Switch vs Wii Sales Comparison - March 2021 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 May 2021 / 4,679 Views
The VGChartz sales comparison series of articles are updated monthly and each one focuses on a different sales comparison using our estimated video game hardware figures. The charts include comparisons between the 7th generation and 8th generation platforms, as well as comparisons within the 8th generation. There are articles based on our worldwide estimates, as well as the US, Europe, and Japan.
This monthly series compares the aligned worldwide sales of the Nintendo Switch and the Nintendo Wii.
Switch Vs. Wii Global:
Gap change in latest month: 231,249 - Switch
Gap change over last 12 months: 10,146,132 - Switch
Total Lead: 6,736,869 - Switch
Switch Total Sales: 82,927,448
Wii Total Sales: 76,190,579
March 2021 is the 49th month that the Nintendo Switch has been available for. During the latest month, the Switch has grown its lead by 231,249 units when compared to the launch aligned sales of the Wii. In the last 12 months, the Switch has outsold the Wii by 10.15 million units. The Switch is currently ahead of the Wii by 6.74 million units.
The Wii launched in November 2006, while the Nintendo Switch launched in March 2017. Therefore, the holiday periods for the two consoles do not lineup, which is why there are big increases and decreases.
The 49th month for the Nintendo Switch is March 2021 and for the Wii it is November 2010. The Switch has sold 82.93 million units, while the Wii sold 76.19 million units during the same timeframe. The Wii sold current Switch sales in month 51.
The Wii sold 101.63 million units worldwide during its lifetime. The Switch needs to sell another 18.70 million units to outsell the Wii.
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Annnnnnnnd it's over. Month 50 was the last chance wii stood at getting the paths to cross one more time, but the Switch sold enough to keep it head of that. Switch will remain ahead from here on out and outsell it by the end of the year.
Yeah. I was going to say should we call it? It's extremely unlikely the switch will fall behind again and likely it will outsell the Wii within a year if not by the end of 2021.
Huh I know march was big for the switch but I did not expect that it would beat out wii november 2010
At the time black Friday wasn't nearly that big and most sales by far and wide still happened in December. Compare that to these days, where Sony and Microsoft generally have bigger Novembers than Decembers, and even for the Switch November sales are creeping closer to December sales
I guess I mainly look at the year in general when it comes to the older generations and not really the patterns that much so that is interesting to know.
It is still pretty impressive for March to beat Wii's November when it had one last good holiday tbh.
DS vs Switch PLIIISS
Switch is doing well, but not that well
I think the Switch vs DS is a great comparison alongside the PS3 and Xbox 360 as those are the two comparisons where the winner has not been clearly decided yet.
Yeah thats true.
I would love to see 360+PS3 vs Switch.
Well it's officially completely over from here on out. The Wii's last chance to outpace Switch sales temporarily was this holiday season but seems like it fell just short to the crazy selling Switch. The Switch will continue to rapidly expand its lead going forward and will never look back.
Okay I start to believe that cliff will never actually occur.
Just hold out a little while longer. That cliff will show up any day now...
The Switch is climbing the cliff.
It did, just upside down
I think its time the Switch starts getting compared to the PS3 and Xbox 360 like the PS4 did. I made a chart about it and the Switch is competing against it extremely competitively.
You mean Switch vs. PS3 and Xbox 360 combined?
Month 49 (March): Switch Total Sales: 82,927,448 ---------- Month 50 (December): Total Combined PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 Sales: 84,145,976 (for Month 49 there was no gap chart news PS4+XBO -vs- PS3+X360, where I took the numbers from)
