Despite launching in March, a month not usually reserved for home console launches, and with the busy holiday shopping season still in full swing, the Nintendo Switch system has already sold 10 million units to consumers around the world, according to Nintendo’s internal sales figures.
Nintendo Switch is a home console that can be played on a TV, and also taken instantly on the go – it lets people play their favorite games anytime, anywhere and with anyone. And since every Nintendo Switch system comes bundled with two Joy-Con controllers, players can easily share the fun of compatible multiplayer games with friends and family* right out of the box.
The robust and diverse library on Nintendo Switch features two of the most acclaimed video games of all time in Super Mario Odyssey and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. At The Game Awards last week in Los Angeles, Super Mario Odyssey won the award for Best Family Game. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was honored with the awards for Game of the Year, Best Action/Adventure Game and Best Game Direction.
Nintendo Switch is also home to fun multiplayer games like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Splatoon 2 and ARMS that can be played online** or with friends and family in the same room, as well as an ever-growing list of great third-party games like Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, FIFA 18, Rocket League, L.A. Noire, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Golf Story and Stardew Valley, Nintendo Switch is truly for any player.
“As you can see in people’s living rooms, on a plane or riding the subway, fans all over the world can enjoy playing Nintendo Switch wherever they go,” said Nintendo of America President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime. “The response from fans has been great, and we’re doing our very best to satisfy demand during the holiday shopping season.”
After a record-breaking 2017, Nintendo Switch will continue its momentum in 2018. The system will see the launch of Nintendo-published games like Kirby Star Allies, Bayonetta, Bayonetta 2 and a new game in the beloved Yoshi franchise, in addition to big third-party games like Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus from Bethesda, Mega Man 11 from Capcom, PROJECT OCTOPATH TRAVELER (working title) from Square Enix, Shovel Knight: King of Cards from Yacht Club Games and Runner3 from Choice Provisions.
Source: PR
With the Christmas Holidays coming,there is a serious chance that it could outsell the Wii U lifetime sales even before its first year.Well done Nintendo!
It already has. October end was barely 8 million so November starting with Mario gave it a huge boost in sales. Imagine Christmas… C:
Im picking one up for my niece come friday. Hopefully theyre still around.
There should be plenty
Well most people buy their Christmas gifts in late November early December so some of these sales are from the Christmas rush.
Well, that was quick!
Already hitting 10 Million whilst the Wii U took like a year or 2 to even get to 10 Million
WiiU sold 13m in 4 years
No, it didn’t even past 5 million in it’s first year. It did 3 million in it’s first few months and then drop dead HARD after 2012 holidays. From then on, it was barely limping 2-4 million A YEAR until 2016 finally put it out of it’s misery.
LEL, I remember people always saying, “Dont worry guys, the WiiU will sell billions this holiday!”…
Then after there’s no improvement that time…
“Just wait till Mario Kart or some other game comes out!” xD (it would just go full circle every year)
On top of that, MNN would post articles and it would just be bad news – after bad news.
The WiiU was probably one of the saddest consoles. x)
Yeah, I was one of those fucking fools until that cancer 2015 E3 woke me up.
all these people are just from the wii u stupid fan boys. When the switch will reach 14m the sales will stop just there. keep dreaming Nintendrones. the switch will die soon and there are no games on 2018 too.
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^ THAT is what a dumbass fanboy troll sounds and looks like. XD
In case you get confused, my last reply was meant for Thanos whack ass. lol
You will soon need more ROFL emojis!
Lol… That’s cold as Ice Thanos!
I do think the Switch will continue to sell as there will be variations in hardware over the years. I can see more RAM and GPU improvements.
However, it will be interesting to see how the Switch performs when Microsoft and Sony come up with a competitor
I don’t know if there ever will be real competitor for Switch.
MS is going to stick with Xbone home consoles until the brand is dead or cloud only and Sony is not in a position to compete on 2 different fronts, if they want to stay ahead MS.
Maybe some smart device maker could make competing concept, but those would probably be on the expensive side.
Petric22 just wait till pokemon come on the switch and then the switch it will beat even him self as competitor enemy :p
You wish Sony Pony. XD
The b8 is strong with this one.
I cant believe stranga still falls for it 😅
the switch will die soon and there are no games on 2018 too
Thanos…. “Deluxe Edition”!!?? OMG! Is it still instock?? D:
good one. i will may copy it if i see same names
10 mil sold, not just shipped! :O.
Well done! And before 1year.
Great news, this confirms a strong first year, pretty certain big developers will bring more titles to the console. Just need Dark souls and GTA and my PS4 will just collect dust. Such a contrast between the switch and Wii U.
I am one happy customer.
Dark Souls, GTA5, KH3, MH:XX, Metroid Prime 4, Bayonetta Trilogy, Batman Arkham ports, Wolfenstein 2, POKEMON GEN 8 OR MMO, the Switch is gonna rock every gamer’s and hater’s world. XD
PS4 is still a good console, I’m waiting for Bloodbourne 2
And Metroid Prime 4…. Please, DO NOT FORGET METROID PRIME 4….
It’s not confirmed for 2018.
Holy shit. It was less than 8 million just WEEKS ago. XD The Switch is really on fire. Wait until results after the holidays.
