PR: Switch surpasses Wii in best-selling Nintendo console in US on BF+CM. +115% HW over 2017

Deleted member 2791 · Nov 28, 2018

https://www.businesswire.com/news/h...Hits-Big-Milestones-Thanksgiving-Cyber-Monday

Nintendo Switch

Nintendo Switch hardware sales grew 115 percent compared to the same period in 2017.

Lifetime sales of Nintendo Switch, which is entering only its second holiday season, have reached more than 8.2 million units.

Sales of first-party games, including digital downloads, topped 1 million units Nov. 22-26, beating 2017's totals by 78 percent.

Nintendo Switch games Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee! have hit combined U.S. sales of more than 1.5 million units since their Nov. 16 launch.

Super Mario Party surpassed lifetime U.S. sales of 1 million units, becoming the fastest-selling game in the Mario Party series and the fifth million-selling first-party Nintendo Switch game in the U.S. alone, joining The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Super Mario Odyssey and Splatoon 2.

Nintendo 3DS

Thanks in part to strong Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday sales, the total installed base for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems has hit 22 million.

Additionally, after 12 months of availability, lifetime combined sales of the Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moongames crossed 2.2 million.

EDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nintendo Switch set two new records from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday: It became the best-selling Nintendo console in U.S. history for that five-day period, surpassing even Wii system sales. Nintendo Switch also had its best-selling week ever in the United States. In fact, according to Adobe Analytics, Nintendo Switch was among the most-purchased items online on Thanksgiving Day and the overall top-selling video game product online for the Black Friday-Cyber Monday time period.

Strong demand resulted in shoppers buying more than $250 million in Nintendo products from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, according to Nintendo's internal sales figures, demonstrating that Nintendo has something for everyone this holiday season. That sales total accounts for video game systems like Nintendo Switch and the Nintendo 3DS family of systems, retro systems like Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition and Super Nintendo Entertainment System: Super NES Classic Edition, as well as all Nintendo-produced games and accessories. Total U.S. hardware sales for Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday increased 45 percent over the same period in 2017.

And that doesn't even take into account that one of the most anticipated video game events of the year is still to come: the Dec. 7 launch of the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate game. As previously announced, the game has become not only the most pre-sold Nintendo Switch game of all time, but also the most pre-sold Super Smash Bros. game ever in the series.

Unless otherwise noted, the following data from Nintendo covers Nov. 22 to Nov. 26, and is specific to the U.S. only:

Grads · Nov 28, 2018

wow, massive result

Dark Cloud · Nov 28, 2018

Super Mario Party surpassed lifetime U.S. sales of 1 million units, becoming the fastest-selling game in the Mario Party series

The power of Switch and the return to for for Mario Party.

Pokémon · Nov 28, 2018

lol and I thought my 100% growth YoY prediction was too optimistic. 115%? Crazy!

Lelouch0612 · Nov 28, 2018

Wow amazing results !

MesaEterna · Nov 28, 2018

It says Switch is at 8.2 million now, what was it at before?

Astandahl · Nov 28, 2018

Huge increase for the Switch. Expected more from Pokemon.

The Cellar Letters · Nov 28, 2018

Daily Steals doing work.

BY2K · Nov 28, 2018

Nintendo Switch hardware sales grew 115 percent compared to the same period in 2017.

It's not gonna reach the 20 Million target they said.
Reaching it with only the Holiday sales is impossible, they said.

LordOcidax · Nov 28, 2018

Thr Switch sales are going to be massive this Christmas season... damn.

noyram23 · Nov 28, 2018

20m lock right?

Ridley327 · Nov 28, 2018

It became the best-selling Nintendo console in U.S. history for that five-day period, surpassing even Wii system sales. Nintendo Switch also had its best-selling week ever in the United States.

Holy crap.

BlackJace · Nov 28, 2018

Holy shit

casiopao · Nov 28, 2018

Crazy times. Especially the return of power of mario party. The joycon bundle will push it even further.

Deleted member 2791 · Nov 28, 2018

Thanks to the mod for the quick title change.

Dark Cloud · Nov 28, 2018

Nintendo Switch set two new records from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday: It became the best-selling Nintendo console in U.S. history for that five-day period, surpassing even Wii system sales. Nintendo Switch also had its best-selling week ever in the United States

Saint-14 · Nov 28, 2018

If someone have Switch numbers before November we can guess the numbers.

Edit: so if I remember correctly Switch did 5.9 million last year and 1.5 million this year up to November? That leaves +800k for November? I don't think this is right.

Eolz · Nov 28, 2018

God damn.
Really impressive all around.

LordOcidax · Nov 28, 2018

BY2K said:
It's not gonna reach the 20 Million target they said.
Reaching it with only the Holiday sales is impossible, they said.

Some people deleting some post about Switch predictions in... 3.. 2.. 1..

Resetti · Nov 28, 2018

What is the last known lifetime sales figure for Switch in the US?

Deleted member 1413 · Nov 28, 2018

BY2K said:
It's not gonna reach the 20 Million target they said.
Reaching it with only the Holiday sales is impossible, they said.

115% over a few days when Switch didn't have a big November game and no sales last year doesn't mean a whole lot, but hopefully they come close

MANUELF · Nov 28, 2018

So switch sold more than at launch in the US

Oticon · Nov 28, 2018

115% is a lot but if I remember correctly, they didn't really sell many last year during this time.

