Even though Nintendo’s game console, Wii, swept the game world in its early days, it lost its place to PlayStation and Xbox consoles after a period of time. Making moves on this, the company tried to make its name known with the Nintendo Switch handheld game console released in March 2017. The console continues to increase its popularity over time.
Nintendo Switch has sold over 103 million copies worldwide
Nintendo Switch is increasing its popularity day by day on a global basis. The console has gained a great momentum in sales recently. The other product of the company, the game console Wii, has sold around 101 million since its release. Switch sold more than the Wii combined in five years.
Nintendo Switch game console has become the new favorite of the company with 103 million sales since 2017. It also broke the record for being the game console to reach this number in the shortest time. In fact, Switch sold 10.67 million products between October and December of 2021 alone, despite the chip crisis experienced all over the world.
The company expanded its product range by adding a new member to the Switch game console family last year. Stating that it made a “good start” when it launched its model called Switch OLED, the company sold nearly 4 million OLED models in a short time.
The fact that it sold well despite the global chip crisis, which affected the whole world, pleased Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa. It is welcomed that it has surpassed the Wii console it has been producing for years. Furukawa gave the following sentences on the subject.
Our brand was built on products that were selflessly crafted by our employees. The Switch is in the middle of its lifecycle, and as it enters this year, its momentum in 2021 is pretty good. In its sixth year of release, the Switch seems to have surpassed our past consoles, whose momentum weakened.
Portable game consoles are starting to increase their influence all over the world. According to Nintendo, this great success of the console will continue. However, there is something that should not be forgotten. Valve’s Steam Deck handheld game console will be released on February 25th. According to many analysts, the balances in the console world may change with this product.
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