Nintendo Switch surpasses 6 million units sold in Japan

Meelow · Dec 12, 2018

From the latest media create thread, the Switch is at 6.112.100 units sold in Japan. Congrats Switch!

+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+-
|System | This Week | Last Week | Last Year | YTD | Last YTD | LTD |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+-
| NSW | 281.222 | 120.546 | 164.908 | 2.799.481 | 2.687.206 | 6.112.100 |

Edit: Also surpasses Vita LTD in Japan!

Bunkles · Dec 12, 2018

Also has topped Vita LTD sales (5,955,448) in Japan.

z0m3le · Dec 12, 2018

PS4 at 7.4M is the next system Switch can pass.
PC Engine at 8M
PS3 at 10.4M
Wii at 12.75M
~GBA 17M.

Deleted member 1413 · Dec 12, 2018

Pretty big week for Switch. Hope it keeps it up, perhaps reaching 7M before the end of January.

Ephonk · Dec 12, 2018

It should be able to reach PS4 within the current financial year.

ucanadam · Dec 12, 2018

z0m3le said:
PS4 at 7.4M is the next system Switch can pass.
PC Engine at 8M
PS3 at 10.4M
Wii at 12.75M
PSP at over 16M.

i imagine LTD will be 14 millionish

z0m3le · Dec 12, 2018

Cartridge Games said:
Pretty big week for Switch. Hope it keeps it up, perhaps reaching 7M before the end of January.

First week of january is possible, since it is a holiday week.

SageShinigami · Dec 12, 2018

z0m3le said:
PS4 at 7.4M is the next system Switch can pass.
PC Engine at 8M
PS3 at 10.4M
Wii at 12.75M
PSP at over 16M.

We're not even two years in. It's gonna beat the PS3 easy. Overall I can see it topping the PSP with a price drop.

KillerMan91 · Dec 12, 2018

z0m3le said:
PS4 at 7.4M is the next system Switch can pass.
PC Engine at 8M
PS3 at 10.4M
Wii at 12.75M
PSP at over 16M.

PSP is around 20 million. I guess you meant GBA that did around 17 million (?)

Xx 720 · Dec 12, 2018

z0m3le said:
PS4 at 7.4M is the next system Switch can pass.
PC Engine at 8M
PS3 at 10.4M
Wii at 12.75M
PSP at over 16M.

Kind of shocking ps4 is below ps3, and psp bigger than either, would of thought vita would of performed better given psp's performance there.

MarcelRguez · Dec 12, 2018

Deleted member 10737 · Dec 12, 2018

very impressive.

Fisico · Dec 12, 2018

ucanadam said:
i imagine LTD will be 14 millionish

Much more than that, 16-18 is the minimum ballpark we're looking at, 3DS is currently at 24M for example while DS was >30M
They will end 2018 around 6.5-7M, 2019 should be as big or bigger and reach 10-11M and it should still be able to sell in the ~3M ballpark in 2020 and 2021

Of course all of that include new model(s), pricedrop and so on, but for now the Switch has still many ways to attrack new audiences going forwards including new gen Pokemon, Animal Crossing and various high 3rd party efforts.

Hace · Dec 12, 2018

Xx 720 said:
Kind of shocking ps4 is below ps3, and psp bigger than either, would of thought vita would of performed better given psp's performance there.

PSP was before the advent of phone games. Lack of sony support obviously didn't help, but it stood no chance against phones.

RM8 · Dec 12, 2018

Hace said:
PSP was before the advent of phone games.

PSP was before the advent of smartphones, period. Tons of people bought a PSP as a portable media player, and that's just not needed in a world post iPhone/Android.

Dr. Collins · Dec 12, 2018

z0m3le said:
PS4 at 7.4M is the next system Switch can pass.
PC Engine at 8M
PS3 at 10.4M
Wii at 12.75M
PSP at over 16M.

Sales will grow so quickly the next four weeks, I'd be surprised if it didn't pass PS4 before the end of January.

Papacheeks · Dec 12, 2018

Xx 720 said:
Kind of shocking ps4 is below ps3, and psp bigger than either, would of thought vita would of performed better given psp's performance there.

Japan is straight up handheld land. From phones to 3DS, to Switch. The fact that PS4 even has a decent base in Japan is surprising when compared to how large the hand held market is over there.

The Adder · Dec 12, 2018

MarcelRguez said:

What?

jakoo · Dec 12, 2018

Man, with Animal Crossing next year which will undoubtedly push additional units, the Switch is absolutely crushing in Japan.

Dr. Collins · Dec 12, 2018

Xx 720 said:
Kind of shocking ps4 is below ps3, and psp bigger than either, would of thought vita would of performed better given psp's performance there.

Home consoles are dying in Japan. One of the main reasons Switch is a portable console.

MarcelRguez · Dec 12, 2018

The Adder said:
What?

6m is a lot of dozens.

