Nintendo Switch becomes the fastest-selling console in US
NINTENDO’S home and portable hybrid console is the fastestselling video game system of all time in the US, the company says.
In keeping with Nintendo tradition, the Nintendo Switch looked like a bit of a risk when it was launched in March 2017.
A tablet screen flanked by two detachable controllers and accompanied by a separate TV dock, the Switch replaced the underperforming Wii U and is a potential successor to the smash hit 3DS handheld.
But just as Nintendo had followed its 2001 GameCube — then outpaced by the Xbox and PlayStation 2 — with 2006’s blockbuster Wii, the Switch is hot on the heels of lifetime Wii U sales and could prove bothersome to both Microsoft and Sony.
Critics and fans have taken to “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild” and “Super Mario Odyssey” while oddball sports game “Arms” has been welcomed as an innovative essential just as “Splatoon” was on the Wii U.
By mid-December of 2017, the Switch had sold in excess of 10 million units worldwide, at which point Nintendo said it was targeting 14 million units by the end of March.
Now, with some 4.8 million sales in the US alone, the Switch has surpassed 10-month sales records set by the previous record holder, the Wii, which managed 4 million units over the same time period. — Relaxnews