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Nintendo Switch Aligned Year Nine Report

Posted: 03/10/2026
Revision One: 03/13/2026
Revision Two: 04/20/2026
Revision Final: 07/00/2026

[0.] Introduction and Conclusion

"Nintendo Switch 2 gets released and nothing changes." - Me, after writing all the data for this report.

(Warning: Portions of this report have been taken from my previous Aligned Year reports, and some have been re-edited for clairty and context. Also, a content warning: Lots of stats that might cause some humans to "Too Long, Don't Care" themselves are present. Reader discretion is strongly advised.)

I'm starting to tire of this Nintendo's game of "Can I top this?!" mentality when it comes to their curation of the eshop. Sometimes, I do yearn for the days of Nintendo's insane policies in the 1980's and 1990's. Not to keep third parties out, but to make Nintendo curate their store properly. But alas, the "Nintendo Switch has no games" has gaslit Nintendo and Nintendo's response is to flood the system with as many games as possible. This ninth year is even more unforgettable in that Nintendo Switch managed to make history so many times that I literally decided to finally complete my task of compiling data for the active consoles like PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, XBOX One and XBOX Series. I would have thought that doing this would give me some storylines and Nintendo Switch some extra goalposts to work for. It turns out that Nintendo Switch is actually dominating the scene in terms of game releases. Sure, there are some goals left to achieve, but at the same time I finally realized that we are witnessing history in the making.

The Aligned Year Nine broke over 3000 games in just 365 days. How about a January that surpassed over 250 games in the slowest average month ever?! How about certain genres nearing 2500 games?! How about some inconisitancies in the policies?! CGI feet pic simulators are not okay, but anime ones are fine?! How about Nintendo Switch's publishing and developing top ten getting nearly 25 on the publishing side and 12 on the developing side?! (As of this writing, AFIL Games became number 25 on the publishing side.) PlayStation 5 closing the gap on Nintendo Switch launch aligned?! XBOX Series finally getting out of the gates showing vast improvement, and the old PlayStation 4 and XBOX Series still not being stopped yet?! I could write more, but honestly; almost everything I say in Aligned Year Eight more or less applies here. If you haven't read my previous report; it's time for a bit of a backstory (Caveat: Updated to include non-Nintendo platforms that are still active.)

Backstory:

* When the Nintendo Switch started back in it's first aligned year, I was noticing how a number of Youtubers were claiming that the Nintendo Switch had too many games, at a time when the Nintendo Switch only had around 170-200 games in eight months! Knowing the principle of "the plural for anecdote is not data", this inspired me to bring back the data compilation of game release lists for North America that I was doing back during the Wii/DS era. Even back then, I notice something was going on that would be a harbinger of things to come in later years, especially last year.

The first couple of months at the beginning of the run were similar to the 3DS run, up until the end of June 2017: March was the highest month due to the launch, but was below Wii and Wiiu; although those two systems were released in November during the holiday season (Switch was higher than 3DS in it's first 30 days and the highest for a non-holiday launch), where November is often a much bigger month than any other month outside of October. April, May and June had only 11-12 games per month, which turned out to be the slowest months ever on Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch has never had a month with nine games or less. Wii didn't have a month with nine games or less until December of 2011, one month into Aligned Year Six for that platform.

Still, the feeling was that the summer time would be a drought and the first July of Switch's run would see nine games or less. It didn't happen. In fact, July 2017 had 21 games, with August having 27 games. Nintendo had turned the corner when it came to it's library and by the end of the first year, Switch was closing in on peak Nintendo DS monthly releases. May 2018 was another milestone, the first month over 100 games for a Nintendo system ever and it turned out, the first time any console pulled that feat off. August 2018 was the beginning of a streak of 100 or more games a month that lasted until the end of December 2019 in what would be the final month before the pendemic. Then the second streak began in January 2020 and never looked back. In fact, the curation got so silly that over 200 games a month would be the average for 2023. March and April 2023 got over 215 games, September and November 2023 had almost 250 games for a Nintendo platform. October has four straight months of 200 games or more, including peaking at 251 games! 2023 had a minimum of 174 games in January 2023, and an aligned year minimum of 139 games! Nintendo DS at it's peak had 81 games and they got over 80 games one time in their entire run. Switch has had 80 or more games every month since April of 2018. 150 games a month is below average now, but only five games below PlayStation 4's peak! This is a huge headache for data compiling and even more so when non-Nintendo Switch active platforms are being compiled.

To give everyone an idea of how messy and how tedious data compiling goes, here's the routine I have for the Nintendo Switch North American Gamelist every single week:

- Every Friday of every week, I typically start by doing what is known as a "Tentative Gamelist" for the next week, starting from Sunday to Saturday of each given week. The data is compiled for the week after and then games are added or subtracted from there. Back in the late 2000's when I was working on Gamecube, Wii and Nintendo DS gamelists, I typically do a full month and then usually subtract the games that have been delayed and update accordingly. With Nintendo Switch, doing it every week is a chore even now due to the vast number of games released every week. In the past, 34 games in a MONTH was a PEAK for the Wii U, in a non-launch month. Nowadays, 34 games a WEEK is considered just above the overall average and below average for this calander year and aligned year. There are few subtractions, but a lot more additions.

- While all seven days can have "shadow drops" literally happen at anytime, every Thursday is the worst time for them. I get an average of 6-9 shadow drops on average on that day alone in 2022 every single week. One week I had started with 16 games and ended the week with 30 games easily. That's a very slow week.

- Every week, I often see an average of two to five new publishers and seven to twenty new developers debuting on the Switch. I am also seeing three publishers and two to seven developers joining the 2+ games department.

- I compile the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, XBOX One and XBOX Series platforms sometime in the first week of each month after that month is completed, compared to Nintendo Switch where I compile a week of data in advance. There's a good reason for it and that can take from three-four days depending on how large the month is. The first revision of this to account for the non-Nintendo active platforms will be released in mid-March 2025; the second revision will include the final fiscal numbers for Sony platforms and be made available in mid-April with the exception of XBOX platforms which the final revision will be released in Mid-July to account for the incorporation date differences.

Limitations:

- The Most Obvious Ones:

* I will not be including Nintendo Switch 2 stats in this report unless certain stats are required. Nintendo Switch 2 has not reached a full aligned year yet and there won't be a separate report until the end of Aligned Year Two.

* These lists addressed the number of games in any video game system library. This is not designed for judging the quality of said lineup due to "quality is the eye of the beholder" and it's not designed to address whatever "console war" stuff from fanboys.

* Also of note: While there is a way to quantify the quality of the lineup via MetaCritic and OpenCritic; the systems don't account for the majority of the games in any game list. Most games don't have a score (much less a score within the margin of error) and not having a score doesn't automatically mean that the game got a score of zero. That makes determining the quality of the library useless on that level, and it doesn't even factor the "eye of the beholder" condition into play.

* Anyone who uses edge cases to point out how bad Switch's curation is; be advised that this method is ultimately pointless and a fool's errand. The data more than supports your claims, no need to bring up ancedotes. It's not just Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and 5 are guilty of this, and XBOX Series and One to a much lesser degree if you can believe that.

* Bundles and DLC are not counted. Yes, it's a pain to weed out, but for fair data compilation purposes, it is worth it.

* My definition of the term "shadow drop" is a little different than most people's definition as my definition of it is that it's announced and released at the same time. Many games that are defined as "shadow drops" by most people were clearly announced for Switch months and years in advance, but their release date are confirmed for the same day as a release. I realize this reduces the numbers, but as I have seen before, there is still lots of games that fit that description.

- Context for the active platforms:

+ Nintendo Switch is in Aligned Year Nine; Nine Years.
+ PlayStation 4 is in Aligned Year 13; 12 Years, Three Months and Sixteen Days.
+ XBOX One is in Aligned Year 13; 12 Years, Three Months and Nine Days.
+ PlayStation 5 is in Aligned Year Six; Five Years, Three Months and 19 Days.
+ XBOX Series is in Aligned Year Six; Five Years, Three Months and 21 Days.

- More publishers and developers for each generation is always going to be a factor in determining a system's library. The house rules for each system maker is the major key in determining the amount of games for each system. A commercially successful system also helps a lot. Nintendo Switch's house rules for curation are much more lienent than the NES or even Sony and Microsoft systems. It's still more rigid than Steam though.

Here are the links for other reports:

Report of Aligned Year 3
Report of Aligned Year 4
Report of Aligned Year 4 Six Month Report
Report of Aligned Year 5
Report of Aligned Year 6
Report of Aligned Year 7
Report of Aligned Year 8
Nintendo Switch Sales Report
Nintendo Top 50 Highest Selling Games Of All Time

Aligned Year Ten will be the final report with regards to Nintendo Switch 1 being the focal point and outside of maybe getting 3000 games for the calendar year 2026, there is not much left to do at this point. All I know is that everything I said with Aligned Year Nine will likely apply to Aligned Year Ten. I'm guessing from my perspective is that Nintendo will slowly break Nintendo Switch 2 in, in terms of software, focusing on more high end titles and any mid to high end games that need the Switch 2 to run best compared to Nintendo Switch 1. If a game is good enough to run on Nintendo Switch 1, then there is no incentive to create a native Nintendo Switch 2 game. I suspect that Nintendo will continue to allow all the AI slop/horrible titles on Nintendo Switch 1, since the Nintendo Switch 1 eShop is a total lost cause at this point.

The only questions remain is can the Nintendo Switch 1 break the PlayStation 2 ceiling in both hardware and software sales?! If it does happen, then it's likely to happen a few years after the Nintendo successor is released. Also expect games on Nintendo Switch well after the successor is released, and expect more on the Nintendo Switch than on the Nintendo Switch successor for many years to come, if the PlayStation 5 and XBOX Series game lists comparisons to the PlayStation 4 and XBOX One game lists are to be believed. Overall, this was yet another aligned year that will be remembered for as long as we are alive. Nintendo did the impossible with Nintendo Switch 1 and they are not done with this system yet. The report is down below and I hope you all enjoy it; even if it's for the absurdity of it all.

[1.] Nintendo Switch North American Game Release List Stats

All Nintendo Platforms
Nintendo Switch Game List
All Platforms

I have a more detailed comparison of all platforms in the links I have provided. This is the meat of the report and there is a lot to cover here.

[a.] Total Number Of Games

Unless otherwise stated, these figures apply to the North American region. The game list includes games that were de-listed titles. If the games are available separately as well as a compilation, the games separately will count, unless the compilation came first and the separate games came later in the case of the Capcom Arcade Stadium.

[i.] By Life To Date (March 3rd, 2017-March 2nd, 2026, Inclusive)

- Overall, the Nintendo Switch reached 17,555 games as of March 2nd, 2026 inclusive, 3287 days total.

(Caveat: On May 20th, 2025, Nintendo Switch officially reached 3000 days on the market. 15,173 games have been released in that time period. That means 5.1 games per day, 35.4 games per week, 154.0 games per month, and 1845.9 games per year. For reference, PlayStation 4 would be roughly 5805 games and XBOX One would be roughly 4360 games. PlayStation 5 and XBOX Series have not reached 3000 days yet.)

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 12,006 games.
+ XBOX One has 8408 games.
+ PlayStation 5 has 7063 games.
+ XBOX Series has 4082 games.

* Out of those figures, 17,264 games were published by third party publishers, and 17,421 games were developed by third party developers.
* This puts Nintendo Switch into Commodore 64 retail territory in terms of number of games released.
* Nintendo Switch is the first closed-garden console/portable to reach 10,000 games or more. Nintendo Switch reached the feat on June 29th, 2023 (Six Years, Three Months, 26 Days.).
* PlayStation 4 became the second closed-garden console/portable to reach over 10,000 games on December 5th, 2024. (Eleven Years, Zero months, 20 Days.)
* Steam has been around since 2004, thus 20 years. Steam's 2004-2014 inclusive would be far less in amount of games compared to Nintendo Switch at nine years, and it still has one year to go.
* Steam 2015-2024 is when Steam basically stopped caring about curation, when they started with 7000-8000 games a year, now 14,000 games a year. Nintendo Switch reached 14,000 games on December 14th, 2024, when the system is Seven Years, Nine Months and Eleven Days.

- On average 1951 games were released per year, up from 1818 games per year (+133 games).

