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Switch Surpasses 10.5 Million Units in U.S. - Launch aligned sales are 22% higher than PS4 and 34% higher than XB1

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ZhugeEX said:
Another stat I can give out. There were 5.16 million units of hardware sold in December 2018. Switch was just over 1/3rd of that. Nintendo total was 2.8m incl 3DS and NES/SNES Classic.
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Data from Nintendo of America and tweets from our very own, Daniel Ahmad.

  • 5.6M in 2018 (up 16%)
  • Best selling platform of the year
  • 10.5M total as of December 2018 in NA
  • Launch aligned, Switch hardware sales are 22% higher than PS4 and 34% ahead of Xbox One
  • Nintendo took 55% of the hardware market share in December
  • 2.8M between 3DS, Classic systems, and Switch
  • Switch is 18% up year over year in December
  • Nintendo was the top publisher of 2018 in the US. The last time Nintendo was #1 was in 2009.
  • When ranked by individual SKU's, 4 Nintendo games appeared in NPD's top 10, with 19 in the top 50.
 
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Kouriozan

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Impressive, I still remember the bad impressions it had after the January 2017 reveal haha.
This year will be a big one as well with a proper Pokémon and Animal Crossing.
 
Spartacris

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So I guess the whole "Switch win in December NPD is not too impressive since it competes with 5 yr old systems" just got a lot more difficult to make lol.

Congrats to Nintendo. What a success story the Switch has been for them. And with Animal Crossing and new Pokemon this year this is just the beginning.
 

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I visited about 3-4 friends' places during the holiday season and all of them had Switches.

The kicker is that none of them are very big gamers.
 
The Artisan

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very cool

it was $300 out the gate right? I wonder if that has anything to do with how it's already been doing better
 
InspectaDekka

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AfropunkNyc

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Best move for Nintendo was to fuse their handheld and console together. The Switch is just getting started.
 
asd202

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Wrong again lol.

Lanuch allinged will drop in the next two months becouse PS4 and Xbox are just about to enter their next holiday season still a great result.
 
Trago

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Very impressive!

All of Nintendo's major first party titles on one system is paying off greatly.

And we have Pokemon to look forward to this year.
 
ianpm31

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Awesome numbers for Nintendo and good to see do well again.
It's not really a fair comparison to PS4 and XB because they launched at higher prices but either way still great numbers.
 

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I bought 2 Switches in Decmber, would've bought 2 more if there were more Pokemon/Diablo bundles.

So even the Xbox One outsold the PS4 in December? Sony must've blown their load with the $199 November bundles.
 
Oregano

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The more impressive thing is Nintendo being the no.1 publisher of 2018 in the US.
 
Becks'

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https://www./threads/betting-time-do-you-think-the-switch-will-be-a-success.1333545/

But GAF/ERA told me two years ago, Switch is doomed because it has no teraflops.
 
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