Switch Sales Top 10 Million in Japan - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 05 November 2019 / 2,761 Views
Nintendo announced combined sales for the Nintendo Switch and Switch Lite have surpassed 10 million units sold in Japan as of November 3.
The Nintendo Switch launched worldwide on March 3, 2017, while the Nintendo Switch Lite launched on September 20, 2019.
Nintendo recently announced shipment figures for the Switch topped 41.67 million units as of September 30. Nintendo shipped 4.8 million Switch units during that quarter.
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PS3 did 10.4M, Wii did 12.6M - easy to beat. But 3DS did 24M...
So basically it took 3DS seven years to reach 24m, and with Switch at 10 mil in less then 3 years...it would seem that Switch is on track to match those numbers at least.
That makes these numbers even more impressive actually. It will be interesting to see how the following years develop.
I expected it to blow through the other consoles. From what I've read Japan prefers mobile gaming.
Shiken (0 minutes ago)
@method114
Considering that the Switch did in less than 2 years what it took the PS3 about 8 to achive, it is blowong through the other consoles. It is right on track to match the other portable systems over there, so I have no idea where you get the idea that it is not ahead of everything else on the market.
Add your reply...@Shiken Agreed but I don't understand why you think I said it wasn't ahead of everything else on the market. In fact I agree with your whole post. Like I said I expected the switch to blow through the other consoles. Japan clearly prefers to game on the go this has long been established.
@method114
I apologize, as I misinterpreted your comment. Probably shouldn't have, as you were pretty clear with what you said.
My bad, I do that from time to time.
@shiken
No problem it happens. I've done the same plenty of times myself online.
No one can doubt how big is the Switch <3