* More on average than PlayStation 2's lineup in North America. Only eight games short of XBOX 360's full numbers.
* Even if Switch releases zero games from here on out; the ten year average of number of games released would be 1755.6 games; higher than PlayStation 4's 836.1 games at ten years and XBOX One's 605.8 games at ten years.
* The margin is down by ten games compared to last year (+143 games).

- 5.3 games per day were released, 37.5 games per week, 162.6 games per month.

- The lowest number of releases in one month is 12 games in May and June of 2017.

- The highest number of releases in one month is 310 games in October of 2025.

* Nintendo Switch occupies 23 spots in the Top 25 for all platforms and all 25 spots among on all Nintendo platforms.
* PlayStation 5 has third place (277 games) and 25th place (230 games).
* Top 25 minimum is 230 games for all platforms and 220 games for all Nintendo platforms.
* Nintendo Switch has released 200 or more games for 25 straight months.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 had 182 games on October of 2025.
+ PlayStation 5 had 277 games on October of 2025. This is the highest non-Nintendo peak of all time, third highest of all time.
+ XBOX One had 130 games on October of 2025.
+ XBOX Series had 221 games on October of 2025. This is the highest for XBOX brand, just outside the top 25 highest of all time.

- The lowest number of releases in one week is two games which happened six times, all in 2017: April 22nd, May 6th, May 20th, June 3rd, June 10th, July 1st.

- The highest number of releases in one week is 88 games which happened on the week ending January 17th, 2026 (Week 464).

* This is seven games more than the Nintendo DS's peak month of 81 games, which was also the largest non-active month in the pre-digital era. This is also at least eight games more than April and June 2018 on Nintendo Switch.
* Nintendo Switch has the honor of having all 25 spots in the top 25 on all Nintendo platforms and 21 of the top 25 spots among all platforms. Top 25 minimum is 65 games for all Nintendo platforms and 66 games for all platforms. Three of those weeks are on PlayStation 5 (3rd, 5th and 22nd), and one is on XBOX Series (24th).

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 5's largest week is 77 games on the week ending September 20th, 2025 (Week 254); third largest week of all time on all platforms.
+ XBOX One had 46 games on the week ending November 23rd, 2013 (Launch Week) and 40 games on the week ending October 25th, 2025. (Non-Launch Week; Week 623).
+ PlayStation 4 had 50 games on the week ending September 28th, 2024 (Week 568).
+ XBOX Series had 66 games on the week ending October 25th, 2025 (Week 259); 24th largest week of all time on all platforms.

- The highest number of releases in one day was 51 on Thursday, March 27th, 2025, the largest in history and largest non-launch week in history.

* Nintendo Switch has had 50 or more games in a single day, twice. PlayStation 5 did it once, which was during the launch of PlayStation 5 VR2 (third place).
* Among all platforms, Switch occupies 23 of the Top 25 spots. Top 25 minimum is 38 games, XBOX One also has it's spot due to launch day (fifth place).
* Among all Nintendo Platforms, Nintendo Switch occupies all 25 spots. Top 25 minimum is 37 games.
* Nintendo Switch's thirty day launch window is tied for 11th place among all platforms with PlayStation 4 at 29 games. This is third behind Wii and WiiU's thirty day launch windows among all Nintendo platforms.

* For reference:

+ XBOX 1's launch day had 46 games (Friday, November 22nd, 2013) and it's non-launch day was 14 games. (Tuesday, November 10th, 2020, September 24th, 2024).
+ PlayStation 5 had the biggest day one at 50 games, due to the release of PlayStation VR2 (Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023).
+ PlayStation 4 had 24 games at launch day (Friday, November 15, 2013), and it's non-launch days were 21 games (Tuesday, May 29th and Auguust 28, 2018).
+ XBOX Series had 32 games at launch day (Tuesday, November 10th, 2020), and it's non-launch day was 25 games (September 26, 2024).

- Nintendo Switch has the most games in their first align year when compared to all closed ecosystem platforms, at 470 games.

* PlayStation 5 has 420 games and XBOX Series has 401 games.
* All three generation nine systems broke their personal bests.

- Nintendo Switch has the most games in their second align year when compared to all closed ecosystem platforms, at 1321 games for that aligned year and 1791 games overall!

* PlayStation 5 has 891 games for their aligned year and 1311 games overall.
* XBOX Series has 592 games for their aligned year and 993 games overall.
* All three generation nine systems broke their personal bests.

- Nintendo Switch has the most games in their third align year when compared to all closed ecosystem platforms, at 1516 games for that aligned year and 3307 games overall!

* PlayStation 5 has 1233 games for their aligned year and 2542 games overall.
* XBOX Series has 808 games for their aligned year and 1801 games overall.
* All three generation nine systems broke their personal bests.
* All have already surpassed their previous generations games at the aligned year five mark by the time this was posted. (Caveat: XBOX Series would surpass it on November 23rd, 2023, about 13 days after the aligned year was over.).

- Nintendo Switch has the most games in their fourth align year when compared to all closed ecosystem platforms, at 1760 games for that aligned year and 5067 games overall!

* PlayStation 5 has 1650 games for their aligned year and 4192 games overall.
* XBOX Series has 976 games for their aligned year and 2832 games overall.
* All three generation nine systems broke their personal bests.
* All have already surpassed their previous generations games at the aligned year five mark.

- Nintendo Switch has the most games overall by their fifth aligned year when compared to all closed ecosystem platforms, with 2020 games for that aligned year and 7087 games overall!

* PlayStation 5 has the most aligned year five games ever at 2212 games, which was +42 games higher than Nintendo Switch's sixth aligned year! Overall, it had 6404 games.
* XBOX Series has 1512 games for their aligned year and 4289 games overall.
* All three generation nine systems broke their personal bests.

Overall Nintendo Switch Peak Game Release By Month:

January 2026 - 256. (Largest Meteological Mark for Winter ever.) (Largest Winter Solstice mark ever.)
February 2026 - 252. (236 with the Leap Day in 2024.)
March 2025 - 248. (Caveat: 278 games in 2026. Largest Winter Solstice mark ever, largest Meteological Mark/Equinox for Spring ever.)
April 2025 - 245.
May 2025 - 254. (Largest Meteological Mark/Equinox for Spring ever before the revision.)
June 2025 - 236.
July 2024 - 243. (238 in 2025.)
August 2025 - 249. (Largest Meteological Mark for Summer ever.)
September 2023 - 247. (246 in 2024. Largest Solstice Mark for Summer ever.)
October 2025 - 310. (Largest monthly peak ever. Largest Fall Meteological/Equinox ever.)
November 2025 - 256.
December 2024 - 215. (209 in 2025.) (Slowest peak month in Nintendo Switch history.)

Overall Nintendo Switch Peak Game Releases by Day:

Sunday: 5 (Week 357) - Wii and WiiU set the records since they launched on Sunday at 31 and 36 games in that order. PlayStation 5 has the non-launch record at ten games on September 1st, 2024.
Monday: 27 (Week 357) - This record was set on Christmas Day, December 25th, 2023.
Tuesday: 29 (Week 82) - XBOX Series launched on this day with 34 games.
Wednesday: 20 (Week 311) - PS5 VR2 launched on this day and had a total of 50 games. (Caveat: Record Wednesday for Playstation 5 still intact. One day record isn't.)
Thursday: 51 (Week 422) - Largest non-launch of all time, largest Thursday.
Friday: 21 (Week 298) - XBOX One launched on this day with 46 games. (Caveat: On October 24th, 2025, PlayStation 5 broke the Friday non-launch record with 29 games. XBOX Series was 27 games on that same day.)
Saturday: 7 (Week 377) - PlayStation 4 sets the record with 13 games on Week 108. (December 5th, 2015).

- Number of weeks on Nintendo Switch where all days had at least one game released: 70. (Week 109, 130, 183, 192, 204, 208, 210, 214, 223, 228, 230, 239, 245, 253, 264, 284, 289, 293, 323, 337, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 351, 352, 360, 366, 367, 368, 376, 377, 378, 380, 381, 382, 383, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 393, 394, 395, 396, 397, 401, 405, 423, 432, 435, 437, 440, 444, 445, 446, 447, 451, 455, 457, 458, 465, 466, 469, 470).
- Number of weeks on Nintendo Switch where all days had at least two games released: 6. (Week 351, 352, 360, 366, 368, 377).
- Number of weeks on Nintendo Switch where all days had at least three games released: 1. (Week 368).

[ii.] By Calendar Year 2025 (January 1st-December 31st, Inclusive)

- In Calendar Year 2025; Nintendo Switch had 2949 games released, 365 days total.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 had 1696 games released. A personal best for PlayStation 4.
+ XBOX One had 1179 games released. A personal best for XBOX One.
+ PlayStation 5 had 2276 games released. A record for Non-Nintendo platforms.
+ XBOX Series had 1661 games released. A personal best for the XBOX brand.

- Here are the top ten calendar years in closed-garden console/portable history:

[1.] Nintendo Switch (2025) - 2949 games.
[2.] Nintendo Switch (2024) - 2765 games.
[3.] Nintendo Switch (2023) - 2469 games.
[4.] PlayStation 5 (2025) - 2276 games.
[5.] Nintendo Switch (2022) - 2118 games.
[6.] Nintendo Switch (2021) - 1982 games.
[7.] Nintendo Switch (2020) - 1711 games.
[8.] PlayStation 5 (2024) - 1706 games.
[9.] PlayStation 4 (2025) - 1696 games.
[10] XBOX Series (2025) - 1661 games.

- This is 184 more games compared to 2024's 2765 games. The margin is 112 games less than Calendar Year 2024's mark of +296 games.

- Nintendo Switch had released 8.1 games per day, 56.6 games per week, 245.8 games per month.

* This is the first time any platform had an average of 245 games per month, with all twelve months being 200 games or more.
* This is the second time any platform had at least 300 games in a single month (October 2025) and at least three months of 250 games or more (May 2025, October 2025, November 2025).

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 5 had released 6.2 games per day, 43.7 games per week, 189.7 games per month.
+ PlayStation 5's monthly peak is the highest Non-Switch month in October of 2025, at 277 games.
+ PlayStation 4 had released 4.7 games per day, 32.5 games per week, 141.3 games per month.
+ XBOX Series had released 4.6 games per day, 31.9 games per week, 138.4 games per month.
+ XBOX One had released 3.2 games per day, 22.6 games per week, 98.3 games per month.

- January 2025 was the slowest month of 2025, at 208 games.

* December 2025 was the second slowest month at 209 games.

- Only four weeks of calendar year 2025 went below 40 games. This occured on Week 358, 359, 458 and 462 with 14 games, 32 games, 33 games and 13 games in that order.

* This means this year had 50 straight weeks above the 20-30 games theshold confirmed by Nintendo themselves.
* 48 of those 50 weeks were 40 games or more.
* Week 462 and 463 had 13 games and 40 games in that order, the second largest two week end year hail on Nintendo Switch at 53 games. Only 2022 had a larger two week end year haul at 59 games.

===Breakdown By Month===

- 2025 Breakdown: January- 208, February- 232, March- 248, April- 245, May- 254, June- 236, July- 238, August- 249, September- 246, October- 310, November- 275, December- 209.

- Minimum: 208, Maximum: 310, Average: 246.

- 2024 Breakdown: January- 139, February- 236, March- 238, April- 205, May- 250, June- 204, July- 243, August- 244, September- 235, October- 300, November- 256, December- 215.

- Minimum: 139, Maximum: 300, Average: 230.

- 2023 Breakdown: January- 174, February- 196, March- 215, April- 216, May- 182, June- 195, July- 180, August- 182, September- 247, October- 251, November- 236, December- 195.

Minimum: 174, Maximum: 251, Average: 206.

- 2022 Breakdown: January- 172, February- 161, March- 168, April - 205, May- 123, June- 184, July- 170, August- 168, September- 229, October- 216, November- 195, December- 127.

Minimum: 123, Maximum: 229, Average: 177.

- 2021 Breakdown: January- 155, February- 143; March- 173, April- 165, May- 173, June- 152, July- 169, August- 159, September- 198, October- 220, November- 155, December- 120.

Minimum: 120, Maximum: 220, Average: 165.

- 2020 Breakdown: January- 115, February- 137; March- 128, April- 122, May- 141, June- 135, July- 150, August- 131, September- 143, October- 206, November- 155, December- 148.

Minimum: 115, Maximum: 206, Average: 143.

- 2019 Breakdown: January- 151, February- 128; March- 119, April- 126, May- 122, June- 110, July- 121, August- 128, September- 140, October- 179, November- 133, December- 96.

