Nintendo has released its sales numbers for the six months up to May 29, 2025.
The numbers for the first half of its financial year reveal thatNintendo SwitchLite,the handheld-only Switch launched on September 20, sold 1.95 million units in just 11 days.
The flagship Switch also sold 4.98 million units during the six-month period, taking lifetime sales for the Switch platform as a whole to 41.67 million.
On the software sideThe Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening,which also released on September 20, sold an impressive 3.13 million units in 11 days. In comparison, 2013Nintendo 3DSinstalment A Link Between Worlds has sold around 4 million units to date.
Link’s Awakening is alsothe fastest-selling Switch game of 2019 in Europe.
Legacy titles such asMario Kart 8 Deluxeand Super Mario Party continue to show legs, with the former now less than one million units shy of life-to-date sales of 20 million.
The company’s presidentShuntaro Furukawatold investors earlier this year thatlegacy title sales were becoming important for Switch.
“As the spread of Nintendo Switch progresses, the number of new consumers is increasing,” he said.” And to consumers who just purchased Nintendo Switch hardware, every existing title seems new.”
Nintendoexpects to sell 18 million Switch units during the current financial year ending in March 2020. Should it achieve its target, the system would surpass lifetime sales of the SNES (49.1 million units).
In an investor call on Thursday, Furukawa revealedNintendo is planning to make more 3DS franchises available on Switchto convey the appeal of the handheld-only Switch Lite model
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild:1.76M / 14.54M
Nintendo 3DS:0.37M / 75.45M
