Nintendo's released updated sales figures for all its consoles, and it's certainly a lot of numbers.
The company's three current platforms — 3DS, Wii and the DS family — sit at a combined global sales figure of 264.5 million consoles sold. That figure's dwarfed by the software statistic: over 1.76 billion games have been sold for all three machines combined.
Here's the breakdown of where each console stands. Figures include sales up to and including 31st March 2012, but do not include games sold via download.
Nintendo 3DS
Hardware: 17.13m
Software: 45.42m
Best-selling titles: Super Mario 3D Land — 5.84m
Mario Kart 7 — 5.24m
Nintendogs + Cats — 2.70m
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D — 2.61m
Pokémon Rumble Blast — 1.08m
Nintendo DS family
Hardware: 151.52m
Software: 900.31m
Best-selling titles: New Super Mario Bros. — 29.09m
Nintendogs — 23.89m
Mario Kart DS — 22.57m
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl — 17.61m
Pokémon Black and White — 14.71m
Wii
Hardware: 95.85m
Software: 818.46m
Best-selling titles: Wii Sports — 79.60m
Mario Kart Wii — 32.44m
Wii Sports Resort — 30.14m
Wii Play — 28.02m
New Super Mario Bros. Wii — 26.26m
And, just for fun, the lifetime hardware and software sales for Nintendo's past machines.
Game Boy Advance family
Hardware: 81.51m
Software: 377.42m
Game Boy family
Hardware: 118.69m
Software: 501.11m
GameCube
Hardware: 21.74m
Software: 208.57m
Nintendo 64
Hardware: 32.93m
Software: 224.97m
Super Nintendo
Hardware: 49.10m
Software: 379.06m
NES
Hardware: 61.91m
Software: 500.01m
Grand Totals
Adding together all Nintendo console and hardware sales results in the following staggering figures:
Total Nintendo hardware sales: 630.38m
Total Nintendo software sales: 3.955 billion
That's a lot of coins.
[source nintendo.co.jp, via nintendo.co.jp]
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Wow, it's crazy that, for the newest 3 consoles, people only average 5 games for their system! This is a sharp decline from the past! I have 12 3DS games already and about 40 Wii games, but all my DS games were stolen :S.
Gamecube only sold 21 million and N64 only 32 million? Holy crap that's horrible. And I love those systems.
Nintendo DS sales: 151.52m
Playstation 2 sales: 154.4m
A few million more and the DS will be the best selling console ever. Keep it up, DS!
HOLY **** (insert the stars yourself) THATS FREAKING EPIC cmon 3 million more dses and then best selling console rofl
@C-Olimar Well, I have way more download titles on my 3DS and Wii than physical ones (and maybe slightly more on my DSi, but I don't think so - I got a LOT of games for that). So, kinda makes sense to me.
The Gamecube had the worst sales, but each hardware sale saw 10 software sales which is higher than any other console on the list. Would I be wrong if I broke that 20m figure into being the same amount as the number of Nintendo faithful people in the world? I think not.
Sorry, my bad, the average is way off! Not sure where I got that figure from...
@Jumbif Guess that makes sense. I only have 2 download titles on Wii. However, on 3DS, I have around 50 download titles, including every non-golfing 3DSWare (in Europe)!
Holy crap, who's screwing the average? 60+ Wii games, 45 DS games, 39 N64...
Lets keep in mind the fact that doesn't even count used game sales!
I really wish a Sony system didn't have the best selling hardware.
I think it's funny when people say Nintendo is a "dying" company. From the stats, they're coming to life!
@Joshers744 Why?
...You NL guys just LOVE cake huh? lol
Thanks for NOT adding Virtual Boy
Well, the DS family sold 5 million last fiscal year; with a price cut, they might be able to make 3 million more this Xmas, but Nintendo probably doesn't want to cannibalize its 3DS sales.
@C-Olimar Well, I only own 2 3DS retail games so owning an average of 5 retail doesn't seem like so little to me. But I don't plan on stopping their of course.
The DS is so close! Pokemon Black 2 and White 2 will definitiely help it reach the sales it needs to become the best selling game system of all time.
I wonder, what if titles like B/W 2 are coming for DS due to Nintendo wanting to surpass the PS2 in addition to having a big game release for a big user base?
What no G&W sales >
DAMN! LOL
How could Kid Icarus: Uprising get left out on the 3DS sales? And how did Pokemon Heart Gold And Soul Silver fall behind on the DS? Dang... D:
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