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Nintendo Switch sells 46,600,000 consoles beating PS2’s lifetime sales in the US-Adam Starkey-Entertainment – Metro
The Nintendo Switch has hit a huge sales milestone in the US, as EA Sports College Football 25 becomes the best-selling sports game ever.
Nintendo officially dominates the US (Metro/Sony/Nintendo)
The Nintendo Switch has hit a huge sales milestone in the US, as EA Sports College Football 25 becomes the best-selling sports game ever.
Sony’s suddenly very vague sales figures for the PlayStation 2 have made it difficult to ascertain whether the Nintendo Switch will surpass it in worldwide sales, but in one key country at least, it already has.
Following the November 2024 US sales data from Circana, the Nintendo Switch has now hit 46.6 million units sold, exceeding the PlayStation 2’s lifetime figure in the region.
According to games industry analyst Mat Piscatella, this means the Switch is now the second best-selling console in the US ever, behind the Nintendo DS at 53.80 million. While the figure for the PlayStation 2 isn’t stated, NPD data last reported it as 43 million in January 2009.
It’s still unclear whether the Switch will surpass Sony’s console in worldwide sales. At the time of writing, the overall Switch sales total is 146.04 million, behind both the Nintendo DS at 154.02 million and the PlayStation 2 with its recently touted ‘over 160 million’ milestone – despite Sony previous stating its total was 155 million.
Switch sales this Christmas will be crucial in deciding whether the console will have a chance of exceeding the PlayStation 2, but it does seem somewhat ambitious at this stage.
Elsewhere in the figures, EA Sports College Football 25 has become the best-selling sports game in US history, based on dollar sales. It’s also the best-selling game of the year so far in the country with only month to go, ahead of Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Helldivers 2.
As for November sales specifically, Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 topped the charts, ahead of Madden NFL 25, EA Sports FC 25 and EA Sports College Football 25. The only new entries were Mario & Luigi: Brothership at number seven (digital sales not included), Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D at number 12, and MySims: Cozy Bundle at number 19.
Overall, spending on video game hardware, content, and accessories fell by 7% in November compared to last year, with the launch of Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (which launched in November rather than October that year) cited as part of the reason for the decline.
The launch of Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 on Xbox Game Pass, meanwhile, is said to have contributed to an 8% growth in non-mobile video game subscription spending, but it’s unclear if this is the kind of increase Microsoft were hoping for.
On the hardware front, 2.4 million units were sold overall, a 4% increase over the 2.3 million sold a year prior. This was led by the PlayStation 5, where dollar sales were up by 15%, while Xbox Series X took a massive 29% decline and the Switch dropped by 3%.
As for mobile games, Pokémon TCG Pocket was the big success story, ranking at number two in November for revenue worldwide, following its launch in late October.
EA Sports College Football 25 is a juggernaut (EA)
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