Nintendo NL said:We willen jullie allemaal bedanken! De #NintendoSwitch is in de Benelux al meer dan 500.000 keer verkocht. Wat een geweldige mijlpaal!
BelgiumTranslation said:We want to thank all of you! The #NintendoSwitch has been sold over 500,000 times in the Benelux. What a great milestone!
Netherlands
Luxembourg
I've tried to find previous numbers for the region, but I haven't been able to find them. I will update the OP if I or someone else finds them.
Edit: Nu.nl have an article up:
NU.nl said:Volgens woordvoerder Bianca Stirnweis-van Dort overtreffen de verkoopcijfers de verwachtingen binnen het bedrijf. "Vanaf de lancering van de Nintendo Switch zien we dat het product momentum heeft", vertelt ze. "En dat is duidelijk het afgelopen jaar nog verder toegenomen."
Nintendo deelt zelden cijfers over de Benelux-markt. Het is daarom ook niet duidelijk of de Switch in Nederland sneller is verkocht dan voorgaande apparaten van het gamebedrijf.
Translation said:According to spokesperson Bianca Stirnweis-van Dort, the sales numbers exceed the company's internal expectations. "Since the launch of the Switch, we have seen that the product has good sales momentum. And it is clear that this momentum has increased even further during the past year."
Nintendo rarely shares sales numbers for the Benelux market. As a result, it is not clear whether the Switch is selling faster than previous systems released by the game company.
Edit 2: Here are some comparisons to other consoles:
I've found a comparison point: 1 million PS3 consoles sold as of December 2010. So, that's 1M consoles in 4 years. Switch is slightly behind that, but it could very well do that, as well. And PS3 was quite successful in Europe, so that shows some good performance I think.
PS2 did 2.2 million lifetime.
PSP sold 1 million units as of November 2010, so in just over 5 years.
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