Nintendo has announced total worldwide hardware sales for the Nintendo Switch have topped 7.63 million units worldwide.

The news comes via their latest earnings report for the past six months leading up to September 30th of this year. Software sales have reached around 27.48 million copies worldwide.

Hardware sales netted 2.9 million units in the second quarter of this year, while software managed to sell 13.98 million copies.

In comparison, the Wii U has sold 13.56 million units worldwide to date, so the Switch is rapidly approaching the moment when it will overtake its predecessor.

Nintendo is looking to move 14 million Switch consoles by March of next year, with software sales aimed at 50 million shipments.