Nintendo Switch Becomes the Best-Selling Home Console Ever in France

[Truno]

Nintendo dépasse les sept millions de ventes de sa console Switch en France

Selon le directeur général de Nintendo France, Philippe Lavoué, "10,5% des 67 millions de Français sont équipés d'une Switch."

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Thanks to the 987,000 Switch sold last year, the Nintendo console brings its total to 7.1 million sales in France, surpassing the previous "record" held by the Nintendo Wii with 6.3 million units in total, explained to Philippe Lavoué, general manager of Nintendo France.

Other data underlining the strong presence of the console with consumers: "10.5% of the 67 million French people are equipped with a Switch"

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Other interesting facts:

• Nintendo DS is still the best-selling handheld console in France with over 10m units sold
• Pokemon saw a record-breaking year for any franchise in France
• 50% of consoles sold in 2022 in France were Switch

It just won't stop

 

[Aurora]

It (still) prints money

 

[sfortunato]

DS is untouchable but Switch will come very close, especially considering that a new platform won't be out until next year.

Nintendo is really a powerhouse in continental Europe.

 

[Flagada]

France always love nintendo fun above serious adentures games.

 

[Jencks]

everyone please bow down

 

[Jade1962]

So home consoles and portable consoles are distinct markets?

 

[Grips]

Switch keeps on giving its wild.

 

[Mr_F_Snowman]

The Verge - "Continuing to sell the Nintendo Switch with its current specs is one of the biggest tech blunders of 2022"

An absolutely historic error from Nintendo management. Better call in the administrators and get the whole thing shut down

 

[RailWays]

Still impressive the turnaround from WiiU to their current success being in contest for best selling console WW.

 

[Madao]

funny how the Switch isn't a portable for this metric when it is more handheld than console.
i guess they don't think it can surpass the DS and want some clicks.

 

[TonyBaduy]

especially considering that a new platform won't be out until next year.

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We don't know that.

 

[Advance.Wars.Sgt.]

So home consoles and portable consoles are distinct markets?

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Switch touches both bases, so it's always weird how Switch is exclusively contextualized as a home console.

funny how the Switch isn't a portable for this metric when it is more handheld than console.
i guess they don't think it can surpass the DS and want some clicks.

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TBF, it's not really news worthy to see the headline "Nintendo portable sells at a high rate and surpasses [insert milestone]"

That's pretty much expected news at this point after 40 years of success.

 

[Yuntu]

funny how the Switch isn't a portable for this metric when it is more handheld than console.
i guess they don't think it can surpass the DS and want some clicks.

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Isnt Switch counted as a home console for metrics p much anywhere?

 

[Spinluck]

There's no way a Switch 2 would be successful.

People never buy hardware that's just more of the same.

**Posted from hardware that's just more of the same**

 

[Orioto]

Bought 2 after i lost the first one you can thx me for that record Nintendo!

 

[Amnixia]

funny how the Switch isn't a portable for this metric when it is more handheld than console.
i guess they don't think it can surpass the DS and want some clicks.

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How is it more one then the other? The Switch can do both and iirc the numbers Nintendo posted show it being used more docked? (I personally use mine in handheld like 90% of the time these days)

 

[Amnixia]

There's no way a Switch 2 would be successful.

People never buy hardware that's just more of the same.

**Posted from hardware that's just more of the same**

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I doubt a Switch 2 will do as well, but probably still do well regardless.

But the sales for the device are still so good the "we need a switch 2, and we needed it yesterday" crowd should take a back seat

 

[Mr_F_Snowman]

funny how the Switch isn't a portable for this metric when it is more handheld than console.
i guess they don't think it can surpass the DS and want some clicks.

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The model that is handheld only is by far the worst selling - and Nintendo has provided data that shows the usage breakdown and it is more docked than not so............

