Switch at 155.92M nears PS2 record as price rises slow sales

Nintendo reported the Switch has reached 155.92 million lifetime units sold worldwide as of March 31, 2026, placing the console above the Nintendo DS (154.02 million) and below the PlayStation 2 (160 million).

The company shipped 3.8 million Switch units in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026, a decline from prior years for the platform.

Nintendo projects 2 million Switch console sales for the next fiscal year; if that forecast is met, lifetime sales would rise to roughly 157.9 million.

Nintendo raised the U.S. MSRP of the OLED model by $50 last year and announced similar price increases for Japan that take effect later this month.

Industry analysts and Nintendo cite the price increases as a factor that could reduce demand. The increases run counter to the more common pattern of hardware price declines as a product matures.

The current gap to the PS2’s 160 million units is about 4.08 million. Closing that gap will depend on how long Nintendo continues to sell the Switch and on future annual sales levels.

The Switch launched in 2017 and is Nintendo’s best-selling console to date. The DS remains the company’s second-best seller at 154.02 million, and the PlayStation 2, released in 2000, holds the industry record at 160 million.