Minimum: 96, Maximum: 179; Average: 129.

- 2018 Breakdown: January- 47; February- 67, March- 79, April- 80, May- 102, June- 80, July 2018 - 97, August- 106, September- 127, October- 128, November- 139, December- 108.

Minimum: 47, Maximum: 139, Average: 97.

- 2017 Breakdown: March- 29; April- 13; May- 12; June- 12; July- 21; August- 27; September- 43; October- 51; November- 62; December- 70.

Minimum: 12, Maximum: 70, Average: 34.

[iii.] By Aligned Year Nine (March 3rd, 2025 - March 2nd, 2026 inclusive)

- Aligned Year Nine had 3014 games released on Nintendo Switch, 365 days total.

* 2817 games came out in Aligned Year Eight; an increase of 199 games.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4's Aligned Year Nine totals 1344 games, and it's most recent Aligned Year (Twelve) totals 1661 games. New personal best for PlayStation 4.
+ XBOX One's Aligned Year Nine totals 896 games, and it's most recent Aligned Year (Twelve) totals 1154 games. New personal best for XBOX One.
+ PlayStation 5's most recent Aligned Year (Five) totals 2212 games. New Sony platform record and a new record for Aligned Year Five and also surpassed Nintendo Switch's Aligned Year Six total.
+ XBOX Series most recent Aligned Year (Five) totals 1512 games. New XBOX brand record.

- Here are the top ten Aligned Years for all closed-garden console/portables of all time:

[1.] Nintendo Switch (Aligned Year 9): 3014 games.
[2.] Nintendo Switch (Aligned Year 8): 2817 games.
[3.] Nintendo Switch (Aligned Year 7): 2470 games.
[4.] PlayStation 5 (Aligned Year 5) : 2212 games.
[5.] Nintendo Switch (Aligned Year 6): 2167 games.
[6.] Nintendo Switch (Aligned Year 5): 2020 games.
[7.] Nintendo Switch (Aligned Year 4): 1760 games.
[8.] PlayStation 4 (Aligned Year 12) : 1661 games.
[9.] PlayStation 5 (Aligned Year 4) : 1650 games.
[10.] PlayStation 4 (Aligned Year 11) : 1552 games.

- Nintendo Switch had 8.3 games per day were released, 57.8 games per week, 251.3 games per month.

* All twelve months had at least 209 games released, and December 2025 was the slowest month of the aligned year at 209 games.

* For Reference:

+ PlayStation 5 had released 6.1 games per day, 42.4 games per week, 184.4 games per month.
+ PlayStation 5's monthly peak is the highest Non-Switch month at 277 games in October of 2025.
+ PlayStation 4 had released 4.6 games per day, 31.9 games per week, 138.4 games per month.
+ XBOX Series had released 4.1 games per day, 29.0 games per week, 126.0 games per month.
+ XBOX Series's highest monthly peak is 221 games in October of 2025.
+ XBOX One had released 3.2 games per day, 22.2 games per week, 96.2 games per month.

- This is the first time a Nintendo system ever had the most games in an aligned year happen in Year Nine or further.

* This means Nintendo Switch joins PlayStation 4, XBOX One -- whom XBOX One and PlayStation 4 had their peak number of games released at Aligned Year Twelve as of this writing -- to achieve this feat.

- Switch managed to surpass the entire Nintendo DS (2004-2016) LTD in terms of game releases in North America in just roughly ten months, same pace as the Calendar Year 2024.

* This is 449 games ahead PlayStation 3's LTD in terms of game releases in North America.

- Switch in Aligned Year Six and beyond surpassed all 13 Nintendo platforms combined (2044 games), at 10,469 games with one full year remaining until Aligned Year Six to Ten is fully accounted for.

* This destroys all active platforms combined (6216 games) and surpasses PlayStation 4 at 9252 games in terms of games released Aligned Year Six and beyond among all platforms. XBOX One is third at 6491 games.
* In terms of Aligned Year Six To Aligned Year Ten: PlayStation 4 had 5179 games. XBOX One is third at 4220 games. Nintendo Switch has already surpassed both of them combined (at 9399 games) with a full year left to account for.

===Aligned Year Breakdown By Month===

- Aligned Year Nine: March 2025- 248, April- 245, May- 254, June- 236, July- 238, August- 249, September- 246, October- 310, November- 274, December- 209, January 2026- 255, February- 252.

Minimum: 209, Maximum: 310, Average: 251.

- Aligned Year Eight: March 2024- 238, April- 205, May- 250, June- 204, July- 243, August- 244, September- 235, October- 300, November- 256, December- 215, January 2025- 208, February- 232.

Minimum: 204, Maximum: 300, Average: 235.

- Aligned Year Seven: March 2023- 215, April- 216, May- 182, June- 195, July- 180, August- 182, September- 247, October- 251, November- 236, December- 195, January 2024- 139, February- 236.

Minimum: 139, Maximum: 251, Average: 206.

- Aligned Year Six: March 2022- 168, April- 205, May- 123, June- 184, July- 170, August- 168, September- 229, October- 216, November- 195, December- 127, January 2023- 174, February- 196.

Minimum: 123, Maximum: 229, Average: 180.

- Aligned Year Five: March 2021- 173, April- 165, May- 173, June- 152, July- 169, August- 159, September- 198, October- 220, November- 155, December- 120, January 2022- 172, February- 161.

Minimum: 120, Maximum: 220, Average: 165.

- Aligned Year Four: March 2020- 128, April- 122, May- 141, June- 135, July- 150, August- 131, September- 143, October- 206, November- 155, December- 148, January 2021- 155, February- 143.

Minimum: 122, Maximum: 206, Average: 147.

- Aligned Year Three: March 2019- 119, April- 126, May- 122, June- 110, July- 121, August- 128, September- 140, October- 179, November- 133, December- 96, January 2020- 115, February- 137.

Minimum: 96 - Maximum: 179 - Average Per Month: 126.

- Aligned Year Two: March 2018- 79, April- 80, May- 102, June- 80, July 2018 - 97, August- 106, September- 127 , October- 128, November- 139 , December - 108, January 2019- 151, February - 128.

Minimum: 79 - Maximum: 151 - Average Per Month: 110.

- Aligned Year One: March 2017- 29; April- 13; May- 12; June- 12; July- 21; August- 27; September- 43; October- 51; November- 62; December- 70 ; January 2018- 47; February 2018- 67.

Minimum: 12 - Maximum: 70 - Average Per Month: 39.

[iv.] By Fiscal Year 2025 (Sony and Nintendo: April 1st, 2025-March 31st, 2026, Inclusive. Microsoft: July 1st, 2025- June 30th, 2026, Inclusive.)

- Here is the fiscal numbers breakdown (Caveat: Sony and Nintendo's fiscal year begins April 1st, Microsoft's fiscal year begins on July 1st, for reference.):

Fiscal Year 2016: Nintendo Switch: 29 games. PlayStation 4: 63 games. XBOX One: 163 games.
Fiscal Year 2017: Nintendo Switch: 504 games. PlayStation 4: 828 games. XBOX One: 525 games.
Fiscal Year 2018: Nintendo Switch: 1365 games. PlayStation 4: 828 games. XBOX One: 599 games.
Fiscal Year 2019: Nintendo Switch: 1534 games. PlayStation 4: 874 games. XBOX One: 664 games.
Fiscal Year 2020: Nintendo Switch: 1802 games. PlayStation 4: 975 games. XBOX One: 876 games. PlayStation 5: 123 games. XBOX Series: 193 games.
Fiscal Year 2021: Nintendo Switch: 2012 games. PlayStation 4: 1208 games. XBOX One: 970 games. PlayStation 5: 538 games. XBOX Series: 547 games.
Fiscal Year 2022: Nintendo Switch: 2202 games. PlayStation 4: 1452 games. XBOX One: 962 games. PlayStation 5: 1090 games. XBOX Series: 707 games.
Fiscal Year 2023: Nintendo Switch: 2497 games. PlayStation 4: 1439 games. XBOX One: 930 games. PlayStation 5: 1325 games. XBOX Series: 878 games.
Fiscal Year 2024: Nintendo Switch: 2840 games. PlayStation 4: 1549 games. XBOX One: 1051 games. PlayStation 5: 1763 games. XBOX Series: 1232 games.
Fiscal Year 2025: Nintendo Switch: 3046 games. Nintendo Switch 2: 266 games. PlayStation 4: 1683 games. XBOX One: 880 games so far. PlayStation 5: 2421 games. XBOX Series: 1407 games so far.

* This means Nintendo Switch has 8.4 games a day, 58.4 games a week, 253.9 games a month.
* This means Nintendo Switch has a 206 game increase from Fiscal Year 2024.

(Caveat: If Nintendo and Sony had incorporation dates of July 1st like Mircosoft: In fiscal year 2024 only, Nintendo Switch would have 2916 games, PlayStation 5 would have 1964 games and PlayStation 4 would have 1581 games. If Microsoft had an incorporation date of April 1st (fiscal year 2025) just like Sony and Nintendo: XBOX Series would have 1797 games and XBOX One would have 1184 games.)

[v.] ESRB Breakdown

- Switch has roughly 1593 M-Rated games on Switch overall. (Caveat: This also accounts for games that have been ghosted on the Nintendo website; Pakotime and 17Studios games for example. This does not factor in DLC, bundles and other SKU's.).

* This is an average of 177.0 M-rated games a year and there were roughly 229 M-Rated games this year alone (Down roughly 10 games from last year.).
* This is more than all 12 Nintendo platforms sans Switch combined overall and this year alone and average amount of games per year.
* Considering that there are more M-Rated games on Switch in EIGHT YEARS than XBOX, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation, N-Gage, all NEO-GEO platforms, all Atari platforms, Google Stadia, 3D0, Turbographix-16, all Sega Platforms, all Yamaguchi era Nintendo platforms, Nintendo 3DS and Wii U had games, period; the percentage breakdown would be useless as Switch's percentage is 9.1%, the highest percentage among all Nintendo platforms.

* Notice: I will no longer be counting any ESRB breakdowns weaker than an M rating due to massive changes on Nintendo's own website which now includes DLC content as part of the rating.

[vi.] Storylines For Aligned Year Ten:

- By Life To Date:

- Now that 10,385 games on Nintendo Switch was surpassed on August 31st, 2023, thus all Nintendo platforms sans Switch have been surpassed: How many non-Nintendo systems will Nintendo Switch surpass combined with the Nintendo systems?! Right now, besides the twelve Nintendo systems; the Nintendo Switch has surpassed NEO-GEO Pocket Color, Sega 32X, Nokia N-Gage, Atari Jaguar, NEO-GEO CD, Atari Lynx, NEO-GEO Arcade, Sega Master System, Turbographix-16, Sega CD, Panasonic 3D0, Sega Game Gear, Sega Saturn, Sega Dreamcast, Google Stadia, Sega Genesis and XBOX combined! They are currently 487 games from PlayStation Vita being combined. That would be 29 out of 39 platforms that I have compiled. (Caveat: Don't get too attached to it, because Switch 2 will render this meaningless; but still amazing all things considered.)

(Caveat: Nintendo Switch 2 debuted on June 5th, 2025. Nintendo Switch ended June 4th with 15,296 games. This adds PlayStation Vita on the list and 981 games away from surpassing PlayStation Portable.)

(Caveat #2: As of March 2nd, 2026; Nintendo platforms combined total is 10,608 games. This means it surpasses PlayStation Portable, but only 322 games away from surpassing PlayStation 1. After that, there is only PlayStation 2, XBOX 360 and PlayStation 3 as the only non-active platforms left.)

- Also, since the PlayStation 5 and XBOX Series debut on November 10th and 12th of 2020:

+ PlayStation 4 has released 7564 games since PS5's debut, 501 more games than PlayStation 5 currently has.
+ XBOX One has released 5212 games since XBOX Series' debut, 410 more games than XBOX Series currently has.

(Caveat: As of March 2nd, 2026, Nintendo Switch has released 2259 games since Nintendo Switch 2's debut, 2035 more games than Nintendo Switch 2 currently has at 224 games.)

* Nintendo Switch 2, are you listening?! This is your future. It has taken PlayStation 5 and XBOX Series over four years before they started closing the gap on PlayStation 4 and XBOX One since their launches, and are nowhere near closing the gap overall.
* As for WiiU/3DS, it was a combined 365 games; and Switch surpassed that amount at early as ten months.

