Japanese video game maker Nintendo’s chief said Wednesday that Switch console sales were still going strong, while he promised its successor is coming. “The momentum of the Nintendo Switch hasn’t stopped,

Nintendo has announced that games for the Switch will be playable on its next gaming console. Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa said on Wednesday that the company had decided it would be “optimal” to include backwards compatibility in the successor to the Switch given its enormous popularity.

The top 10 best-selling Switch games were shaken up by 2022's Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, which has been climbing the ranks alongside 2023's The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. The best-selling Switch game is unlikely to ever be dethroned, with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe consistently sitting at the top of the console's software sales chart.