Nintendo Switch sales top 15 million in North America
Hardware sales in 2019 are up more than 20% year-to-date
Nintendo Switch sales have topped 15 million units in North America, according to the platform holder’s internal sales figures.
The rate of adoption is growing too, Nintendo says, with Switch hardware sales through September 2019 up over 20% year-to-date.
With Xbox One and PS4 sales in decline ahead of the arrival of next-gen consoles, Switch has topped US hardware sales for 10 months in a row, according to market research firm the NPD Group.
Nintendo says 14 Switch games have sold more than one million copies in North America since the system launched in March 2017, with four topping six million sales: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
“As we enter our third holiday season, Nintendo Switch is creating smiles and enjoying broad appeal,” said Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser. “And this holiday, we are bringing Nintendo Switch owners even more fresh and unique entertainment experiences.”
Upcoming Switch software releases planned for 2019 include Ring Fit Adventure on October 18, Luigi’s Mansion 3 on October 31 and Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield on November 15.
The platform holder also said last week that Nintendo Switch sales have surpassed 10 million units in Europe.
It said in July that global Switch sales were approaching 37 million units and that it expected to sell 18 million Switch units during the current financial year ending in March 2020. Should it achieve that target, the system would surpass lifetime sales of the SNES (49.1 million units).
Nintendo launched Switch Lite on September 20 alongside The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening. In VGC’s Nintendo Switch Lite review, we called the system “a secondary console worth owning”.
A limited edition Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield Switch Lite console will also be released in November.