- By Aligned Year Ten, Fiscal Year 2026 and 2026 Calendar Year:

* The only thing left that I can think of is setting up the first Nintendo platform to have a Calander Year 2006 have over 3000 games, maybe a Fiscal Year having over 3000 games as well. (Caveat: It ended up being eight years, 3 months, 2 days.)

- ESRB Breakdown:

* A long term goal would be getting over 1600 M-rated games on the Switch.

- Other Notables:

* If Switch somehow reaches maybe 20,000 games -- which might happen by the end of Aligned Year Ten --, it would be the first Nintendo platform to reach 20,000 games. It has already become the first Nintendo platform to reach below 40% in the first five years, now at just 40.4% after just four aligned years after Aligned Year Five. NES percentage is the second closest among all Nintendo platforms at 57.6% in the first five years, in case anyone is keeping track, along with Nintendo DS being 59.5%.

[b.] Number of Publishers and Developers Overall

Side Note: In the case of developers, it can be quite messy since a lot of games nowadays use a ad-hoc approach in that multiple developers get into the action. The developer numbers are based on the planning team and don't include the out-sourced developers (Like Bandai-Namco for instance or porting teams like Blind Squirrel and QLOC. Those are included in the Nintendo Switch Game List though.). If a game is published by a third party like SquareEnix for example; but sub-published by Nintendo outside Japan, the third party publisher is counted and Nintendo is considered a distributor as an example.

===Publishers===

- 2796 publishers have published at least one game on Nintendo Switch (first overall), 302 new publishers debuted new games this year (up five publishers from last year) and an average of 310.7 new publishers per year. (down by 1.1 publishers.)

* First and only closed-garden console/portable to reach over 2700 publishers with at least one game released.
* The average margins are close to the Wii U had in it's lifetime in terms of publisher debuts and WiiU had the most publishers before the Nintendo Switch took over in terms of Nintendo platforms.

* For reference (all rankings are in sequence from second to fifth):

+ PlayStation 4 has 2048 publishers.
+ XBOX One has 1907 publishers.
+ PlayStation 5 has 1324 publishers
+ XBOX Series has 1081 publishers.

- The average number of games per publisher is 6.28, the fourth lowest in Nintendo history and the 17th lowest overall.

* Nintendo Switch 2 is the lowest among Nintendo platforms at 2.31 games per publisher and lowest among all 40 platforms.
* The highest among Nintendo platforms is GBA with 14.39 games per publisher (34th overall), while Sega Master System is the highest among forty platforms with 28.25 games per publisher.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 5.86 games per publisher (14th overall).
+ XBOX One has 4.41 games per publisher (tenth overall).
+ PlayStation 5 has 5.33 games per publisher (13th overall).
+ XBOX Series has 4.44 games per publisher (11th overall).

===Developers===

- 6360 developers have developed at least one game on Nintendo Switch (first overall), 645 new developers debuted new games this year (Down 86 evelopers from last year) and an average of 706.7 new developers per year, an decrease of 7.7 developers on average.

* First and only closed-garden console/portable to bypass 6300 developers.
* The average margins are higher than Nintendo DS had in it's lifetime in terms of developer debuts and Nintendo DS had the most developers before Nintendo Switch took over in terms of Nintendo platforms. In terms of overall: It's also higher than PlayStation Vita and XBOX 360 and roughly one hundred developers short of PlayStation 3.

* For reference (all rankings are in sequence from second to fifth):

+ PlayStation 4 has 4363 developers.
+ XBOX One has 4096 developers.
+ PlayStation 5 has 3132 developers.
+ XBOX Series has 2701 developers.

- The average number of games per developer is 2.76 games per developer; the fifth lowest in Nintendo history and tied for 21st lowest overall.

* Virtual Boy is the lowest among all Nintendo platforms at 1.56 games per developer and is fourth lowest overall. The lowest overall is Sega 32X at 1.44 games per developer.
* The highest in Nintendo history is the NES at 4.29 games per developer (37th overall), with NEO-GEO Arcade at 6.36 games per developer.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 2.75 games per developer (20th overall).
+ XBOX One has 2.06 games per developer (12th overall).
+ PlayStation 5 has 2.25 games per developer (14th overall).
+ XBOX Series is at 1.78 games per developer, (seventh overall).

===Publisher/Developer Ratio===

- The developers to publisher ratio is 2.28; sixth lowest to Wiiu's 1.44, Nintendo Switch 2's 1.46, 3DS's 1.93, Gameboy's 2.13 and Virtual Boy's 2.25 among Nintendo platforms and 14th overall.

* The lowest ratio among Nintendo platforms is WiiU at 1.44 (third overall); and NEO-GEO CD has the honor of being the lowest possible ratio possible at 1.00.
* The biggest ratio among Nintendo platforms is Gamecube at 4.13 (33rd overall) and overall goes to Turbographix 16 at 10.00.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 2.13 (tied for eighth overall).
+ XBOX One has 2.15 (11th overall).
+ PlayStation 5 has 2.37 (15th overall).
+ XBOX Series has 2.50 (tied for 19th overall).

* Storylines for Aligned Year Ten:

- Publishers:

* Switch is expected to surpass 2800 publishers sometime within the first two weeks in March of 2026. Changes in policy to allow many more publishers outside the usual Nintendo inner circle to publish their wares have led to figures exploding in addition to the success of the Switch itself and the presence of the eShop itself.

- Developers:

* If Switch were able to maintain the number of new developers and increase the figures per year, they will surpass 6500 developers, probably well before the end of the Aligned Year Ten.

[c.] Publisher & Developer Breakdown

===Publishers===

- Hamster is the number one publisher for Switch at 517 games; the highest total regardless of being a first or third party publisher among all forty platforms.

* First Publisher in console/portables history to reach over 500 games on one platform.

- Ratalaika Games has 366 games in second place, becoming the second biggest third party publisher on a Nintendo platform and third place overall.

* That means Nintendo Switch is the first and only closed-garden console/portable to have two third party publishers with over 300 games or more.

- eastasiasoft is in third place at 312 games among all Nintendo platforms, and seventh place among all platforms.

* Nintendo Switch joins PlayStation 4 as the only platform to have three publishers with 300 or more games although PlayStation 4 did it first.

- Nintendo has 291 games which puts them in fourth place, and is fourth in terms of publishing on all Nintendo platforms and is tenth overall in terms of publishing on all forty platforms.

* This means the gap between first and it's current position is -226; the biggest gap in Nintendo platform history. GBA has the second largest at -67; and Nintendo was in third place on that platform.
* In terms of first party publishers: This is Nintendo Switch largest output among Nintendo platforms, and is second among all first party publishers.
* Sony PlayStation 3 having the most at 302 games (8th overall) and XBOX 360 Microsoft at 279 games. (Caveat: Microsoft and Sony published a lot of indie games during the XBOX 360 and PlayStation 3 runs.)

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 Sony has 227 games (fourth on PS4).
+ XBOX One Microsoft has 88 games (tied for ninth on XBOX1).
+ PlayStation 5 Sony has 103 games (sixth on PS5).
+ XBOX Series Microsoft has 34 games (tied for 19th place on XBOX Series.) (Caveat: While this is the lowest ranking on a console for a first party publisher, XBOX Series still has a lot more games than Stadia, by a 34-2 score in favor of XBOX Series.).

- Ultimate Games is in fifth place at 280 games and is fifth place among all Nintendo platforms.

* Nintendo Switch is the only console with five publishers publishing 250 or more games, thus top five minimum is 280 games.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 is at 206 games.
+ XBOX One is at 97 games.
+ PlayStation 5 is at 111 games.
+ XBOX Series is at 66 games.

* Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 all have pretty much the same pattern when it comes to who publishes in the top five. Even though the number of games are vastly different, the same five publishers are present: Hamster, Ratalaika Games, eastasiasoft, hardware publisher (Nintendo or Sony) and a third party (Xitilon for Sony, Ultimate Games for Nintendo).

* For reference:

+ Nintendo Switch: Hamster: 517 games, Ratalaika Games: 366 games (third overall), eastasiasoft: 312 games (seventh overall.), Nintendo: 291 games (tenth overall) and Ultimate Games: 280 games.
+ PlayStation 4: Hamster: 471 games (second overall), Ratalaika Games: 344 games (fifth overall), eastasiasoft: 314 games (sixth overall), Sony: 227 games and Xitilon: 206 games.
+ XBOX One: Ratalaika Games: 349 games (fourth overall), eastasiasoft: 232 games, Hamster: 120 games, Sometimes You: 105 games, AFIL Games and QuByte Interactive: 97 games.
+ PlayStation 5: eastasiasoft: 298 games (ninth overall), Ratalaika Games: 264 games, Ocean Media: 137 games, SMobile: 113 games and AFIL Games: 111 games.
+ XBOX Series: Ratalaika Games: 266 games, eastasiasoft: 189 games, AFIL Games: 95, Sometimes You: 68 games. and Nacon: 66 games.

- Rounding out the Top 10 after that are: Cooking & Publishing is (7th among Nintendo platforms.) at 215 games, Red Deer Games at 211 games (8th among Nintendo platforms), Ocean Media at 200 games (9th among Nintendo platforms), QubicGames at 181 games , and Midnight Works at 177 games.

* Sega is in 16th place with 118 games for reference. (Caveat: This is the second largest output for Sega on all consoles/portables. Only Sega Genesis has more.) Forever Entertainment is 18th place with 113 games, Playdius is in 19th place with 109 games, and Bandai-Namco is 24th with 101 games.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4: SMobile: 140 games, Webnetics: 139 games, Bandai-Namco: 136 games, Midnight Works: 134 games, SquareEnix: 118 games.
+ XBOX One: Ubi Soft: 96 games, Electronic Arts: 95 games, Bandai-Namco and Microsoft: 88 games.
+ PlayStation 5: Sony Interactive Entertainment: 103 games, Xitilon: 99 games, Gametry: 97, Nostra.Games: 95 games, Sometimes You: 86 games.
+ XBOX Series: Kemco: 62 games, Jandusoft: 60 games, Bandai-Namco: 53 games, Electronic Arts: 52 games and QubicGames: 51 games.

- Top Ten Publishing Minimum is at 177 games, which is the highest minimum for any closed-garden console/portable in history.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 is at 118 games (second overall)
+ XBOX One is at 88 games (third overall)
+ PlayStation 5 is at 86 games (fourth overall)
+ XBOX Series is at 51 games (tied for eighth overall).

===Developers===

- Midnight Works is the number one developer for Switch at 177 games.

* It's ranked second among all platforms.

- Aldora Games is the number two developer for Switch at 159 games.

* It's ranked third among all platforms.

- Nintendo is the number three developer for Switch with 134 games.

* This is officially the largest developmental output in Nintendo history and among all platforms first-party wise.
* Among all forty platforms first/second/third party, Nintendo is tied for sixth overall.
* This means a gap between first and second is -43 games.

- Pix Arts is the number four developer for Switch at 134 games.

* It's the third biggest third party developer among all Nintendo platforms.
* Among all forty platforms, Pix Arts is seventh overall.

- EpiXR Games is the number five developer for Switch at 125 games.

* It's outside the Top 10 among all platforms.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4: Xitilon: 206 games, SMobile: 140 games, Webnetics: 139 games, Midnight Works: 134 games, and Breakthrough Gaming: 106 games.
+ XBOX One: AFIL Games: 69, EpiXR Games: 65 games, SNK Corporation: 67 games, Ubi Soft: 64 Games and Artifex Mundi: 59 games.
+ PlayStation 5: SMobile: 113 games, Xitilon: 99 games, Gametry: 97 games, Nostra.Games: 95 games, and AFIL Games: 87 games.
+ XBOX Series: AFIL Games: 70 games, KairoSoft: 49 games, Synnergy Circle Games: 36 games, EpiXR Games and EXE-Create: 27 games.

- Top Five Developing Minimum is at 125 games.

* First among Nintendo platforms and among all forty platforms.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 is at 106 games.
+ XBOX One is at 59 games.
+ PlayStation 5 is at 87 games.
+ XBOX Series is at 27 games.

- Rounding out the Top Ten after that are: SNK Corporation: 116 games (sixth among all Nintendo platforms), MASK: 115 games (seventh among all Nintendo platforms), 17Studio/Red Deer Games: 107 games (eighth/ninth among all Nintendo platforms), Entity3 at 106 games (tenth among all Nintendo platforms).

