Nintendo Switch is now the third best-selling console of all time

THE Nintendo Switch has continued to sell well and is now the third best-selling console of all time.

We’ve seen the Nintendo Switch outsell both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S year on year, despite being released much earlier.

Now the Switch is threatening some of the best-selling consoles of all time as it climbs to third place.

Nintendo predicts that 2023 will also be a strong year for the Switch, and plans to up production of the console in the future.

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Last year, it sold almost 17million units across its original, Lite, and OLED models.

This means that its lifetime sales have surpassed 122million and has become one of the best-selling consoles of all time.

The previous third-place console was the Nintendo Game Boy and Game Boy Colour, which sold around 119million units combined.

There are still two consoles which have outsold the Nintendo Switch.

The Nintendo DS has sold 154million units, just behind the PlayStation 2 with 155million units.

There is still quite a long time before the Switch could possibly outsell these two consoles.

However, if Nintendo intends to extend the life of the console as rumoured, then even the might of the PS2 is within reach.

The PS5 is currently the eighteenth best-selling console with 32million units, and Xbox Series X|S is sitting at twenty-sixth with 12million units sold.

While the Switch released three years before both of these consoles, it has far outpaced their current rate of sale. 

Here are the top ten best-selling consoles:

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1. PlayStation 2 - 155million
2. Nintendo DS - 154million
3. Nintendo Switch - 122million
4. Game Boy & Colour - 118million
5. PlayStation 4 - 117million
6. PlayStation - 102million
7. Nintendo Wii - 101million
8. PlayStation 3 - 87million
9. Xbox 360 - 84million
10. Game Boy Advance - 83million

Written by Georgina Young on behalf of GLHF.