The Nintendo Switch has sold 146 million devices in 7.5 years.
The Nintendo Switch has sold 146 million devices in 7.5 years.
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The story of the Nintendo Switch in 15 slides

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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  • 2 min

Nintendo’s executives gave a slide show that told the state of the Nintendo Switch game console.

The Switch has been the mainstay of Nintendo’s hardware strategy since 2017. It combined the portable gaming device with the home living room console, and players have loved that versatility. Here’s the story of the Switch in 15 slides.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.