The Nintendo Switch had outsold the Wii U console, which has sold 13.56 million units worldwide, as of December 31.
Nintendo revealed that its Nintendo Switch console has sold 22.86 million units worldwide as of September 30.
The Famitsu website reported in September that the Nintendo Switch had sold more than 5 million Switch console units in Japan in the 1.5 years (79 weeks) since the console went on sale.
The console has now surpassed the lifetime worldwide unit sales of the Nintendo GameCube, which has sold 21.74 million units.