According to figures released by Famitsu and Media Create on Mar. 25, Nintendo's portable home console surpassed the 4 million units mark for
lifetime sales within its country of origin last month.
The Switch, Nintendo's latest hybrid console is doing pretty well for the company, which expects it to outdo the Wii U's
lifetime sales within a year.
Not exact matches
- 670,955 copies sold
within its first three days - biggest debut for a Switch title - highest selling Switch title to date - number includes physical game copies, download cards, and Splatoon 2 Switch hardware bundles - does not include digital
sales - Splatoon for Wii U sold 156,610 units
within its first four days of release, and achieved
lifetime sales of 1,512,789 units - total Switch hardware
sales in Japan at 1,205,087
While it may easily surpass
lifetime GameCube
sales within its second year on
sale, which sit at 21.74 million, it needs to sell another five million to match the Wii's first - year
sales.
This pushes
lifetime software
sales for the system to a total 52.57 million units sold
within that timeframe.
The console / handheld hybrid is already well on its way to topping the total
lifetime sales of the Wii U
within its first year.