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4: Namco: 103 games, Gametry: 95, SNK Corporation: 94 games, Nostra.Games: 86 games, Pix Arts: 85 games.
+ XBOX One: Kairosoft: 50 games, Electronic Arts and Pix Arts: 48 games, EXE-Create: 47 games and Cerobit: 40 games.
+ PlayStation 5: Webnetics: 70 games, Erdem Sen: 51 games, CGI Lab: 50 games and Entity3/EXE-Create/Playstige Interactive: 44 games.
+ XBOX Series: Super Power Up: 26 games, Old School Vibes/Ubi Soft: 25 games, Artifex Mundi: 24 games and Dolores Entertainment/Electronic Arts/Gametry: 22 games.

- Top Ten Developing Minimum is at 106; which is now a new record for all forty platforms.

* Switch was the first to reach this feat.
* MeGame and Gametry are the other developers with at least 100 games developed.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 is at 85 games (second overall).
+ XBOX One is at 40 games (fourth overall).
+ PlayStation 5 is at 44 games (third overall).
+ XBOX Series is at 22 games (eighth overall).

* Storylines for Aligned Year Nine:

- Here's the Top 10 Publishers if the figures were launched aligned to five years (Caveat: eastasiasoft is not accounted for since it wasn't in the Top Ten at Aligned Year Five.):

Launched Aligned Number of Games at Five Years (Aligned Year Six & Beyond):

[1.] Hamster (Switch*) : 300 (217)
[2.] Nintendo (WiiU) : 195 (0)
[3.] Nintendo (3DS) : 189 (60)
[4.] Ratalaika Games (Switch*) : 163 (203)
[5.] Nintendo (Switch*) : 152 (139)
[6.] Nintendo (Wii) : 144 (9)
[7.] Ultimate Games (Switch*): 139 (141)
[8.] Ubi Soft (NDS) : 131 (26)
[9.] Nintendo (NDS) : 125 (51)
[10.] T*HQ (GBA) : 101 (23)

- Three years later, Nintendo finally surpassed both their overall output among all Nintendo platforms, and surpassed 100 games in Aligned Year Six & Beyond.

[d.] Publisher and Developer Breakdown by Milestones

- Both publishers and developers are number one on all Nintendo platforms and all forty platforms with two or more games published and developed, at 1307 publishers and 2178 developers in that order.

* The gap between "one game and done", to two or more games is 1489 publishers (53.3%) and 4182 developers (65.8%).
* Nintendo Switch is the first and only closed-garden console/portable to surpass 1300 publishers with two games or more, and over 2100 developers with two games or more.
* In terms of publishers; Switch has more publishers with one, two, five, ten, 25, 50, 100 and 250 or more games published than all other Nintendo platforms combined.
* In terms of developers; Switch has more developers with one, two, five, ten, 25, 50 and 100 or more games developed than all other Nintendo platforms combined.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 1149 publishers "one game and done" (56.0%) and 2825 developers (64.7%).
+ XBOX One has 1135 publishers "one game and done" (59.5%) and 2788 developers (68.1%).
+ PlayStation 5 has 733 publishers "one game and done" (55.2%) and 2226 developers (71.1%).
+ XBOX Series has 613 publishers "one game and done" (56.7%) and 2004 developers (74.2%).

* For reference (all ranking are in sequence from second to fifth):

+ PlayStation 4 has 901 publishers.
+ XBOX One has 772 publishers
+ PlayStation 5 has 593 publishers.
+ XBOX Series has 468 publishers.

* For reference (all rankings are in sequence from second to fifth):

+ PlayStation 4 has 1540 developers.
+ XBOX One has 1308 developers.
+ PlayStation 5 has 906 developers.
+ XBOX Series has 697 developers.

* Storyline: At this point, seeing developers with two or more games get to 2500 for the first time ever would be a bonus. However; that is much more unlikely at this point given the Nintendo Switch's console cycle nearly coming to a close.

- Switch is number one among publishers on all platforms with five or more games with 561 publishers. Switch is number one among developers on all platforms with five or more games with 567 developers.

* For reference (all rankings are in sequence from second to fifth):

+ PlayStation 4 has 369 publishers.
+ XBOX One has 285 publishers.
+ PlayStation 5 has 256 publishers.
+ XBOX Series has 183 publishers.

* For reference (all rankings are in sequence from second to fifth):

+ PlayStation 4 has 408 developers.
+ XBOX One has 292 developers.
+ PlayStation 5 has 223 developers.
+ XBOX Series has 140 developers.

* Storyline: Next up for Nintendo Switch is publishers getting 600 or more publishers. Also, they are just six developers away from 600 developers with five or more games.

- Switch is number one among publishers on all platforms with ten or more games with 311 publishers. Switch is number one among developers on all platforms with ten or more games with 260 developers.

* For reference (all rankings are in sequence from second):

+ PlayStation 4 has 213 publishers.
+ XBOX One has 148 publishers. (fourth overall).
+ PlayStation 5 has 155 publishers. (third overall).
+ XBOX Series has 107 publishers. (fifth overall)

* For reference (all rankings are in sequence from second):

+ PlayStation 4 has 175 developers.
+ XBOX One has 89 developers (fourth overall).
+ PlayStation 5 has 96 developers. (third overall).
+ XBOX Series has 46 developers (tied sixth overall).

* Storyline: Nintendo Switch's next goal is a very long shot goal, as they need a lot of luck getting close 300 developers with ten games or more.

- Switch is number one among publishers on all platforms with 25 or more games at 138 publishers. Switch is first among developers on all platforms with 25 or more games at 84 developers.

* For reference (all rankings are in sequence from second to fifth):

+ PlayStation 4 has 104 publishers.
+ XBOX One has 65 publishers.
+ PlayStation 5 has 62 publishers.
+ XBOX Series has 33 publishers.

* For reference (all rankings are in sequence from second to fourth):

+ PlayStation 4 has 49 developers.
+ PlayStation 5 has 27 developers.
+ XBOX One has 16 developers.
+ XBOX Series has eight developers (eighth overall).

* Storyline: Unlikely, but it would be amazing if Switch gets 100 developers with 25 or more games. Maybe publishers getting 150 publishers with 25 or more games.

- Switch is in first place among publishers on all platforms with 50 or more games at 65 publishers. Switch is in first place among developers on all platforms with 50 or more games at 33 developers.

* For reference (all rankings are in sequence from second to fourth):

+ PlayStation 4 has 42 publishers.
+ XBOX One has 30 publishers.
+ PlayStation 5 has 19 publishers.
+ XBOX Series has ten publishers (tied for eighth).

* For reference (all rankings are in sequence from second):

+ PlayStation 4 has 20 developers.
+ XBOX One has six developers (fourth overall).
+ PlayStation 5 has eight developers (third overall).
+ XBOX Series has one developer (tied for 11th overall).

* Storyline: Okay, let's see if Switch can get the 17 developers needed to reach 50 developers with 50 or more games...

- Switch is first among publishers on all platforms with 100 or more games at 24 publishers. Switch is the only developer among all Nintendo platforms and first among all platforms with more than 100 games with 12 developers.

* For reference: (all rankings are in sequence from second to third):

+ PlayStation 4 has 14 publishers.
+ PlayStation 5 has six publishers.
+ XBOX One has four publishers (tied for fifth overall).
+ XBOX Series has two publishers (tied for 11th overall).

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has six developers (second overall).
+ PlayStation 5 has one developer (tied for third overall).
+ XBOX One, XBOX Series have no developers (tied for seventh).

* Storyline: Nintendo's history making saga continues with Pakotime and AFIL Games having a shot of having 25 publishers with 100 games or more.

- Switch is first among publishers on all platforms with 250 games with five publishers. No closed-garden console/portable have done the feat on the developer side.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has three publishers (second overall).
+ PlayStation 5 has two publishers (third overall).
+ XBOX One and XBOX Series are the only other active consoles to at least done the feat once; tied for fourth with XBOX 360 and PlayStation 3.

* Storyline: As for the developer side, PlayStation 4's Xitilon is the only one remotely close to 250 games or more on the developer side and they need help on that front. Maybe it will happen in Aligned Year Ten, who knows?!

- Switch is the only platform so far having at least one publisher with 500 games or more. No closed-garden console/portable has done the feat on the developer side, obviously.

[e.] By Genre

Nintendo Switch Top 100
All Platforms Top 100

Side Note: Now here's where things get really messy. In order to keep these stats from getting out of control, I base the games on the majority genre that each game has since many games on Switch have more than one genre. Also; I try to keep the genres down to ten genres (Sports and Other are the exception as they can be unlimited in their respective sub-genres). Strategy, Tower Defense and Action RPG's fit in the RPG category. Action/Adventure games are usually Adventure unless there is ample evidence that Action overwhelms Adventure. Beat'em Ups are Action games. I ignore Arcade as a genre completely since it's a platform and Arcade games have many genres. Some action games I have noticed are not action games, but clearly shooters. Twin Stick shooters are shooters. Hunting games are considered shooters for the purpose of compiling. Fishing simulations are considered Sports games, unless the majority genre is another genre. This applies to Golf Story in that sense, that it's RPG rather than Sports/Golf. Mini-Games are Other/Party, Dancing/Rhythm games are Other/Music.

- Adventure has 2814 games or 16.0% of the Switch lineup.

* This means Nintendo Switch has the most Adventure titles on all Nintendo platforms in the same genre and all genres and the most of any closed-garden console/portable in both the same genre and all genres in history.
* This also makes Nintendo Switch Adventure the first genre among all genres to surpass 2800 games.
* In fact, there are now more Adventure games on Switch in NINE YEARS than the PlayStation 3 had games in it's entire lifetime in North America, period.
* This is the first genre ever to surpass the final non-active console in games.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 2215 Adventure games (second overall on the platform, second on the same genre on all platforms and sixth on all genres on all platforms.).
+ XBOX One has 1834 Adventure games (first overall on the platform, third on the same genre on all platforms and eighth on all genres on all platforms).
+ PlayStation 5 has 1570 Adventure games (first overall on the platform, fourth on the same genre on all platforms and 12th on all genres on all platforms).
+ XBOX Series has 1206 Adventure games (first overall on the platform, fifth on the same genre on all platforms and 16th on all genres on all platforms).

* Storyline: There is little for Adventure to prove, other then to maintain the #1 spot over Action, which is usually #1 on six of Nintendo's platforms. Adventure games are now the bread and butter of the industry as it's progression of bigger worlds and more narrative has been popular among gamers and when the popularity rises, game developers will be inspired to clone and make Adventure games, particually in the open-world context. Advances in technology have helped a lot for this genre and continue to be the focus of gaming in general. Almost to the point of saturation itself.

- Action has 2690 games or 15.3% of the Switch lineup.

* Action is first among all platforms in the same genre, but is second in overall genres among all platforms. This obviously also means all Nintendo platforms as well.
* Action surpassed 2500 games, becoming the second genre among all Nintendo platforms to pull off the feat.
* PlayStation 4 Action is the third time it was pulled off among all closed-garden platforms.
* There are more Action games on Switch in NINE YEARS than the PlayStation 5 had games in it's entire lifetime in North America, period.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 2503 Action games (first overall on the platform, second on the same genre on all plaftorms and third on all genres on all platforms).
+ XBOX One has 1631 Action games (second overall on the platform, third on the same genre on all platforms and 11th on all genres on all platforms).
+ PlayStation 5 has 1452 Action games (second overall on the platform, fourth on the same genre on all platforms and 14th on all genres on all platftorms).
+ XBOX Series has 832 Action games (second overall on the platform, fifth on the same genre on all platforms and 22nd on all genres on all platforms).

* Storyline: Basically the same as Adventure. Action is also closing the gap on Adventure, so the previous bread and butter genre of the industry is looking to overtake the first position overall once again. Despite Action taking a backseat to Adventure in this genre, the progress is leaps and bounds ahead compared to genres in the pre-Iwata era for most platforms except for Nintendo platforms, as GBA was the biggest Action supporter until Nintendo Switch arrived.

- Other has 2481 games or 14.1% of the Switch lineup.

