Better than the Wii U, worse than the Wii
Despite shortages, in its first 16 weeks of availability, Nintendo Switch has sold one million consoles in Japan. How does that compare to Nintendo’s last two efforts in its home country over the same period?
Switch: 1,000,000Wii U: 820,000Wii: 1,850,000
The Wii is still the gold standard, selling more than the Wii U and Switch combined, but Nintendo has to be happy with how the Switch is performing, especially as it plans to push out more consoles in July and August to deal with shortages in Japan. WithSplatoon 2and two newMariogames on the horizon, things are looking solid.
Will it hit 10 million sold in the first year asNintendo hopes? It depends just how much shortages are failing to meet demand. Worldwide, Nintendo moved2.74 million consolesin March alone and theoretically has the software coming up to keep peoples’ interest, and there’s still the holiday season. If Nintendo does indeed move 10 million in a year, it should beat the pants off the Wii U’s 13.6 million lifetime sales at the very least.
Japan: more sales data for Week 24, 2017, ARMS, Switch @ 1 million units (Media Create, Dengeki)[Perfectly Nintendo]
