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Nintendo: Switch Shipments Top 7.63 Million Units, 3DS Hits 68.98 Million Units

Nintendo: Switch Shipments Top 7.63 Million Units, 3DS Hits 68.98 Million Units - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 November 2017 / 4,015 Views

Nintendo announced it has shipped 7.63 million units of the Switch as of September 30, 2017. That would put hardware shipments at 2.9 million units in the second quarter and software figures at 13.98 million units for the quarter. 

3DS shipment figures are now at 68.98 million units and software figures at 343.07 million units. Hardware shipments were at 1.91 million units in the second quarter. 

Here is a list of the release software figures:

Switch

  1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 4.70 million
  2. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 4.42 million
  3. Splatoon 2 – 3.61 million
  4. 1-2-Switch – 1.37 million
  5. Arms – 1.35 million

3DS

  1. Pokemon X / Pokemon Y – 16.20 million
  2. Mario Kart 7 – 15.95 million
  3. Pokemon Sun / Pokemon Moon – 15.91 million
  4. Pokemon Omega Ruby / Pokemon Alpha Sapphire – 13.85 million
  5. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – 11.73 million

Wii U

  1. Mario Kart 8 – 8.38 million
  2. New Super Mario Bros. U – 5.73 million
  3. Super Mario 3D World – 5.70 million
  4. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – 5.26 million
  5. Nintendo Land – 5.18 million

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.


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Ultrashroomz (on 30 October 2017)

"Switch will be dead on arrival."

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OTBWY Ultrashroomz (on 30 October 2017)

"WiiU 2.0"

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Medisti Ultrashroomz (on 31 October 2017)

It has no games.

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Darwinianevolution (on 30 October 2017)

At this rate, the Switch is surely going to outsell the WiiU's lifetime numbers in barely a year. Fantastic numbers for a console so many considered doomed from the start.

  • +7
Ggordon (on 30 October 2017)

By the end of the year i think the switch will be able to ship 10 million units

  • +3
siebensus4 Ggordon (on 30 October 2017)

Easily. It sold almost 3 mio. from July - September. We can expect that it sells around 5 million from October - December. So 12 million by the end of the year is possible.

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The_Yoda (on 30 October 2017)

Is something wrong with me that it bothers me seeing 1-2-Switch in the top 5? Especially knowing that it has to be there since Mario just released Friday and hasn't edged it out yet...

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Oneeee-Chan!!! (on 30 October 2017)

Unit sales means Shipments ?

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Shiken Oneeee-Chan!!! (on 30 October 2017)

When it is selling out as soon as they hit store shelves, yes it does. =P

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Poweranimals (on 30 October 2017)

Based on the VGChartz numbers, they have to sell 1.2 million in the next three weeks.

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torok Poweranimals (on 31 October 2017)

VGC is clearly undertracked here. Not even if they had a monster shipment after weeks of stock issues.

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