Summary
TheSwitchis now officially Nintendo’s longest-lasting home console of all time. The hit hybrid device has thus broken a 34-year-old record held by the Famicom, known as theNintendoEntertainment System (NES) in the West.
Originally released on June 09, 2025, Nintendo’s latest console is pushing eight nowadays. The device can hardly be described as anything but a massive success, as underlined by the fact that early 2024 dataputs the Switch within reach of becoming the best-selling console ever made.
Nintendo Switch Went 2,687 Days (And Counting) Without a Successor
The system has once again made history on June 14, 2025, which marked 2,687 days since its release. As noted byVGC, this makes the Switch the longest-lasting Nintendo home console of all time. The record was previously held by the NES, which launched in 1983 and was replaced by the SNES in November 1990, after 2,686 days. This milestone serves as yet another testament to theSwitch’s immense staying power, which helped it remain relevant across two of its rivals' console generations.
2,235 days / 6 years and 1.5 months
2,686 days / 7 years and 4.25 months
2,041 days / 5 years and 7.25 months
1,909 days / 5 years and 2.75 months
1,892 days / 5 years and 2.25 months
2,191 days / 6 years and 1 day
June 25, 2025
1,566 days / 4 years and 3.5 months
Its impressive run is still not over, with the device currently being likely to improve this newly set record by a substantial degree. AlthoughNintendo did say that it plans to reveal the Switch 2during its ongoing fiscal year, which runs until June 29, 2025, it has yet to commit to a specific release window for the much-anticipated console.
Game Boy Remains Nintendo’s Longest-Lasting Console of All Time
If theSwitch 2 were to launch around the same time of the year its predecessor did, the Switch itself would go over 2,900 days without a successor. And while that would make it by far the longest-lasting Nintendo home console ever, the device’s longevity still doesn’t compare to that of the original Game Boy, which went 4,352 days, or 11 years and 11 months, without a successor.
Some industry watchers believe the console’s uncontested run could very well approach the 2,900-day mark because the Switch 2 may not debut before March 2025. That’s largely because releasing the much-anticipated device at the end of its fiscal year would allow Nintendo to significantly boost its earnings right before its next full-year financial report, which is a popular practice among publicly traded companies. Some recent reports have suggested that the exact timing of the Switch 2 release will depend on Nintendo’s ability to ramp up its production, as the company is supposedly looking to avoid shortages and scalping at all costs.
Nintendo Switch Lite
The Nintendo Switch Lite was released in 2019 as a low-cost, handheld-only game system. It’s designed specifically for handheld play, offering a lightweight design as part of its portable offerings. The controllers are built into the system for handheld play, unlike the larger Switch models. The console itself retains full functionality as a standard Switch, but it does not support docked mode.
