The Nintendo Switch's days are numbered—but what is that number?

Following that relatively late peak, annual Switch sales fell off much more slowly than those for other Nintendo consoles. By its ninth full fiscal year (which ended in March), for instance, the Wii was barely hanging on, selling new hardware at a rate less than 1 percent of its annual peak years earlier. But the Switch was still selling at about 13 percent of its peak annual sales in its ninth full fiscal year, shipping a significant 3.8 million units. Things look even better for the Switch when you look at software sales. Nintendo sold nearly 137 million pieces of Switch software in the last fiscal year, a number that’s still roughly 58 percent of its annual software sales peak. At a similar point in their lifespans, even bestselling systems like the Nintendo DS, 3DS, and Wii were all selling software at less than 5 percent of their peak rate.