Nintendo LifeThe most recent Date NPD revealed the “total lifetime sales” of Switch hardware in the US have now surpassed the Nintendo DS.
It seems that this system makes it the second “best-selling” Nintendo platform “in the history pursued” in the country. The Wii is still in first place. Overall, this makes Nintendo’s latest hybrid system the seventh best-selling video game hardware in the United States (no figures provided).
“Total lifetime sales of Switch hardware are now surpassing the Nintendo DS, making the Switch the second best-selling platform in US history (Nintendo Wii ranks first). Switch is currently the seventh best-selling hardware platform in US dollar sales for life.
Nintendo’s hardware has been just as successful in the last month. Mat Piscatella, from NPD, mentioned how the “best-selling” system was in February 2021 (again, no figures were attached).
It also had the best hardware sales of any platform in February from the Nintendo Wii in 2009:
“Nintendo Switch was the best-selling hardware platform in both units and dollars in February. Nintendo Switch hardware and dollar sales in February were the highest for any hardware platform in a month. from February on Nintendo Wii in February 2009. “
In terms of software, Nintendo worked just as well – NPD data revealing the launch from the first part Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Rage was last month’s best-selling game. This enhanced Wii U relaunch is also the second best-selling game of 2021 so far, just behind the latest entry in Call of Duty series.
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