Quote:Nintendo revealed its third quarter earnings statement on Monday for nine-month period that ended on December 31. The company has sold a total of 79.87 million Switch units worldwide, surpassing the Nintendo 3DS' lifetime sales of 75.94 million units. The Switch is the company's fifth best-selling console behind the Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, Game Boy, and Game Boy Advance.

Hardware sales reached 24.10 million units during this nine-month period, an increase of 35.8% over the same period the previous fiscal year), and software sales reached 176.10 million units, a year-on-year increase of 43.0%.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons sold 19.41 million copies in from April to December 2020, for a total of 33.41 million copies sold worldwide. The game trails Mario Kart 8 Deluxe in total first-party game sales for the Switch, with 33.41 million copies sold worldwide. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sold 8.64 million copies during the nine-month period. Nintendo also revealed other high-selling games including Paper Mario: The Origami King with 3.05 million copies sold, Super Mario 3D All-Stars with 8.32 million, Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit with 1.08 million, Pikmin 3: Deluxe with 1.94 million, and Ring Fit Adventure with 5.95 million copies sold. The Switch now has a total of 29 million-seller titles, compared to 20 titles as of the previous quarter.