The primary-generation Nintendo Change continues to be on sale after the launch of its successor. This has allowed it proceed raking within the gross sales numbers, which has landed it on the highest spot of the corporate’s greatest promoting {hardware}. In latest instances, it has surpassed the DS because the model’s greatest promoting gaming console.
These figures come from the corporate’s personal earnings report. As for 31 December 2025, the Nintendo Change has achieved a lifetime gross sales determine of 155.37 million. Contributing to this was 1.36 million items being offered in that quarter, partially due to the vacation gross sales. For context, the DS offered a complete of 154.02 million earlier than it was gone from cabinets ceaselessly.
Additionally within the report is the corporate’s forecast on the variety of Nintendo Change gadgets it intends to promote by the top of its 2026 monetary 12 months, which ends on 31 March. The corporate expects to promote a complete of 4 million items of the hand-held console hybrid by then. And with the three present quarters put collectively totalling about 3.25 million items, that’s one other 750,000 to go.
It gained’t be beating the PlayStation 2 as the most effective promoting console ever, which offered over 160 million whereas it was nonetheless accessible. Nevertheless it most likely nonetheless has sufficient years left out there to get nearer, and even overtake the reigning champ.
In fact, since we talked about the Change 2, it stays the fastest-selling “devoted online game platform launched by Nintendo thus far”. It offered 3.5 million throughout the first 4 days. And as of the top of December, it offered over 15 million.
(Supply: Nintendo [PDF])
