Research firm SuperData revealed today that its analysis shows that Nintendo has sold 2.4 million Switches during its first month of release. The home console/portable hybrid launched worldwide on March 3.
SuperData now projects that the Switch will sell 7.2 million consoles in 2017. That is up from its original forecast of 5 million units, showing that this is a better start than the research group was expecting.
Industry-tracking firm The NPD Group noted yesterday that the Switch sold 906,000 consoles in March in the U.S., beating the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Nintendo also managed to sell 925,000 copies of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, meaning that the praised open-world game actually had an attach rate higher than 100 percent.
This is a strong start for the Switch, which is good news for Nintendo following the disappointing Wii U. That dead console has lifetime sales of 13.56 million since launching in 2012. If the Switch can manage 7.2 million in 2017, it’ll be halfway to matching its predecessor in just one year.
But Nintendo will need strong software to keep console sales going. It’s clear that the success of Breath of the Wild gave the Switch’s launch a boost. For the rest of the year, Nintendo is hoping that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Arms, Splatoon 2, and Super Mario Odyssey can also move systems.
MetaMarc on April 14th, 2017 at 20:25 UTC »
So it outsold the PS4, Xbox One, and Wii U for first month sales. The PS4 sold 2.1 million in its first month for a comparison.
Edit: Yes I have realized this comparison was not exactly fair since the PS4 had less time during its first month to sell compare to the Switch (and the PS4 launched in February, two months after the rest of the world). Still nice to see the Switch doing really well though!
kpws on April 14th, 2017 at 20:01 UTC »
the wii u sold 13.6M total, so the switch is already at almost 20% of the wii u installed base
IceBlast24 on April 14th, 2017 at 19:53 UTC »
This much demand for a console in a non-holiday month is so cool. Whatever argument will be used to justify or reason out this demand, I'm just happy that this system is selling well and I hope that this momentum goes forward onto E3 and the holiday season =D