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Nintendo Switch Surpasses Playstation 2 As Second Best Selling Gamer Hardware

The Nintendo Switch has passed the Playstation 2 to claim the spot as the second best selling gaming hardware in the history of the United States, just behind the Nintendo DS, a big win for Nintendo.

According to last month’s Circana report, lifetime unit sales of the Nintendo Switch are now at 46.6 million, despite slowing down, particularly during the month of November where it ranked as the second best selling console for the month behind the Playstation5.

Consumer spending on games overall was down 7% year-over-year to $5.8 billion with overall software spending seeing a downtick of 9% year-over-year to $4.5 billion, with Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 continuing it’s run as the second best selling game of the year, tops during November.

Here is a look at the top selling games for the month of October (US sales):

  1. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
  2. Madden NFL 25
  3. EA Sports FC 25
  4. EA Sports College Football 25
  5. Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero
  6. Super Mario Party Jamboree*
  7. Mario & Luigi: Brothership*
  8. Sonic X Shadow Generations
  9. NBA 2K25*
  10. Dragon Age: The Veilguard
  11. Hogwarts Legacy
  12. Dragon Quest 3
  13. Astro Bot
  14. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
  15. Silent Hill 2 (2024)
  16. Undisputed
  17. Metaphor: ReFantazio
  18. Minecraft*
  19. My Sims: Cozy Bundle
  20. Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics

* Indicates that some or all digital sales are not included in Circana’s data. Some publishers, including Nintendo and Take-Two, do not share certain digital data for this report.

 

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