 

[LinkStrikesBack]

How is it more one then the other? The Switch can do both and iirc the numbers Nintendo posted show it being used more docked? (I personally use mine in handheld like 90% of the time these days)

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It's the other way round, docked was used the least. Docked was about 18%, handheld only slightly over 30% and both approximately equally for the rest. Those numbers are from early on, but given the Switch lite exists it's extremely unlikely to swing significantly in docked only users favour. In any case, there's a reason they made a handheld only version but not a docked only one.

Not that that should be surprising, Nintendo's real success has always been handhelds.

 

[Amnixia]

It's the other way round, docked was used the least. There's a reason they made a handheld only version but not a docked only one

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They made the light since they didn't have a cheaper handheld like the old gameboy/DS.

 

[Advance.Wars.Sgt.]

They made the light since they didn't have a cheaper handheld like the old gameboy/DS.

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Well, it's that, and because the Lite doesn't interfere with the appeal of being able to play Nintendo's bigger budget software on a portable.

A docked-only Switch would just make it more apparent it is an inferior home console experience to the other devices on the market.

Not that that should be surprising, Nintendo's real success has always been handhelds.

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The internet lives in bizarro world where it was the 3DS and handhelds by extension that Nintendo needed to move on from due to continual market disappointments.

 

[cw_sasuke]

Congrats, well deserved !!

 

[viandante]

The Verge - "Continuing to sell the Nintendo Switch with its current specs is one of the biggest tech blunders of 2022"

An absolutely historic error from Nintendo management. Better call in the administrators and get the whole thing shut down

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agreed, someone at nintendo needs to be held accountable for this blundering

 

[Deleted member 23475]

There's no way a Switch 2 would be successful.

People never buy hardware that's just more of the same.

**Posted from hardware that's just more of the same**

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Game boy, GBC and then GBA proved the opposite.
Same for the DS and then the 3DS.
Curious to see for how many years Nintendo will still release games for Switch because it may be extremely outdated already at the end of the day it doesn't matter that much for all the people that just purchased one, if they keep releasing 1st party games for years to come on it, it's still "enough" to keep it alive.

 

[Bokoblin]

Wow

 

[Spinluck]

I doubt a Switch 2 will do as well, but probably still do well regardless.

But the sales for the device are still so good the "we need a switch 2, and we needed it yesterday" crowd should take a back seat

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Probably not. But it will do well.

 

[Poldino]

Is Switch Lite a home console by any means?

 

[Tialo]

Switch had 1.23 Mio. units in 2021 and now 987k in 2022 in France - so this means -20% YoY.

Switch LTD is at 7.09 Mio. units now - so its the second best selling gaming plattform of all time in France, only beated by the Nintendo DS. This is very very impressing. Switch even beat the PS2 by a quite margin already in France.

 

[Advance.Wars.Sgt.]

Is Switch Lite a home console by any means?

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Another reason why the exclusive "home console" classification is silly, because you know they're definitely counting those sales towards the overall total

 

[Renna Hazel]

Another reason why the exclusive "home console" classification is silly, because you know they're definitely counting those sales towards the overall total

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Switch is a hybrid, so it's compared in both distinct markets. The record it just broke is for home console so that's what is being reported.

 

[Nintenleo]

"10.5% of the 67 million French people are equipped with a Switch"

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Holy fucking shit

 

[LumberPanda]

What a blunder /s

Switch is a hybrid, so it's compared in both distinct markets. The record it just broke is for home console so that's what is being reported.

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But the Switch Lite is not, which is the context of the post.

 

[Renna Hazel]

What a blunder /s











But the Switch Lite is not, which is the context of the post.

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My point is it's not exclusively treated as a home console. It's sales are always reported as both

 

[Advance.Wars.Sgt.]

Switch is a hybrid, so it's compared in both distinct markets. The record it just broke is for home console so that's what is being reported.

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It is absolutely not compared to both in the same volume that it should be. In fact, for much of the Switch's life it has been exclusively viewed with a home console lens.

 

[LumberPanda]

My point is it's not exclusively treated as a home console. It's sales are always reported as both

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Sure, and their point is the Lite should not, despite the fact that it is, hence silly

 

[Red Kong XIX]

Who was the record holder before?

