Nintendo Switch Breaks Sales Records in Japan

TapTechNews May 24th news, according to the latest data from the Japanese game media Famitsu, in the Japanese market, Nintendo Switch has exceeded 32.9 million units in cumulative sales after 377 weeks on sale, breaking the record of 32.86 million units in cumulative sales of NDS after 425 weeks on sale.

Among them, the cumulative sales of Switch (regular version and enhanced battery life version) is 19.794 million units, the cumulative sales of Switch Lite is 5.848 million units, and the cumulative sales of Switch OLED is 7.262 million units.

The data shows that in the Japanese market, the cumulative sales of Sony PS5 is 5.615 million units, and the cumulative sales of PS4 is 7.926 million units, and the combined total of Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S is less than 600,000 units.

According to TapTechNews' previous report, Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa announced the existence of a successor model of the Switch game console and is expected to be announced within this fiscal year (that is, before March 2025), which means that Switch will still maintain competitiveness in the market.

From the global sales situation, the current total sales of Switch is 141 million units, which still has a certain gap from the 155 million units of PS2, the global sales champion.