Omnihanded Entertainmet News | Switch Is About To Pass DS To Become Nintendo’s Best-Selling Platform Ever, But May Not Beat PS2

Nintendo released its latest quarterly earnings report today for the six-month period that ended on September 30, revealing a number of new details about the health of the company’s business, including updated sales figures for the Switch and Switch 2. The original Switch has now sold 154.01 million units since it launched in 2017, and that’s fairly close to the PS2’s lifetime record of 160 million.

Will the Switch be able to catch the PS2? Probably not, says one analyst. Even so, the Switch is about to pass the Nintendo DS (154.02 million units sold) to become Nintendo’s best-selling platform ever. It needs just 10,000 more sales to match the DS. This has no doubt already happened, as Nintendo’s numbers run through September 30, and that’s already more than a month ago. However, this won’t be official until Nintendo releases its next earnings report in February 2026 or sooner if the company opts to make an announcement outside of its scheduled earnings releases.

Daniel Ahmad of Niko Partners was recently asked if he believes the Switch can surpass the PS2 for lifetime sales, and he replied, “Probably not.”

While Nintendo has boosted its sales projections for the Switch 2 from 15 million to 19 million for the current fiscal year, the company is downgrading its outlook for the original Switch. The company previously said it expected to sell 4.5 million units of the console during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026. However, the company is now modeling sales of 4 million units.

For the six-month period ended September 30, Nintendo sold 4.72 million original Switch consoles, which was down 60% compared to the same period last year. Sales of the original model were expected to slump, of course, as Nintendo just recently launched the Switch 2 in June 2025.

The Switch 2, meanwhile, has now sold more than 10.36 million units as of September 30. It is the fastest-selling console ever over its first four months, outpacing the sales of other platforms over a similar period of time, including the PS5 (7.8 million), PS4 (7.6 million), Wii (5.8 million), DS (5.3 million), and original Switch (4.74 million).

Black Ops 7 launch times for the full game

Black Ops 7 launches at midnight local time on November 14 for PlayStation, Xbox, and Xbox on PC, which means the game will be available at 3 AM PT on November 13, but you can only play that early if you live in New Zealand (more on that later). Battle.net and Steam users, meanwhile, can start playing at 9 PM PT on November 13, which works out to midnight Eastern on November 14.

Xbox, Xbox on PC, PlayStation

Midnight local time on November 14

Battle.net and Steam

9 PM PT / 12 AM ET on November 13

The New Zealand trick

Given that New Zealand is so far ahead of people in the US and UK, you might be wondering if it’s possible to trick your console or PC into thinking you live in the country where there are more sheep than people. This trick worked with Black Ops 6, and may work again with Black Ops 7.

People should know, however, that Microsoft does not want you to do this. In any event, here’s a rundown of how it should work.

Xbox:

Power up console and head to the Settings

Select “System”

Select “Language and Location”

Change your location to New Zealand

Restart your console

Load up Black Ops 7 to start playing

Xbox on PC:

Download the Xbox on PC app

Change your PC region to New Zealand

Change your Call of Duty account to New Zealand.

Ensure changes are saved

Boot the game

PlayStation:

Go to the Call of Duty website

Click on your profile and select “Basic Info”

Enter a New Zealand address

Make sure the changes save and load up Black Ops 7

Game Pass

Black Ops 7 will be available at launch on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. While those two subscription services recently saw major price hikes, most major retailers are sticking with the old prices, so you don’t actually have to pay more if you buy a membership right now. Game Pass Ultimate remains $20 at GameStop, Amazon, Best Buy, and others.