Yeah…. At this pace, they might sell over 1m during the Christmas period and another 1m by New Year.
That means they’d surpass the WiiU sales before March.
If November gave it a 2.2 million unit sales boost, Christmas will be just as good, if not, better than 2 million sold Switches. :3
Really interested to see life time sales in march.
Btw off topic but fuck Michael Patcher I remember that guy being a proper dickhead about switch.
He’s always a dumbass Nintendo bias fuckhead usually proven wrong even on other subjects. He should STFU and stay out of public relevancy.
What I think is SO impressive about this is I keep seeing the Switch in stock. Its sales are as high as ever, and even in this very tech enthusiast area you can still find them. They really weren’t kidding about ramping up production.
No, they aren’t playing around anymore. I think they amp up their serious nature in gaming.
I think they did so on the price of OS and software improvement.
Still think Switch launched to beta, and Nintendo had no plans for it to sell this well yet.
Probably “real” launch was meant to be for holidays with marketing push, but they were caught off by the success of the device, so they just ran with it.
Games released this year were most likely about done from launch to June, and fanned out for the year.
“No, they aren’t playing around anymore. I think they amp up their serious nature in gaming.”
Pure nonsense. With the exception of Zelda embracing the style of its NES ancestors, most everything they’ve done has been the kind of games they released on the Wii U.
That’s funny. Because Wii U basically retrend 3DS/Wii games but turned them into chibi styled Mario Party with Amiibo shoved up everyone’s ass.
That’s excellent news. Congrats!
Those Nintendo haters are in denial. They are having their worst year ever…smh
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Just like he did when Samus came to it’s turf in Prime 2. lol
yes!! awesome news!
It is on the same pace as PS4 to get to 10 Million sold and it is comfortably outpacing the Xbox One, who in 1 year, had SHIPPED, not sold 10 Million worldwide. Nintendo is well and truly back.
Sweet news. I’m going to be permanently busy playing my switch now, 2018 and beyond if this keeps going.
WTF?…
impossible…
i can’t deal with this level of stress
https://youtu.be/AE33fbM6fqQ?t=28s
Take it like… a disembodied HAL eye, Sassy. :p
Are you the other troller guy?
You have the feeling he is not the real guy too right? m2. i can smell my troll kind from far away. because im a original troll. For instance i troll and i know I AM trolling while i play on my switch. the rest people who are doing that for srsly and hate on switch are not trolls are just delusionals. and maybe they need help from doctor for the illusions ;p Switch is doomed theory is even worse than the “earth is flat’ theory lol. :PP
Exactly. I know you are a Switch fan because you play on the Switch much more time than I.
People who hates the Switch are infected by the Xvirus.
He’s the same idiot who said Miyamoto is as overrated as Martin Luther King and he’s black himself. A self-racist moron.
WTF?
Yes. He said that and I still remember that shit.
That would be the real Sasori that said those things. This guy is just a copycat. (Plus last time I saw the real Sasori on here, he wasn’t an immature little clown like he use to be. But that’s why we got Church of Sasori now: to be the bigger clown than the original Sasori ever was.)
Thank you for explain to me who or what are those
Interested to know how many people in your family own a switch, is it being treated like a 3DS multiple units per house hold or as a stand alone home console.
WOW…..the haters have got to be on suicide watch after finding this out. This is just incredible. 10 million sold and the Switch has not even been on the market a full year yet. Eat that crow haters with a bucket of salt
#10MillionStrong
Remember the likes of blackb0nd, who were pretty much certain the switch would fail (I remember him calling it “the Bitch”)? Yeah…they’re probably not too happy this thing has blown up in sales now XD
And it’s not even Post-Christmas sales yet. XD It might jump another 3 million or so after the holidays and will likely beat Pii U’s pathetic sales by Mid-January..guaranteed. :)
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Impressive. Still, it has a ways to go before it surpasses the Gamecube. (And it needs more than just 4 games that I want. Luckily, Bayo1 & Bayo2 will be here in the next few months so that will bring my total games up to 6. If Sonic Forces was 20 bucks cheaper on Switch, I’d have 5 right now instead of 4.)
It’ll past the GameCube by halfway of 2018 if the pace remains the same.
Yeah it’s great and all but there isn’t enough games for me to want to buy it.
There’s some stuff about the Switch that needs asking of. Why it didn’t release at the end of the year like every other gaming system did (Gaming Systems are supposed to have a lifespan of atleast 5 years anyway), why it uses Cartridges which I thought that like VHS Tapes are Obsolete, why it ditched what changed our lives on the Wii U like Miiverse, and why it’s porting Wii U Games to it.
its not using cartridges, its using Game cards aka flash cards. They technically act just like SD cards. Cartridges are an old predecessor to memory cards and now game cards. They also had the ability to hav extra hardware in them to boost a system power and hav the ability to nearly wipeout load times to mere seconds. So calling Switch game cards as cartridges shuld mean as a nickname NOT the actual meaning.
Good news! Now invest peoples money in a switch pro home edition console, powerfull enough to get full third party support like other platforms, with a normal controller no gimmicks and we got the best Nintendo console since the Snes and Nes. Also while we are at it a better interface , friend list witouth codes and better online platform , full app support Netflix ect. , perhaps even Blu ray for the real movie fans out there. Sounds like a win win to me.
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