http://www.lefigaro.fr/medias/2019/...edium=sms&utm_campaign=fr.playsoft.lefigarov3
Bullet points:
(note: all of those numbers are retail only)
- In 2017, they announced their pretty high objective of reaching two millions units sold by the end of 2018. They reached it and even surpassed it by a little bit, by selling 2.04 millions at the end of December. 1.13 millions of that number comes from 2018, versus 911k in 2017.
- Switch is the best selling console of 2018.
- They had holiday sales comparable to those of the Wii, with weeks that sold in the hundreds of thousands.
- 3DS sold 254k in 2018, versus 507k in 2017, for a grand total of 5.5 millions LTD.
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is the third best selling game of 2018 all platforms combined at retail. The ranking is Fifa 19 > RDR2 > MK8DX. It sold 1.2 millions LTD, with 700k of that in 2018 (so higher than in 2017). (note: it's a similar performance as in UK where MK8DX sold more in its second year than in its first)
- Super Mario Party is the fifth best selling game of 2018 all platforms combined at retail. Pokémon is seventh, Super Mario Odyssey eight and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate ninth. All of those titles sold more than 400k LTD.
- They're expecting to sell even more units this year than in 2018.
UPDATE : more numbers and facts coming from another interview with Nintendo France's CEO Philippe Lavoué
https://www.challenges.fr/high-tech...-succes-de-sa-console-switch-en-france_635496
- 65% of their hardware number was sold in the christmas holiday period.
- Laurent Michaud, tech analyst at Idate, expect the Switch to know even higher growth in 2019 before beginning to decline in 2020. He expects Nintendo to catch up to Sony's PS4 and sell 120 millions units lifetime.
- Nintendo games were worth 24.3% of games sales in France in 2018.
- In addition to the rankings from the previous interview, Splatoon 2 was the 11th best selling game of the year. 1-2-Switch and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze are also mentionned as charting in the top but without indication as to where exactly
- Although they don't give any numbers, it's mentionned that the Nintendo Switch Online service is off to a very good start.
Bullet points:
(note: all of those numbers are retail only)
- In 2017, they announced their pretty high objective of reaching two millions units sold by the end of 2018. They reached it and even surpassed it by a little bit, by selling 2.04 millions at the end of December. 1.13 millions of that number comes from 2018, versus 911k in 2017.
- Switch is the best selling console of 2018.
- They had holiday sales comparable to those of the Wii, with weeks that sold in the hundreds of thousands.
- 3DS sold 254k in 2018, versus 507k in 2017, for a grand total of 5.5 millions LTD.
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is the third best selling game of 2018 all platforms combined at retail. The ranking is Fifa 19 > RDR2 > MK8DX. It sold 1.2 millions LTD, with 700k of that in 2018 (so higher than in 2017). (note: it's a similar performance as in UK where MK8DX sold more in its second year than in its first)
- Super Mario Party is the fifth best selling game of 2018 all platforms combined at retail. Pokémon is seventh, Super Mario Odyssey eight and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate ninth. All of those titles sold more than 400k LTD.
- They're expecting to sell even more units this year than in 2018.
UPDATE : more numbers and facts coming from another interview with Nintendo France's CEO Philippe Lavoué
https://www.challenges.fr/high-tech...-succes-de-sa-console-switch-en-france_635496
- 65% of their hardware number was sold in the christmas holiday period.
- Laurent Michaud, tech analyst at Idate, expect the Switch to know even higher growth in 2019 before beginning to decline in 2020. He expects Nintendo to catch up to Sony's PS4 and sell 120 millions units lifetime.
- Nintendo games were worth 24.3% of games sales in France in 2018.
- In addition to the rankings from the previous interview, Splatoon 2 was the 11th best selling game of the year. 1-2-Switch and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze are also mentionned as charting in the top but without indication as to where exactly
- Although they don't give any numbers, it's mentionned that the Nintendo Switch Online service is off to a very good start.
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