* Other is first among all Nintendo platforms and all forty platforms in the same genre, third overall among all Nintendo platforms and tied for fourth overall among all genres on all platforms.
* There are more Other games on Switch in NINE YEARS than the Nintendo DS had games in it's entire lifetime in North America, period.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 1040 Other games (sixth overall on the platform, second on the same genre on all platforms and 18th on all genres on all platforms).
+ XBOX One has 662 Other games (sixth overall on the platform, third on the same genre on all platforms and 28th on all genres on all platforms).
+ PlayStation 5 has 626 Other games (sixth overall on the platform, fourth on the same genre on all platforms and 29th on all genres on all platforms).
+ XBOX Series has 359 Other games (seventh overall on the platform, sixth on the same genre on all platforms and 44th on all genres on all platforms).

* Storyline: The Wii/DS effect really showed up this year as Other had a pretty huge increase from last year and leapfrogged over Puzzles, Shooters and even RPG's. (Caveat: Puzzle as of March 14th, 2026 has overtaken Others.) The Visual Novel effect helped a lot in this increase. Other needs 19 games to surpass 2500 games or more for the third time on this system alone, and 86 to surpass PlayStation 3's LTD in North America.

Side Note: I'll breakdown the Other genres and Sports genres by genre in a separate section below. There are a lot of storylines concerning how Nintendo Switch got the numbers it did.

- Puzzle has 2480 games or 14.1% of the Switch lineup.

* Puzzle is first among all platforms in the same genre; but is fourth among all genres among all Nintendo platforms and tied for fourth overall among all genres on all platforms.
* There are more Puzzles games on Switch in NINE YEARS than the Nintendo DS had games in it's entire lifetime in North America, period.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 1006 Puzzle games (seventh overall on the platform, second on the same genre on all platforms and 20th on all genres on all platforms).
+ XBOX One has 809 Puzzle games (fifth overall on the platform, third on the same genre on all platforms and 23rd on all genres on all platforms).
+ PlayStation 5 has 668 Puzzle games (fifth overall on the platform, fourth on the same genre on all platforms and 27th on all genres on all platforms).
+ XBOX Series has 449 Puzzle games (fifth overall on the platform, fifth on the same genre on all platforms, 37th on all genres on all platforms).

* Storyline: Puzzle is one of those genres where it shines the best on systems with a portable nature, especially if you have a touch screen present as many puzzle games nowadays require or highly recommend one. There is a lot of escape games and point and click games that use mostly elements of the Puzzle genre. This explains why there is a 24:10 ratio difference between the Nintendo Switch and the PlayStation 4. Puzzles are also for an audience who mostly shuns ultra violent games, although there are at least 142 games that literally use the word "hentai" in their titles. The Wii/Nintendo DS era is responsible for changing the prespective of Puzzle games being one of the smallest group of games during the pre-Iwata to having the largest Puzzle output of all time on Nintendo Switch. Puzzle needs the same amount of games to surpass 2500 games and PlayStation 3's LTD in North America. (Caveat: As of March 14th, 2026, Nintendo Switch Puzzle has surpassed 2500 games or more at 2501 games.)

- RPG has 1954 games or 11.1% of the Switch lineup.

* RPGs is first among all platforms in the same genre, fifth in overall genres among all Nintendo platforms and seventh overall among all genres on all platforms.
* There are more RPGs on Switch in NINE YEARS than the PlayStation 2 and Wii had games in it's entire lifetime in North America, period.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 1370 RPGs (fourth overall on the platform, second on the same genre on all platforms and 15th on all genres on all platforms).
+ XBOX One has 1022 RPGs (third overall on the platform, third on the same genre on all platforms and 19th on all genres on all platforms).
+ PlayStation 5 has 747 RPGs (fourth overall on the platform, fourth on the same genre on all platforms and 25th on all genres on all platforms).
+ XBOX Series has 589 RPGs (third overall on the platform, fifth on the same genre on all platforms and 31st on all genres on all platforms).

* Storyline: The RPG genre lost it's highest ranking ever to the Other and Puzzle genres. Still, the RPG genre has become huge in spite of the rankings decline, and that hasn't changed much. RPGs are six games away from surpassing XBOX 360's LTD in North America and 46 games away from reaching 2000 games or more. (Caveat: As of March 14th, 2025, Nintendo Switch RPG has more games than XBOX 360 has games in North America, period, at 1963 games.)

- Simulation has 1799 games or 10.3% of the Switch lineup.

* Simulation is first among all platforms in the same genre; sixth in overall genres among all Nintendo platforms and ninth among all genres on all platforms.
* Simulation has more games on Switch in NINE YEARS than Wii and PS2 has games in it's lifetime in North America, period.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 1056 Simulations (fifth overall on the platform, second on the same genre on all platforms and 17th on all genres on all platforms).
+ XBOX One has 608 Simulations (seventh overall on the platform, third on the same genre on all platforms and 30th on all genres on all platforms).
+ PlayStation 5 has 578 Simulations (seventh overall on the platform, fourth on the same genre on all platforms and 33rd on all genres on all platforms).
+ XBOX Series has 433 Simulations (fifth overall on the platform, fifth on the same genre on all platforms and 38th on all genres on all platforms).

* Storyline: Simulation is one game away from surpassing 1800 or more games. (Caveat: As of March 14th, 2026, Simulation has surpassed 1800 games or more at 1812 games.) Simulators were more of a PC thing before the Wii/DS era as hardware limits and the fact that the mouse was one of the few controllers benefited the genre more than the two joystick/controller method of traditional consoles. Nintendo DS's touch screen changed that reality and it explains why Nintendo DS had so many simulators. It also helped that games like Nintendogs and Cooking Mama helped show that a simulator can sell millions and be a big deal. Nowadays, many real life situations have an occupying simulator and due to the Nintendo Switch having touch screen and motion controls that can be as helpful as a mouse, it's no surprise that Nintendo Switch is closing in on a thousand simulators. It's progress throughout the generations has been slower than Adventure, Other and Puzzle though.

- Shooter has 1668 games or 9.5% of the Switch lineup.

* Shooter is first among all platforms in the same genre, seventh in overall genres among all Nintendo platforms and tenth place among all genres on all platforms.
* There are more Shooter games on Switch in NINE YEARS than the PlayStation One had games in it's entire lifetime in North America, period.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 1463 Shooters (third overall on the platform, second on the same genre on all platforms and 13th on all genres on all platforms).
+ XBOX One has 956 Shooters (fourth overall on the platform, third on the same genre on all platforms and 21st on all genres on all platforms).
+ PlayStation 5 has 774 Shooters (third overall on the platform, fourth on the same genre on all platforms and 24th on all genres on all platforms).
+ XBOX Series has 536 Shooters (fourth overall on the platform, fifth on the same genre on all platforms and 35th on all genres on all platforms).

* Storyline: Mostly increasing it's numbers further and is 122 games away from surpassing the entire Wii and PlayStation 2 lineup of games and 132 games away from 1800 games or more. The Shooter genre is more of a 18-34 male demographic type of genre due to the normalization of first person shooters, third person shooters and twin stick shooters in recent years. Somehow, despite the limited demographics, this genre is still in style regardless. The XBOX stereotype of being a shooters paradise is a false narrative since even though the ranking of Shooters on XBOX 360 was number one on the platform, the PlayStation 3 had more shooters than XBOX 360 ever did. The Shooter genre is one of the few genres on the Nintendo Switch where a Non-Nintendo platform is actually competitive even if the time difference makes it look worse when factored in. Also, Switch has motion controls that can use the controller like a gun, similar to Wii.

- Racing has 708 games or 4.0% of the Switch lineup.

* Racing is first among all platforms in the same genre, eighth in overall genres among all Nintendo platforms, and 26th among all genres on all platforms.
* Racing has become the eighth genre (seventh when Others is not accounted for) to surpass 700 or more games.
* This is more games in NINE YEARS than the NES and Sega Genesis' LTD game lineup in North America, period.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 550 Racing games (eighth overall on the platform, second on the same genre on all platforms and 34th on all genres on all platforms).
+ XBOX One has 351 Racing games (ninth overall on the platform, third on the same genre on all platforms and 46th on all genres on all platforms).
+ PlayStation 5 has 320 Racing games (eighth overall on the platform, fourth on the same genre on all platforms and 51st on all genres on all platforms).
+ XBOX Series has 171 Racing games (eighth overall on the platform, eighth on the same genre on all platforms and 96th on all genres on all platforms).

* Storyline: Racing is six games away from the SNES's LTD in North America. Racing has plateaued quite a bit in terms of game released compared to many other genres, mostly due to the Mario Kart effect.

- Sports has 570 games or 3.3% of the Switch lineup.

* Sports is first among all platforms in the same genre; ninth in overall genres among all Nintendo platforms and 32nd among all genres on all platforms.
* Sports becomes the ninth genre to surpass 500 games or more.
* This is more games in NINE YEARS than the Nintendo Gamecube's entire game lineup in North America, period.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 499 Sport games (ninth overall on the platform, second on the same genre on all platforms and 36th on all genres on all platforms).
+ XBOX One has 356 Sport games (ninth overall on the platform, third on the same genre on all platforms and 45th on all genres on all platforms).
+ PlayStation 5 has 244 Sports games (ninth overall on the platform, sixth on the same genre on all platforms and tied for 69th on all genres on all platforms).
+ XBOX Series has 163 Sports games (ninth overall on the platform, 12th on the same genre on all platforms and 100th place on all genres on all platforms).

* Storyline: Sports has defied the odds on Nintendo Switch despite being the one genre that has truly struggled to get actual progress and still managed to have more Sports games than PlayStation 4, the second highest total on this overall genre, in spite of a lack of Electronic Arts sports games outside of Soccer. Also, take a note below in terms of the Sport genres, in terms of evolution between genres.

- Fighting has 391 games or 2.2% of the Switch lineup.

* Fighting is first among all platforms in the same genre, tenth in overall genres among all Nintendo platforms, and 41st among all genres on all platforms.
* Switch is the only system with it's ten genres in the Top 10 for Nintendo platforms and within the Top 50 for all forty platforms.
* Fighting has surpassed all non-active systems on Nintendo platforms and all platforms except for two genres on PlayStation 3 (Action at 404 games and Shooter at 394 games).
* This is more games in NINE YEARS than the entire Nintendo 64 and Google Stadia game lineup in North America, period.
* Fighting also has the largest last place minimum of any Nintendo platform, a +272 over Wii (which had a tie of Fighting/RPG at 313 games), and a +94 over PlayStation 4 in terms of all platforms (also Fighting).

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 297 Fighting games (Second highest ten genre minimum overall, second on the same genre on all platforms and 55th on all genres on all platforms).
+ XBOX One has 204 Fighting games (Third highest ten genre minimum overall, third on the same genre on all platforms and tied for 87th on all genres on all platforms).
+ PlayStation 5 has 100 Fighting games (Fifth highest ten genre minimum overall, fifth on the same genre on all platforms and outside top 100 on all genres on all platforms).
+ XBOX Series has 67 Fighting games (Eighth highest ten genre minimum overall, tenth on the same genre on all platforms and outside top 100 on all genres on all platforms).

* Storyline: Fighting has more than proven it's point and it's just increasing it's rank further. The number of new fighting games is dwindling every year and it appears that there will be little progress for the Fighting genre from here on out, although if Fighting gets eleven more games, this would surpass Other for Nintendo DS for tenth. The Fighting genre is basically the slowest in terms of growth between generations, likely due to the Super Smash Bros effect. Also, in Nintendo Switch's case; a lot of Arcade Archives featuring fighting games was a factor in the final number, same with PlayStation 4 and even XBOX One to a lesser extent. (Caveat: As of July 10th, 2025; the Nintendo Switch has all ten genres in all ten positions among all Nintendo platforms for the first time since the NES if Others/Sports are together.)

[f.] Others And Sports Breakdown:

All Platforms Other Genres
Nintendo Other Genres

- Switch's number one Others genre is Visual Novel at 745 games or about 4.2% of the entire Nintendo Switch lineup.

* Visual Novels are first on all platforms of the same genre, eighth overall when Other and Sports are separate on Nintendo platforms and 24th among all platforms.
* There are more Visual Novels than there are Fighting games, Sports games and Racing games on Nintendo Switch.
* Nintendo Switch has more Visual Novels in NINE YEARS than Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo has games in North America life to date, period.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 329 Visual Novels (First on the platform in the same genre, second on all platforms with the same genre, second on all platforms in the Others genre, 44th among all platforms among all genres if Sports and Other are separate).
+ XBOX One has 171 Visual Novels (First on the platform in the same genre, fourth on all platforms of the same genre, eighth on all platforms of the Others genre and tied for 82nd place among all platforms and all genres if Sports and Other are separate.).
+ PlayStation 5 has 198 Visual Novels (First on the platform in the same genre, third on all platforms of the same genre, sixth on all platforms of the Others genre and 72nd among all platforms and all genres if Sports and Other are separate).
+ XBOX Series has 132 Visual Novels (First on the platform in the same genre, fifth on all platforms of the same genre, 11th on all platforms of the Others genre and 95th place among all platforms and all genres if Sports and Other are separate.).