(I just wanted an excuse to use that AD gif, in all honesty)

Rand a. Thor · Dec 12, 2018

z0m3le said:
PS4 at 7.4M is the next system Switch can pass.
PC Engine at 8M
PS3 at 10.4M
Wii at 12.75M
PSP at over 16M.

So FY2019 will see it top the Wii, and FY2020 will have it gunning for GBA LTD and beyond. Or so it seems with the current trajectory. There is no stopping it, the beast is unleashed.

Puroresu_kid · Dec 12, 2018

Dr. Collins said:
Home consoles are dying in Japan. One of the main reasons Switch is a portable console.

Mad how low Vita is in system sells.

808s & Villainy · Dec 12, 2018

At the rate it's going ~1m over the PS4 YTD for these past 2 years it should pass it next year. And if there's a revision + base model price drop that's a guarantee

zero_suit · Dec 12, 2018

808s & Villainy said:
At the rate it's going ~1m over the PS4 YTD for these past 2 years it should pass it next year. And if there's a revision + base model price drop that's a guarantee

Holiday season just started. Switch should do at least 200k next week and possibly 300k the week after.

crimsonheadGCN · Dec 12, 2018

Congrats to Nintendo.

baron doggystyle von woof · Dec 12, 2018

Big success for Nintendo and to be honest it's deserved. I love the system

logash · Dec 12, 2018

Puroresu_kid said:
Mad how low Vita is in system sells.

Actually pretty high considering the support it got. Obviously Vita got support but it was always more hardcore niche series compared to something like the Switch that gets support from Nintendo first party, western third parties, and those hardcore niche series the Vita left behind. Switch is literally the perfect system for Japan. The only thing holding it back would be price and even then, it's still doing amazing.

z0m3le · Dec 12, 2018

Mitchman said:
So FY2019 will see it top the Wii, and FY2020 will have it gunning for GBA LTD and beyond. Or so it seems with the current trajectory. There is no stopping it, the beast is unleashed.

There is a wall, DS and original Gameboy are 1 and 2, both over 30 million, maybe if iterations sell for the full 10+ years, we could see it break that, but I assume nothing like those numbers will be seen in Japan again.

Piston · Dec 12, 2018

Puroresu_kid said:
Mad how low Vita is in system sells.

Vita actually did better in Japan than in the rest of the world, relatively at least.

famikon · Dec 12, 2018

z0m3le said:
PS4 at 7.4M is the next system Switch can pass.
PC Engine at 8M
PS3 at 10.4M
Wii at 12.75M
PSP at over 16M.

PSP was at 20M at the end of 2014.

fiendcode · Dec 12, 2018

Switch is ahead of PS2 launch aligned. Still behind Wii but it'll push ahead in time.

Rand a. Thor · Dec 12, 2018

z0m3le said:
There is a wall, DS and original Gameboy are 1 and 2, both over 30 million, maybe if iterations sell for the full 10+ years, we could see it break that, but I assume nothing like those numbers will be seen in Japan again.

Oh definitely. I don't see it hitting 25mil like the 3DS till 2023, and after a few revisions. 2 years ahead of the 3DS which is reaching that after 8 years, but even at 25mil in 5 years, its gonna trail off at that point.

Skittzo · Dec 12, 2018

fiendcode said:
Switch is ahead of PS2 launch aligned. Still behind Wii but it'll push ahead in time.

Probably within the next 5 or 6 weeks actually.

Zedark · Dec 12, 2018

Meelow You could wrap the number table inside a code wrapper to fix the layout.

Congrats to Switch, great system with amazing software!

RobotVM · Dec 12, 2018

Hopefully, this means lots of Japanese Studio support for years to come.

weekev · Dec 12, 2018

Doomed

z0m3le · Dec 12, 2018

famikon said:
PSP was at 20M at the end of 2014.

Yeah, the wiki page I pulled from was dated at the end of April 2011 for that number, you and someone else who corrected me earlier are correct.

Deleted member 35598 · Dec 12, 2018

ucanadam said:
i imagine LTD will be 14 millionish

No 20 million at least. I mean 6 million in less than 2 years.

Falchion · Dec 13, 2018

Interfectum said:
Also has topped Vita LTD sales (5,955,448) in Japan.

Wow, I didn't realize the Vita did that well.

night814 · Dec 13, 2018

Falchion said:
Wow, I didn't realize the Vita did that well.

It's legit the only place it sold unfortunately for the Vita

night814 · Dec 13, 2018

RobotVM said:
Hopefully, this means lots of Japanese Studio support for years to come.

It is 100% likely to get anything that was planned for the Vita in the next year since Sony put the official kibash on support.

MrMephistoX · Dec 13, 2018

Dr. Collins said:
Home consoles are dying in Japan. One of the main reasons Switch is a portable console.

I'm glad it's selling well there more JP third parties on board is a good thing. Pokémon probably helped too. I'd argue Smash and Let's Go are more influential system movers than Super Mario Odyssey.

What I really want to see is Japanese indies becoming more of a thing.

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