Look, we know the Nintendo Switch follow-up is imminent. It’s just a question of knowing when it’s coming out, plus everything else there is to know about the elusive console. While an analysis suggests Nintendo could be a market leader in the next generation, the current Switch is still selling pretty well.
According to a post on Bluesky from Mat Piscatella, executive director and analyst at market research firm Circana (NPD), the Nintendo Switch has now outsold Sony’s PlayStation 2 in the US. To date, the former has now sold some 46.6 million units in its lifetime compared to the PS2, which sold just shy of 43 million in the States, as noted by data from VGSales.
Piscatella goes on to say that this makes the Switch the second best-selling video game hardware platform in the country, “trailing only Nintendo DS.” This is even though spending in the US fell by 7% for gaming software, hardware, and accessories.
Some other interesting statistics
Check out what else Piscatella has to say about the video game industry. For example, while the Nintendo Switch has now outsold the PlayStation 2, it came second behind the PS5 for sales during November of this year.
A post further down also lists the best Nintendo games for the previous month. Right at the top, we see Super Mario Party Jamboree just ahead of Mario & Luigi: Brothership. We can also see – according to the chart – that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom climbed back up from 13 to sit comfortably at the number five spot, wedged between Echoes of Wisdom and Sonic X Shadow Generations.
This shows just how much life Nintendo is getting out of its hybrid console. It’s been on the market since 2017 and will hit its eighth birthday in March 2025, which is roughly when rumors and speculations predict the Switch 2 will finally emerge. Maybe.
Published: Dec 20, 2024 10:00 am