According to recent news, Switch tops Xbox 360 and becomes the 3^rd best-selling gaming console in the U.S. Well, that’s a huge milestone made by Nintendo Switch in terms of sales, indicating its popularity.

It’s not long since the gaming console was first released and in such a short span it managed to topple Xbox 360. The latter is a pretty amazing entry in the Xbox series by the company.

Want to know more about Nintendo Switch don’t go here and there, because we are here covering your back. In this article, we will be discussing how Switch tops Xbox 360 and other details of it.

How Switch Tops Xbox 360

As you very well know the Nintendo Switch is a video game console released in the year 2017. The gaming console was developed by Nintendo and was launched on a global level. Since then it has become one of the favourite gaming consoles of the players.

With time not only it has included more wonderful games in its portfolio but also graded its features to a high level. And that’s the result we can see in the soaring number of Nintendo Switch sales.

Now Switch tops Xbox 360 and has become the 3^rd best – selling video game console in the U.S. ever. If you see, then there are many competitors of the Nintendo Switch including Xbox One by Microsoft.

Its other competitors are PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S and ninth–generation consoles. So, as you can see the competition is pretty hard nevertheless with its feature Nintendo Switch managed to reach its new position.

Since its first release, there are many new entries in the Nintendo Switch series that are also popular. The latest was in the year 2021 when Nintendo Switch introduced its models with OLED screens.

Not only the features but the games Nintendo Switch has provided in its portfolio are also behind its success. The bestselling game of the series is Mario Kart 8 Deluxe with over 57 million copies sold worldwide.

This hybrid console can be used as a dock for a home console and as a portable device. Through the latter players can enjoy their favourite on the go.

As per the Circana analyst Mat Piscatella, the Nintendo Switch achieved the milestone in November. Before Nintendo Switch, PS2 and Nintendo DS were the top two games with bestselling records.

There is no more information from the NPD but in the words of Mat Piscatell,

“Circana November 2023 US Video Game Sales Fun Fact – Lifetime US unit sales of Nintendo Switch surpassed those of Xbox 360 during November, and now Switch trails only Nintendo DS and PlayStation 2 (Tracking period of 1995 – current).

According to the data shared by Nintendo to the public, the Nintendo DS has sold over 154 million units internationally. There are no exact sales records for the PlayStation 2 but it is assumed to be more the Nintendo Switch. And the Nintendo Switch has sold more than 132 million units globally. That too without counting the sales made during the holiday season like the Black Friday shopping season.