 

[Spinluck]

Game boy, GBC and then GBA proved the opposite.
Same for the DS and then the 3DS.
Curious to see for how many years Nintendo will still release games for Switch because it may be extremely outdated already at the end of the day it doesn't matter that much for all the people that just purchased one, if they keep releasing 1st party games for years to come on it, it's still "enough" to keep it alive.

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i think there's a difference here since the console is pretty much their flagship.

there's no real need to spread themselves thin over two platforms anymore.

i guess all we can really do is see what direction they take it in.

 

[cw_sasuke]

Who was the record holder before?

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Its literally in the OP.
Wii with 6.3m.

 

[Renna Hazel]

Sure, and their point is the Lite should not, despite the fact that it is, hence silly

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Seems pretty nitpicky for no real reason, but OK.

 

[Twister]

The Verge - "Continuing to sell the Nintendo Switch with its current specs is one of the biggest tech blunders of 2022"

An absolutely historic error from Nintendo management. Better call in the administrators and get the whole thing shut down

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People said the same thing about the Wii and DS. Gaming media and enthusiasts don't understand that the average person doesn't care about power the same way they do

 

[Red Kong XIX]

Its literally in the OP.
Wii with 6.3m.

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Lol literally looked through it and didn't see it. Interesting. Whats the first non-Nintendo console on that list?

 

[cw_sasuke]

Lol literally looked through it and didn't see it. Interesting. Whats the first non-Nintendo console on that list?

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Numbers from Astral_lion02 on IB

LTD

01 NDS - 10.56M
02 NSW - 7.09M
03 GMB - ~6.5M
04 WII - 6.29M
05 PS4 - ~6M
06 PS2 - ~6M
07 3DS - 5.62M
08 PSP - ~5.58M
09 PS1 - ~5M
10 360 - 3.38M

Nintendo France : Switch becomes the best-selling home console ever in France, top software sales and more

As the tradition, Philippe Lavoué (Nintendo France President) has shared several tidbits about the Switch performance in 2022: 987.000 Switch units sold in 2022, 50% of consoles sold were Switch in 2022 That puts the Switch total at 7.09m units since launch, above the record held by the Wii...

www.installbaseforum.com

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[LinkStrikesBack]

The model that is handheld only is by far the worst selling - and Nintendo has provided data that shows the usage breakdown and it is more docked than not so............

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When they provided the usage breakdown, it was more handheld than docked, and that was before they made a handheld only device...

 

[cw_sasuke]

When they provided the usage breakdown, it was more handheld than docked, and that was before they made a handheld only device...

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I don't think that's true. Definitely hasn't been in the last couple years.

 

[John Omaha]

funny how the Switch isn't a portable for this metric when it is more handheld than console.
i guess they don't think it can surpass the DS and want some clicks.

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It really isn't. Even if we put aside the technicalities around it being a hybrid, I would argue that most Switch games are not designed with a smaller screen in mind. They certainly work in portable mode, but things like their UI scaling and overall visual design/clarity are not very handheld-like.

 

[NekoNeko]

Talent always wins in the end

 

[srtrestre]

01 NDS - 10.56M
02 NSW - 7.09M
03 GMB - ~6.5M
04 WII - 6.29M
05 PS4 - ~6M
06 PS2 - ~6M
07 3DS - 5.62M
08 PSP - ~5.58M
09 PS1 - ~5M
10 360 - 3.38M

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France with the superior taste

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Numbers from Astral_lion02 on IB

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Nintendo dominating the top 4 holy shit

 

[Cass_Se]

Numbers from Astral_lion02 on IB

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Wow, to be honest that NDS number is somehow even more impressive for me than the bonkers Japanese 33m sales

 

[KezayJS1]

Might be a tall order to try and catch DS at this point but that's still a monumental result. Really curious what the global total looks like once earnings for the most recent quarter are released.