When you’ve been developing games and hardware systems for as long as Nintendo has, it should come as no surprise that the gaming giant has shifted plenty of consoles over the years and after some number crunching, it seems Nintendo has plenty to celebrate.

According to the numbers they provided as part of their latest financial report, counting sales from both handheld and home consoles, Nintendo has shifted more than 725 million pieces of hardware sold and that’s not including sales from Virtual Boy, NES Classic, and SNES Classic. But not to leave it just there, here is the breakdown of hardware sales as shared by Gamnesia:

 

Nintendo Home Console Sales: (*All numbers in millions)

  • NES — 61.91
  • SNES — 49.10
  • N64 — 32.93
  • GameCube — 21.74
  • Wii — 101.63
  • Wii U — 13.56
  • Switch — 19.67

Total: 300.54 million

 

Nintendo Handheld Sales: (*All numbers in millions)

  • Game Boy — 118.69 (including Color)
  • Game Boy Advance — 81.51
  • DS — 154.02
  • 3DS — 72.89

Total: 427.11 million

 

Collective Total: 727.65 million

Source: Gamnesia

 

By Jack Longman

In 2015, when rumours of the NX and Zelda U were everywhere, my brother and I started Miketendo64 and we've been running it ever since. As the Editor-in-Chief, I have attended video gaming events in three different countries, been to preview events, and penned more than 4,000 articles to date, ranging from news, to features, reviews, interviews and guides. I love gaming and I love all things Nintendo. I also love Networking, so don't be afaid to reach out. Email: contact@miketendo64.com / jack.lo@miketendo64.com Website: https://miketendo64.com/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyVMO4QgcniAjhLxoyc9n8Q

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