Nintendo Switch has already outsold the Wii U - what does that mean for Nintendo’s unconventional console?
Onward and upward
Nintendo released its newest earnings report today, revealing that the Nintendo Switch has, quite easily, outsold the Wii U in its first 10 months of release. Since the Switch launched in March, 2017, the console has sold 14.86 million units, a cool million and some change more than the Wii U’s humble 13.56 million units.
The Switch has benefited a good deal from a strong collection of first-party games early on (Super Mario Odyssey has sold 9 million copies thus far) in its life-span, and the console’s convertible, portable format has been a huge surprise hit. The Wii U, on the other hand, suffered from confusing marketing that failed to really talk up the purpose of the device and a fairly lackluster offering of exclusive big games.
Demand for the Switch remains high due to limited supply, so it’s likely we’ll see people clamoring for one of the hybrid gadgets for months to come. The Switch is gradually catching up to the GameCube, which moved 21.74 million units, though the Switch is still quite a ways away from the Wii, which amassed huge success during its lifespan, selling 101.63 million units. That’ll be a hard number for the Switch to beat, but we’ll wait and see.
You can view the report, complete with handy infographics, here.
