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The incredible success Nintendo has seen with the Switch is expanding the overall console market, mirroring a level of success not seen since the Wii.
Read More »The Nintendo Switch’s success is expanding the console market
The Nintendo Switch sees its highest annual sales in history in Japan, with almost 6m units sold
2020 proved to be a bumper year for the Switch in Japan, as it recorded its highest annual sales in its four-year history.
Read More »Nintendo Switch set to outsell the Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, predict analysts
The Nintendo Switch is expected to be the best-selling console of 2021.
Read More »The Nintendo Switch outsold the Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X|S in their launch month in the US
Despite seeing the launch of The Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, the best selling console of November 2020 was actually the Nintendo Switch in the United States
Read More »Asia is Nintendo’s fastest-growing market, with sales outside of Japan growing 152% this fiscal year
Nintendo is seeing significant growth outside of Japan
Read More »The Switch sees the second-best October sales of any console ever in the US
The Nintendo Switch and the Switch Lite sold a combined 735,000 units in the US in October, making it the second-highest selling console in October in US history.
Read More »Switch sales soar under pandemic to 68.3m units lifetime
With Nintendo’s first-party attach rate hitting an incredible 6.7 units per console
Read More »The Nintendo Switch will outsell next-gen consoles this Christmas, claims analyst
Nintendo likely to have the upper hand due to next-gen hardware shortages
Read More »Nintendo sued over Joy-Con drift in planned obsolescence claim
French consumer organisation UFC-Que Choisir has announced that it is suing Nintendo for planned obsolescence and anti-consumer practices
Read More »Kwalee pivots to console with its first-ever Nintendo Switch release
Hyper-casual mobile publisher Kwalee is set to release its first ever console title, with TENS! hitting Nintendo Switch this year.
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