Nintendo Switch

The Nintendo Switch is a video game console made by Nintendo that competes in the eighth generation of video game consoles with the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4. It is widely considered to be a "hybrid" as it shares characteristics with both a traditional home console and a traditional handheld.

Hardware sales figures

Shipments

Switch Shipment figures (based on official financial reports)
Date	Sales (millions)					Source
Date	Americas	Japan	Other	Quarterly	Total	Source
Quarter 4 (ending Mar 31, 2017)	1.20	0.60	0.94	2.74	2.74	^[1]
2017 fiscal year sales (ending Mar 31, 2017)	1.20	0.60	0.94	2.74	2.74	^[1]
Quarter 1 (ending Jun 30, 2017)	0.75	0.52	0.69	1.97	4.70	^[2]
Quarter 2 (ending Sep 30, 2017)	1.17	0.83	0.93	2.93	7.63	^[3]
Quarter 3 (ending Dec 31, 2017)	2.82	1.77	2.64	7.23	14.86	^[4]
2018 fiscal year sales (as of Dec 31, 2017)	4.74	3.12	4.26	–	12.12	^[4]^[5]
Total sales (ending Dec 31, 2017)	5.94	3.72	5.2	–	14.86	^[4]

Miscellaneous sales

France:
- Launch Day: 105,000^[6]
- June 2017: 250,000^[7]
- October 2017: 390,000^[8]
- December 2017: 911,000^[9]^[10]
- February 2017: 1 million^[11]
Germany
- December 2017: 600,000^[12]
Japan:
- Launch weekend: 330,637^[13]
- March 2017: 600,000^[1]
- June 2017: 1 million^[14]
- October 2017: 2 million^[15]
- December 2017: 3.72 million^[4]
Portugal
- December 2017: 20k ^[16]
South Korea
- Launch Day: 30,000^[17]
- December 2017: 110k^[18]
Spain:
- Launch Weekend: 45,000^[19]
- January 2018: 300,000^[20]
UK:
- Launch Weekend: 80,000^[21]
- October 2017: 300,000^[22]
US:
- March 2017: 906,000^[23]
- September 2017: 2 million^[24]
- December 2017: 4.8 million^[25]
Worldwide
- December 12, 2017: 10 million (sold through)^[26]
- December 31, 2017: 14.6 million^[27]

Games

A total of 27.48 million units of software has been sold as of Sep 30, 2017^[3].

Nintendo Switch launch title The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild opened in second place on the UK charts. Breath of the Wild achieved a 91% attach rate in France launch day.

Best-selling games

These are the highest selling Switch games (as of December 30, 2017) as sourced from Nintendo.^[28] Other games which have other sources are referenced directly.

Super Mario Odyssey - 9.07 million
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 7.33 million
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 6.7 million
Splatoon 2 - 4.91 million
1-2 Switch - 1.88 million
ARMS - 1.61 million
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - 1.06 million

References

Eighth generation of video games
	Wii U · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · Nintendo Switch Nintendo 3DS · PlayStation Vita

[170427e-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2017/170427e.pdf

[2] ttps://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2017/170726e.pdf

[:1-3] 3.0 ^3.1 https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2017/171030e.pdf

[180131e-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2018/180131e.pdf

[forbes-5] ttps://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2018/01/01/the-nintendo-switch-has-beaten-the-first-year-sales-of-the-ps2-in-japan/

[6] ttp://www.lefigaro.fr/secteur/high-tech/2017/03/07/32001-20170307ARTFIG00195-la-nintendo-switch-bat-tous-les-records-de-ventes-en-france.php

[7] ttps://twitter.com/NintendoActu/status/875373880294219777

[8] ttps://www.lesechos.fr/tech-medias/hightech/030677642993-nintendo-au-plus-haut-en-bourse-grace-a-sa-console-switch-2120413.php

[9] ttp://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-01-11-nintendo-switch-is-the-fastest-selling-games-console-in-france

[10] ttps://www.gamereactor.eu/news/621763/Nintendo+Switch+sets+records+in+France+and+Italy/

[11] Figaro via https://twitter.com/W_Chloe/status/968044885243777024

[12] ttp://www.nintendo.de/News/2018/Januar/Nintendo-Labo-Bauen-Spielen-und-Entdecken-mit-Nintendo-Switch-1328999.html

[13] ttp://kotaku.com/the-first-nintendo-switch-sales-numbers-for-japan-1793032877

[14] ttps://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-switch-sales-surpass-1-million-units-in-j/1100-6451257/

[15] ttps://www.resetera.com/threads/media-create-sales-week-43-2017-oct-23-oct-29.3159/

[16] ttp://www.meusjogos.pt/2018/01/nintendo-switch-ultrapassa-vendas-da.html?m=1

[17] ttps://twitter.com/ZhugeEX/status/938609362125443073

[18] ttp://sports.news.naver.com/esports/news/read.nhn?oid=356&aid=0000023382

[19] ttp://www.vandal.net/noticia/1350688288/nintendo-switch-es-el-mejor-lanzamiento-de-consola-de-la-historia-de-espana/

[20] ttps://www.gamereactor.es/articulos/468583/Sorpasso+en+Espana+ya+hay+mas+Nintendo+Switch+que+Xbox+One/

[21] ttp://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-03-06-strong-start-for-nintendo-switch-in-the-uk

[22] ttp://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-10-30-super-mario-odyssey-and-assassins-creed-origins-top-uk-boxed-charts

[23] ttps://venturebeat.com/2017/04/13/march-2017-npd-nintendo-sold-906000-switch-systems-last-month/

[24] ttps://www.vg247.com/2017/10/19/switch-has-sold-over-2m-units-in-the-us-tops-npd-hardware-charts-for-third-month-in-a-row/

[businesswire-25] ttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180118005439/en/Nintendo-News-Nintendo-Switch-Tops-December-U.S

[26] ttps://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/940566931987423232

[wsj-27] ttps://twitter.com/mochi_wsj/status/954176578317049856

[28] ttps://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/index.html

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