Nintendo has been in the video game business for a long time. Longer than Sony, Microsoft, Sega, Activision, Electronic Arts… nearly everybody actually. So it stands to reason that the company has sold a lot of systems and a lot of software. How much? Well, I’m glad you asked.
During their most recent quarterly financial briefing, Nintendo revealed lifetime-to-date sales figures for all of their consoles and handhelds. Some of the numbers may surprise you:
Hardware Sold
- DS: 151.52 million units
- Game Boy/Game Boy Color: 118.69 million units
- Wii: 95.85 million units
- Game Boy Advance: 81.51 million units
- NES: 61.91 million units
- Super NES: 49.1 million units
- Nintendo 64: 32.93 million units
- GameCube: 21.74 million units
- 3DS: 17.13 million units
All Software Sold
(Includes Nintendo-Published and Third-Party Titles)
- DS: 900.31 million units
- Wii: 818.46 million units
- Game Boy/Game Boy Color: 501.11 million units
- NES: 500.01 million units
- Super NES: 379.06 million units
- Game Boy Advance: 377.52 million units
- Nintendo 64: 224.97 million units
- GameCube: 208.57 million units
- 3DS: 45.42 million units
All sales data is based on worldwide totals and is accurate as of March 31, 2012. Italics indicates currently available system.