* Storyline: The Visual Novel genre will be among the genres of games on Nintendo Switch that people will remember, along with the rogue-lite games, the twin-stick shooter genre and puzzle platformer, among others. Visual Novels are an interesting case of the Nintendo Switch being big enough to put in your hands and read it like a digital book. This kind of portability was a factor in PlayStation Vita having a decent amount of Visual Novels in it's own right; but Sony dropped Vita and while PlayStation 4 and other consoles have their fair share of Visual Novel, they don't have the book reading factor Nintendo Switch has. Also in play is Nintendo allowing content that Sony and Microsoft have cold feet for, for whatever reason. Visual Novel now needs 32 games to become lucky.

- Switch's number two Others genre is Party at 299 games or about 1.7% of the entire Nintendo Switch lineup.

* Party is first on all platforms of the same genre; second place behind Visual Novel for Nintendo Switch on all Nintendo platforms when it comes to the Other genre, and third on all platforms when it comes to the Other genre.
* If you remove "Others" and "Sports" from the rankings, Party would be 13th on all Nintendo platforms, meaning ten genres would be in the Top 15 for the Switch regardless.
* On all platforms with Sports and Others separate, it would be in 45th place, meaning ten genres would be in the Top 50 on all platforms regardless.
* Party Games in NINE YEARS has more games than Nintendo 64 has games in North America, period.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 102 Party games (Third on the platform when it comes to Others, second among all platforms of the same genre).
+ XBOX One has 70 Party games (Third on the platform when it comes to Others, third among all platforms of the same genre).
+ PlayStation 5 has 50 Party games (Fourth on the platform when it comes to Others, fifth among all platforms of the same genre).
+ XBOX Series has 39 Party games (Third on the platform when it comes to Others, seventh among all platforms of the same genre).

* Storyline: Party games are another genre that have benefited from the Switch effect and are more akin to the Wii/DS era than Visual Novels now. Look for the ranks to be increased further. Party games are a real Nintendo thing due to Nintendo loving local multiplayer, building the Nintendo Switch to be able to do multiplayer in both local and global (much bigger local than global though). It also help that a lot of Party games are for most general audiences.

- Switch's number three Others genre Edutainment has 297 games.

* It is first in the same genre on all platforms, third place in the "Others" genre on all Nintendo platforms, and fourth among all platforms in the "Others" genre.
* If you remove "Others" and "Sports" genres, the ranking is now at 15th place among all Nintendo platforms and on all platforms it would be tied for 47th place.
* Edutainment Game has more games in NINE YEARS than N64 has games in North America, period.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 63 Edutainment games (Seventh on the platform when it comes to Others, fourth among all platforms of the same genre).
+ XBOX One has nine Edutainment games (11th on the platform when it comes to Others, 14th among all platforms of the same genre).
+ PlayStation 5 has 26 Edutainment games (Eighth on the platform when it comes to Others, sixth among all platforms of the same genre).
+ XBOX Series has four Edutainment games (Tenth on the platform when it comes to Others, 20th among all platforms of the same genre).

* Storyline: The reason a lot of Edutainment games get released factor in two things: (a.) Nintendo's kiddie image since most are designed for the 0-12 year set, (b.) Nintendo Switch's touch screen and that a lot of these games are taken from mobile. Look for Nintendo Switch to continue increasing in this department.

- Switch's number four Others genre is Card Game at 258 Games.

* It is first on all platforms of the same genre and fourth overall in the "Others" genre on all Nintendo platforms, and fifth among all platforms in the "Other" genre.
* This also makes Switch the first platform in Nintendo history to have over 200 games in at least four Others genres.
* If you remove "Others" and "Sports" genres, the ranking is at 20th on all Nintendo platforms, and 55th place on all platforms.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 98 Card games (Fourth on the platform when it comes to Others, second among all platforms of the same genre).
+ XBOX One has 97 Card games (Second on the platform when it comes to Others, third among all platforms of the same genre).
+ PlayStation 5 has 89 Card games (Second on the platform when it comes to Others, fourth among all platforms of the same genre).
+ XBOX Series has 61 Card games (Second on the platform when it comes to Others, fifth among all platforms of the same genre).

* Storyline: Increasing their ranking further, that is all. The Card genre exploded on Nintendo Switch mostly due to a lot of titles being rogue-lite deckbuilders RPG's; which takes elements similar to trading card games like Pokemon Trading Cards and Yu-Gi-Oh!, especially Yu-Gi-Oh!. Nintendo's love for multiplayer (especially local) is also a factor.

- Switch's number five Others genre is Board Game at 193 games.

* Board Games are first on all platforms of the same genre; fifth overall in the "Others" genre on all Nintendo platforms, seventh among all platforms in the "Others" genre.
* If you remove "Others" and Sports" genres, the rank is 29th place on all Nintendo platforms, and 74th place on all platforms.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 58 Board games (Seventh on the platform when it comes to Others, second among all platforms of the same genre).
+ XBOX One has 55 Board games (Fifth on the platform when it comes to Others, third among all platforms of the same genre).
+ PlayStation 5 has 35 Board games (Sixth on the platform when it comes to Others, fourth among all platforms of the same genre).
+ XBOX Series has 23 Board games (Fifth on the platform when it comes to Others, sixth among all platforms of the same genre).

* Storyline: The board game genre is no longer limited to popular board games like "Monopoly", Snakes & Ladders among others. Again, many of the board games are popular with the general audience sets like the Party genre I mentioned earlier, and Nintendo's love for multiplayer (especially local) is a factor.

- Switch's number six Others genre is Music Game at 170 games.

* Music Games are first on all platforms of the same genre; sixth overall on all Nintendo platforms and tied for eighth place on all platforms.
* If you remove "Others" and "Sports" genres, the ranking is 32nd place on all Nintendo platforms, and tied for 82nd place on all platforms.
* Also all six "Others" genres in the overall Top 50 among all Nintendo platforms and overall Top 100 among all platforms when Others and Sports are separate.
* PlayStation 4 is the only other system with at least two "Others" genres in the top ten among all platforms. (PlayStation 5 and XBOX One each have one. Visual Novel at #2 and Music Game at #10.)

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 133 Music games (Second on the platform when it comes to Others, tenth overall when it comes to Others on all platforms, second among all platforms of the same genre and 94th place among all genres on all platforms when Sports and Others are separate.)
+ XBOX One has 65 Music games (Fourth on the platform when it comes to Others, ninth among all platforms of the same genre).
+ PlayStation 5 has 77 Music games (Third on the platform when it comes to Others, seventh among all platforms of the same genre).
+ XBOX Series has 31 Music games (Fourth on the platform when it comes to Others, tenth among all platforms of the same genre).

* Storyline: Motion controls on the Nintendo Switch are a factor in the amount of games from this genre. I should note that a lot of games have a music element; but are not counted due to the fact that Music is not the majority genre.

Other Notables:

- Art Program is at 78 titles. That is first among all platforms in the same genre. When Other and Sports are separate, it is tied for 49th place, with seven Other genres in the Top 50.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 13 titles (second overall).
+ PlayStation 5 has six titles (tied for fifth overall).
+ XBOX One/XBOX Series have one title. (tied for 15th overall).

- TV Quiz Show has 77 games. That is first in the same genre on all Nintendo platforms, and second in the same genre among all platforms. When Other and Sports are separate, it is tied for 52nd place among all Nintendo platforms.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 87 games (first overall).
+ XBOX One has 49 games (third overall).
+ PlayStation 5 has 48 games (fourth overall).
+ XBOX Series has 18 games (seventh overall).

* TV Quiz shot is one game away from being the eighth Other genre to reach the Top 50 when Other and Sports are separate.

- Arcade Compilation has 73 compilations. That is first in the same genre on all platforms. When Other and Sports are separate, it is tied for 55th place among all Nintendo platforms.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 33 compilations (second overall).
+ XBOX One has 30 compilations (third overall)
+ PlayStation 5 has 16 compilations (tenth overall).
+ XBOX Series has 14 compilations (11th overall).

- Applications has 72 titles. That is first in the same genre among all Nintendo platforms, and among all platforms. When Other and Sports are separate, it is tied for 57th place among all Nintendo platforms.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 11 titles (sixth overall).
+ XBOX One has 52 titles (second overall).
+ PlayStation 5 has six titles (tied for eighth overall).
+ XBOX Series has one title (tied for 15th overall). (Caveat: XBOX One applications do work with XBOX Series.)

- Mahjong is at 44 games. That is first among all Nintendo platforms in the same genre. When Other and Sports are separate, it is 77th place among all Nintendo platforms.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 19 games (second overall).
+ XBOX One has three games (tied for eighth overall).
+ PlayStation 5 has 14 games (third overall).
+ XBOX Series has three games (tied for eighth overall).

- Pinball is at 43 games. That is first among all Nintendo platforms of the same genre, and tied for first in the same genre among all platforms. When Other and Sports are separate, it is tied for 78th place among all Nintendo platforms.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 43 games (tied for first overall)
+ XBOX One has 30 games (third overall)
+ PlayStation 5 has 22 games (fourth overall)
+ XBOX Series has 20 games (fifth overall).

- Gambling game is at 38 games. That is first among all platforms in the same genre. When Other and Sports are separate, it is tied for 86th place among all Nintendo platforms.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 18 games (second overall)
+ XBOX One has seven games (fourth overall).
+ PlayStation 5 has nine games (third overall).
+ XBOX Series has three games. (tied for tenth overall).

- Fitness is at 33 games. That is first among all platforms in the same genre. When Other and Sports are separate, it is tied for 92nd place among all Nintendo platforms.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has four games (tied eighth overall).
+ XBOX One has six games (tied for sixth overall).
+ PlayStation 5 has four games (tied for eighth overall).
+ XBOX Series has one game. (tied for 12th overall.)

- Pool is at 32 games. That is first among all platforms in the same genre. When Other and Sports are separate, it is tied for 95th place among all Nintendo platforms.

* Nintendo Switch now has more Other genres in the Top 100 (14 Others) than WiiU, Wii and DS combined (7 Others) among all Nintendo platforms. (Nintendo DS has four genres, Wii has two genres and WiiU has one genre.)

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 21 games (second overall).
+ XBOX One has 14 games (fourth overall).
+ PlayStation 5 has 18 games (third overall).
+ XBOX Series has seven games (seventh overall).

- Parlor games are at 29 games. That is first among all platforms in the same genre. They are just outside the Top 100 if Other/Sports are separate.

For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has eight games (tied for fourth overall).
+ XBOX One has three games (tied for seventh).
+ PlayStation 5 has one game (tied for 13th overall).
+ XBOX Series has zero games (tied for 19th overall).

* Parlor Games only need one game to break the Top 100, tied at 99th place. That means all genres except for Shogi Game would be in the Top 100 when Other and Sports are separate on all Nintendo platforms.

* Storylines:

+ I don't expect Nintendo Switch to have more TV Quiz Shows than PlayStation 4 due to most of those games are published by Webnetics, who just got into Nintendo Switch development recently and probably doesn't have a port house to bring those games to Nintendo Switch right away.
+ Speaking of Art Programs, touch screen and portable make the big difference here.
+ Parlor games can be traced back to Nintendo Switch having motion controls (Wii is second with 18 games on all platforms of the same genre).
+ Mahjong games seems to have a smaller, but similar trace back to Simulations, as Japan at the time was making more of them during the DS/Wii era. Microsoft was one of the pioneers of changing the dymanic of video game system releases as before this, the Japanese market would release the most games in Japan, while outside of Japan got fewer games. Nowadays; North America gets the most games, Europe is slightly smaller, and Japan got the fewest games released (Nintendo Switch in Japan has roughly over 14,899 games or so as of this writing.)
+ The better the digital pinball become closer to the analog pinball machines, the more games we see in this genre.
+ Nintendo Switch also has three Shogi games.

All Platforms Sport Genres
Nintendo Sports Genres

- Sports number one genre on Switch is Soccer (World's Football) is 108 games.

