To say that the Nintendo Switch has been selling well over its now 4+ years of life (it arrived on March 3rd, 2017) would be a massive understatement. The console not only brought back Nintendo from the brink after the Wii U failure, but it introduced a much more mobile method of console gaming that hadn’t truly been attempted before. Add that to the various games like Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, Pokemon Sword and Shield, Animal Crossing New Horizons, Super Smash Bros Ultimate and more and you can see why it’s constantly and consistently at the top of the charts.
It’s already been setting sales records in the United States, but now, new numbers from Japan have confirmed that the Nintendo Switch is the 6th best-selling console in the nation all-time. Overtaking the spot that was once occupied by the original Famicon system. And the best part for Nintendo is that the system is going to get higher on the chart very soon should things progress as they are.
In Japan, Nintendo Switch is now the 6th best selling console of all time.
5th spot from PSP should be taken in May
4th from PS2 taken around Nov. (with Pokémon)
3rd from 3DS taken mid 2022DS and GB are very far (need 22/23 to be almost as big as 20/21) but who knows… pic.twitter.com/jG1vHF2J5O
— Video Games Charts (@ChartsJapan) April 24, 2021
This is obviously a very big victory for the Nintendo Switch, and should it overtake the PS2 (which is very likely) then that would mean that 4 of the top 5 systems ever sold in Japan are Nintendo platforms and that would be a major deal.
The next big game for the Nintendo Switch that might just move consoles in Japan is New Pokemon Snap which arrives on April 30th.
