million units of hardware
> FY2021 Q1: 0.5 million units of hardware

And here is PS5:
> FY2021 Q1: 2.3 million units of hardware

People suggesting Nintendo had a bad quarter but they still sold 4.5 million consoles, if that's bad I would still take it an run a mile.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Congrats Nintendo, you will forever have a special place in the halls of gaming history. May the golden ages continue to repeat with Nintendo always being unique and enjoying success.

 

[onesvenus]

To everyone praising Sony:
1. This is a Nintendo thread, you can celebrate Sony accomplishments in the multiple Sony thread in this same forum
2. Did you not read where it says that from the moment Sony entered the videogame business Nintendo has increased its lead over them on total number of consoles sold?