* Obviously it's first on all platforms of the same genre and is first overall in Sports on all platforms.
* If you separate Others and Sports, Soccer is now 39th place among all Nintendo platforms.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 81 Soccer games (First on the platform when it comes to Sports, second on all platforms when it comes to Sports and second on all platforms of the same genre).
+ XBOX One has 68 Soccer games (First on the platform when it comes to Sports, fourth on all platforms when it comes to Sports and third on all platforms of the same genre).
+ PlayStation 5 has 38 Soccer games (First on the platform when it comes to Sports, tied for fifth on all platforms of the same genre).
+ XBOX Series has 29 Soccer games (First on the platform when it comes to Sports, tied for ninth on all platforms of the same genre).

* Storyline: Soccer will continue to grow despite the market having lots of choices involved. It should be no surprise as to why Soccer gets a lot of games: It is the most popular sport in the world, and is one of the least violent sports around while at the same time somewhat more exciting. Before the DS/Wii era; only the NEO-GEO systems (both Arcade, Pocket and CD), Atari Lynx and the original Gameboy had Soccer as the number one ranked game on all platforms concerning Sports. Since then, only Wii, WiiU and 3DS were not ranked number one in Sports (WiiU's Soccer wasn't even ranked in the Top 5), all three of those platforms got Olympics type games. While the number of Sports games overall has increased, the types of Sports has shifted dramatically. Soccer only needs 12 games to crack the Top 100 if Other and Sports are separate among all platforms.

- Sports number two genre on Switch is Golf at 72 games.

* Golf is first among all platforms of the same genre, second overall in Sports among all Nintendo platforms and third among all platforms in the Sports genre.
* Nintendo Switch joins PlayStation 2 as the only systems to have two Sports genres with fifty games or more,, and the first console to have two Sports genres with 70 games or more.
* Golf is now 58th place among all Nintendo platforms when Others and Sports are seperate.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 39 Golf games (Tied for second on the platform when it comes to Sports, second on all platforms of the same genre).
+ XBOX One has 30 Golf games (Third on the platform when it comes to Sports, third on all platforms of the same genre).
+ PlayStation 5 has 24 Golf games (Second on the platform when it comes to Sports, fourth on all platforms of the same genre).
+ XBOX Series has 17 Golf games (Tied for second on the platform when it comes to Sports, tied for seventh on all platforms of the same genre).

* Storyline: Expect a slow increase of numbers and nothing else. Golf is another Sports genre that has actually localized to Nintendo platforms more than Sony and Microsoft platforms due to the Wii effect with motion controls.

- Sports number three genre on Switch is Olympics with 60 games.

* Olympics is first among all platforms in the same genre, is third overall in Sports among all Nintendo platforms and fifth place among all platforms in the Sports genre.
* Nintendo Switch becomes the first system to have three Sports genres with fifty games or more, while also in the Top five overall.
* Olympics is now tied for 66th place among all Nintendo platforms when Other and Sports are separate.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 32 Olympics games (Sixth on the platform when it comes to Sports, third on all platforms of the same genre).
+ XBOX One has 21 Olympics games (Sixth on the platform when it comes to Sports, tied for fourth on all platforms of the same genre).
+ PlayStation 5 has 21 Olympics games (Tied for third on the platform when it comes to Sports, tied for fourth on all platforms of the same genre).
+ XBOX Series has 12 Olympics games (Fourth on the platform when it comes to Sports, ninth on all platforms of the same genre).

* Storyline: Olympic genres/Sport Compilations have pretty much stalled for the most part and I don't see much movement this year at this point. Olympics are defined as Multi-Sports compilations. Olympics have also benefitted more from the Wii effect due to motion controls and multiplayer love.

- Sports number four genre on Switch is Tennis with 39 games.

* Tennis is first among all platforms of the same genre; is fourth place overall in Sports among all Nintendo platforms and is outside the Top Ten among all platforms (tied for 11th place).
* Tennis is tied for 84th place among all Nintendo platforms when Other and Sports are separate.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 22 Tennis games (Tied for ninth on the platform when it comes to Sports, second on all platforms of the same genre).
+ XBOX One has 17 Tennis games (Tied for seventh on the platform when it comes to Sports, third on all platforms of the same genre).
+ PlayStation 5 has ten Tennis games (Tied for tenth on the platform when it comes to Sports, tied for fifth on all platforms of the same genre).
+ XBOX Series has seven Tennis games (Tied for seventh on the platform when it comes to Sports, tied for 11th on all platforms of the same genre).

* Storyline: Tennis has become more of a Nintendo thing for the same reason as the Golf genre: Motion controls from the Wii era. Needs one more game to reach the Top Ten among all platforms. (Tied for ninth place).

- Sports number five genre on Switch is Fishing has 37 games.

* It's first among all platforms of the same genre, and fifth place overall in Sports among all Nintendo platforms.
* Fishing is tied for 88th place among all Nintendo platforms when Others and Sports are separate.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 24 Fishing games (Tied for eighth on the platform when it comes to Sports and second on all platforms of the same genre).
+ XBOX One has 14 Fishing games (Ninth on the platform when it comes to Sports and tied for fourth on all platforms of the same genre).
+ PlayStation 5 has seven Fishing games (Tied for 14th on the platform when it comes to Sports and tied for ninth on all platforms of the same genre).
+ XBOX Series has five Fishing games (Tied for 13th on the platform when it comes to Sports and tied for 12th on all platforms of the same genre).

* Storyline: Fishing has only two other systems that have Fishing in the Top 5: Gameboy Color, and Sega Dreamcast. Requires only three games to reach the Top 10 among all platforms in the Sports genere (tied for ninth place).

- Sports number six genre on Switch is Basketball with 36 games.

* Basketball is first place among Nintendo platforms in the same genre, sixth place overall in Sports among all Nintendo platforms and fourth place among all platforms in the same genre.
* This puts Basketball at 91st place among all Nintendo platforms when Others and Sports are separate.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 39 Basketball games (Tied for second on the platform when it comes to Sports and third on all platfroms of the same genre).
+ XBOX One has 26 Basketball games (Fourth on the platform when it comes to Sports and ninth on all platforms in the same genre).
+ PlayStation 5 has 16 Basketball games (Fifth on the platform when it comes to Sports and 12th on all platforms in the same genre).
+ XBOX Series has nine Basketball games (Tied for fifth on the platform when it comes to Sports and tied for 17th on all platforms in the same genre).

* Storyline: Basketball's legacy is among the four American Sports. However, Basketball was playing first fiddle on PlayStation systems. In fact, PlayStation 2 had 58 Basketball games and is the other system to have two games of 50 games or more in the Sports Genre (American Football has 51 games on PlayStation 2) before the change over to Soccer (which it started playing second fiddle). Sega Genesis has 28 Basketball games.

- Sports number seven genre on Switch is Baseball has 30 games.

* It's first among all Nintendo platforms of the same genre, eighth place overall in Sports among all Nintendo platforms and fourth place among all platforms in the same genre.
* Tied for 99th, place among all Nintendo platforms when Others and Sports are separate.
* Seven sports on Nintendo Switch alone are in the Top 100, when Other, Sports are separate. Olympics for Wii is the only other one, tied for 92nd place.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 35 Baseball games (Tied for fifth on the platform when it comes to Sports, second on all platforms of the same genre).
+ XBOX One has 22 Baseball games (Fifth on the platform when it comes to Sports, seventh on all platforms of the same genre).
+ PlayStation 5 has 12 Baseball games (Sixth on the platform when it comes to Sports, tied for 16th on all platforms of the same genre).
+ XBOX Series has nine Baseball games (Tied for fifth on the platform when it comes to Sports, tied for 18th on all platforms of the same genre).

* Storyline: While Nintendo Switch baseball has gotten a personal best in this genre, it's no match for the Sony PlayStation 1,2 and even 4 where the top four sports were usually: Basketball, American Football, Baseball and Ice Hockey (with the fifth fiddle sometimes being Soccer). The PlayStation was a success in the early days due to the fact that technology was starting to make Sports games 3D instead of 2D, where you can make the games more realistic. During the PlayStation 1 and 2 days, Sports being the number one genre was a must, even Nintendo 64 and Gamecube had this same ranking. Baseball was playing third fiddle among the ranks of PlayStation at those times and PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 also had at least 27 games.

Other Notables:

- Bowling has 25 games on Switch. Bowling is first among all Nintendo platforms of the same genre, and tied for first among all platforms of the same genre. It's also in tenth place among all Nintendo platforms among the Sports genre.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 25 Bowling games (tied for first overall).
+ XBOX One has ten Bowling games (third overall).
+ PlayStation 5 has nine Bowling game (fourth overall).
+ XBOX Series has three Bowling games. (tied for 11th overall).

- Boxing has 24 games on Switch. That is first among all platforms of the same genre.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 18 Boxing games (second overall).
+ XBOX One has eight Boxing games (tied for seventh overall).
+ PlayStation 5 has 11 Boxing games (fifth overall).
+ XBOX Series has six Boxing games (tied for 11th overall).

- Extreme Sports has 23 games on Switch. That is first among all Nintendo platforms of the same genre, and first among all platforms.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 19 Extreme Sports games (second overall).
+ XBOX One has 11 Extreme Sports games (tied for fourth overall).
+ PlayStation 5 has 11 Extreme Sports games (tied for fourth overall).
+ XBOX Series has seven Extreme Sports game (tied for ninth overall).

- Dodgeball has 16 games on Switch. That is first among all platforms of the same genre.

For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 11 Dodgeball games (second overall).
+ XBOX One has eight Dodgeball games (third overall).
+ PlayStation 5 has two Dodgeball games (tied for sixth overall).
+ XBOX Series has three Dodgeball games (tied for fourth overall).

- Skateboarding has 15 games. That is first among all Nintendo platforms of the same genre, and second place among all platforms.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 17 Skateboarding games (first overall).
+ XBOX One has 11 Skateboarding games (fifth overall).
+ PlayStation 5 has ten Skateboarding games (tied for sixth overall).
+ XBOX Series has seven Skateboarding games (tied for 12th overall).

- Skiing/Snowboarding has 14 games. That is first among all Nintendo platforms of the same genre and third among all platforms of the same genre.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 22 Skiing/Snowboarding games (first overall).
+ XBOX One has nine Skiing/Snowboarding games (tied for sixth overall)
+ PlayStation 5 has 11 Skiing/Snowboarding games (tied for fifth overall).
+ XBOX Series has six Skiing/Snowboarding games (tied for 11th overall).

- American Football has 13 games. That is tied for fourth place among all Nintendo platforms of the same genre, and tied for 15th among all platforms of the same genre.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has 36 American Football games (third overall).
+ XBOX One has 32 American Football games (sixth overall).
+ PlayStation 5 has 21 Amercian Football games (tenth overall).
+ XBOX Series has 17 American Football games (tied for 12th overall).

- Volleyball has 13 games. That is first among all platforms of the same genre.

* For reference:

+ PlayStation 4 has eight Vollyball Games (second overall).
+ XBOX One has seven Volleyball games (third overall).
+ PlayStation 5 has four Volleyball games (fourth overall).
+ XBOX Series has two Volleyball game (tied for eighth overall).

* Storyline:

+ Don't expect much movement on the Ice Hockey (Seven games. Tied for fourth place among Nintendo platforms of the same genre and tied for 12th among all platforms of the same genre.) side; because of Electronic Arts continuing to have cold feet on Sports games on Nintendo Switch in general. Ice Hockey is often playing fifth fiddle on Sports genres on PlayStation platform before the change over.
+ American Football is a slight improvement on Nintendo Switch given that most Nintendo platforms since 3DS and WiiU barely had any American Football games, but the difference in the shift from American style games to more global accepted games like Soccer, Tennis, Golf, Olympics and even Baseball to a lesser extent is very clear in the stats.
+ While not mentioned in the stat rankings, the shift also allowed for more diverse sport sets not usually seen in previous generations, due to a global attitude in the marketplace: Sports like Cricket (seven games), Ping Pong (nine games), Curling (two games), Rugby (four games), Aussie Rules Football (two games), Badminton (three games), Cornhole Tossing (two games), Pickleball (two games), Handball, Kickball, Lumberjack Chopping, Figure Skating, Qudditich, Sumo Wrestling, and Water Skiing/Surfing (one game apiece). PlayStation 4 and XBOX One also has Lacrosse.

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