BladeoftheImmortal · Nov 28, 2018

Nice, but read between the lines. Sony sold more.

unicornKnight · Nov 28, 2018

Great timing, I wonder if some analysts wanna adjust their predictions.

Orb · Nov 28, 2018

Man, it really sucks that the analysts have spoken and the Switch is now dead. Nintendo tried their damndest. RIP

Limabean01 · Nov 28, 2018

What did NPD leaks suggest the switch was at by October this year? Could use that to guess how much it's sold in November so far
Edit: already asked

But holy shit, this is insane. Im Certain the rest of November was also significantly up given Pokémon release vs not much last year.

Didn't Wii sell 2.8 million in its best November?!?! Ik this is only 5 days and switch won't reach that, but still.... to beat the wii's BF record is really something

Adulfzen · Nov 28, 2018

BladeoftheImmortal said:
Nice, but read between the lines. Sony sold more.

Who cares really ? Go make a sony thread if you want.

Based0ne · Nov 28, 2018

I'm not even surprised, when I popped into Best Buy both Thanskgiving/BF my fiancee and I noticed that the Switchs were selling like hot cakes. Almost everyone we saw had one. Glad to see Nintendo turned their situation around as it's well deserved.

Braaier · Nov 28, 2018

Holy cow! Amazing work!

20m here we come!!

Buzzard · Nov 28, 2018

20 million is a lock.

December and even post-December will be big

Dark Cloud · Nov 28, 2018

Adulfzen said:
Who cares really ? Go make a sony thread if you want.

Report them. I'm tired of people like them.

Hero · Nov 28, 2018

Cartridge Games said:
115% over a few days when Switch didn't have a big November game and no sales last year doesn't mean a whole lot, but hopefully they come close

You know Mario Odyssey was available for BF last year right?

Ridley327 · Nov 28, 2018

BladeoftheImmortal said:
Nice, but read between the lines. Sony sold more.

I don't think Nintendo is in a position to comment on how the competition sold until NPD reveals the results. All they know now is what they themselves have done.

Mpl90 · Nov 28, 2018

BladeoftheImmortal said:
Nice, but read between the lines. Sony sold more.

I don't know, reading between the lines would mean that there's some context, but as we all know, context is just another way of making excuses. And I'm not in the mood for excuses.

Adventureracing · Nov 28, 2018

noyram23 said:
20m lock right?

Not really but this certainly makes it seem a lot Loren likely.

Cartridge Games said:
115% over a few days when Switch didn't have a big November game and no sales last year doesn't mean a whole lot, but hopefully they come close

Bit misleading to describe it as 'just a few days' when they're some of the biggest weeks of the year sales wise. You're right that Nintendo didn't have much in Nov and Dec last year but that's exactly why people have been expecting such big jumps in Nov and Dec.

Nintendo's biggest release of the year is still to come so I don't think it's the last time this year we'll be seeing huge YoY increases for the switch.

Pokémon · Nov 28, 2018

Ridley327 said:
I don't think Nintendo is in a position to comment on how the competition sold until NPD reveals the results. All they know now is what they themselves have done.

Bingo.

Atheerios · Nov 28, 2018

BladeoftheImmortal said:
Nice, but read between the lines. Sony sold more.

From what we know, no, they didn't. Sony's biggest deals were already out of stock by BF. That's why Nintendo sold more on that period.

Dyle · Nov 28, 2018

I'm surprised that the SNES classic has sold more than the NES classic, were the NES classic's supply problems really that bad?

LordOcidax · Nov 28, 2018

BladeoftheImmortal said:
Nice, but read between the lines. Sony sold more.

And the relation of that assumption with this thread is???

NotLiquid · Nov 28, 2018

Pokémon Let's Go really was a game aimed at the west.

Switch keeps winning.

Deleted member 25712 · Nov 28, 2018

BladeoftheImmortal said:
Nice, but read between the lines. Sony sold more.

...and?

Kouriozan · Nov 28, 2018

Dark Cloud said:
Super Mario Party surpassed lifetime U.S. sales of 1 million units, becoming the fastest-selling game in the Mario Party series

The power of Switch and the return to for for Mario Party.

I said damn, Switch doing wonders indeed.

schuelma · Nov 28, 2018

December could be massive. Like 2.5-3M massive IMO

Braaier · Nov 28, 2018

Dark Cloud said:
Report them. I'm tired of people like them.

Mods acting fast! I was about to report him, but refreshed and he already had the warning. heh heh

Pablo Mesa · Nov 28, 2018

casiopao · Nov 28, 2018

3ds reaching 22m means it is very close to japan number now.

It seems nintendo putting 3ds on some spotlight is good idea.

Astandahl · Nov 28, 2018

Oticon said:
115% is a lot but if I remember correctly, they didn't really sell many last year during this time.

Switch did fine last year for a full priced console. This BF Nintendo was more aggressive plus Pokemon launch and Nintendo should be really happy with the result.

kitsuneyo · Nov 28, 2018

But I thought NPD reported that both PS4 and Xbox beat it on the Black Friday weekend?

Edit - Can't find source for this, ignore it.

Mirev · Nov 28, 2018

Keep in mind that is the "best-selling Nintendo console", not the best-selling console. And it's still incredible. Curious to see what's gonna happen in the next weeks

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