Nintendo’s Switch has simply achieved one other gross sales milestone. Although worldwide {hardware} gross sales of the hybrid system surpassed Wii gross sales a while in the past, there’s been an replace within the US.
According to new information from Circana (beforehand the NPD), US lifetime gross sales of Switch {hardware} have “lastly” overtaken the Wii. After six years in the marketplace, the hybrid system achieved this feat in July 2023. No actual gross sales information was supplied, however IGN notes that “49 million have been bought within the Americas”.
GamesIndustry.biz additional mentions how Switch’s “lifetime gross sales now path Xbox 360 by lower than a million models” within the US. Nintendo’s newest system can also be “fewer than 5 million” away from the PlayStation 2 in the identical market.
The Switch’s ongoing success is credited to its robust library of first-party video games. In 2023, system gross sales have been assisted by the launch of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, with current house owners additionally being handled to video games like Metroid Prime Remastered and extra just lately Pikmin 4. And then there are video games like Super Mario Bros. Wonder, due out later this 12 months.
Nintendo’s official web site says the Switch has now bought greater than 129 million models as of thirtieth June 2023, with lifetime Wii gross sales capped at 101 million models.
The top-selling recreation on the Switch is Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – having bought 55.46 million models thus far. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the fourth best-selling recreation on the 30 million mark, and Tears of the Kingdom is already the ninth best-selling title and has already shifted 18 million models.
