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Hot on the heels of Nintendo’s announcement that the Switch is their fastest selling console of all time, research firm SuperData estimates that 2.4 million Switch consoles have been sold during the systems first month of release.

Obviously, this is a far larger number than the 906,000 units sold that was announced by the NPD Group yesterday. The research firm behind the 2.4 million estimate, SuperData, collaborated with market researcher Gfk and the Japanese gaming publication Famitsu to come to that figure. To be clear, this figure hasn’t been confirmed by Nintendo.

Additionally, SuperData changes its projected sales of the Switch for 2017. They now estimate that the Switch will sell 7.2 million consoles this year, up from 5 million. The Switch seems to be on the road to overtake the Wii U’s lifetime sales figure of 13.56 million very early, if SuperData’s estimated figures are correct.

You can read the full article from Gamesbeat here.

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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:

01./01. [3DS] Monster Hunter Double Cross (Capcom) {2017.03.18} (¥5.800) – 65.672 / 1.322.152 (-49%)
02./05. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild # (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥6.980) – 23.016 / 354.404 (-21%)
03./04. [3DS] Mario Sports Superstars (Nintendo) {2017.03.30} (¥4.980) – 18.765 / 51.181 (-42%)
04./07. [NSW] 1-2-Switch (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥4.980) – 12.418 / 166.319 (-25%)
05./00. [PS4] LEGO Worlds (Warner Entertainment Japan) {2017.04.06} (¥2.980) – 11.578 / NEW
06./02. [PS4] Warriors All-Stars # (Koei Tecmo) {2017.03.30} (¥7.800) – 8.577 / 48.946 (-79%)
07./10. [PS4] Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
(Ubisoft) {2017.03.09} (¥8.400) – 7.907 / 153.408 (-33%)
08./12. [3DS] Pokemon Sun / Moon (Pokemon Co.) {2016.11.18} (¥4.980) – 6.972 / 3.236.826 (-21%)
09./11. [PS4] NieR: Automata
(Square Enix) {2017.02.23} (¥7.800) – 6.593 / 294.694 (-34%)
10./14. [WIU] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥6.980) – 6.487 / 95.806 (-20%)
11./03. [PS4] Blue Reflection: Maboroshi ni Mau – Shoujo no Ken # (Koei Tecmo) {2017.03.30} (¥7.800) – 6.100 / 40.691 (-82%)
12./13. [PS4] Horizon: Zero Dawn #
(Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2017.03.02} (¥6.900) – 6.018 / 196.661 (-31%)
13./15. [3DS] Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo) {2016.12.01} (¥4.700) – 5.717 / 1.015.110 (-19%)
14./06. [PSV] Warriors All-Stars #
(Koei Tecmo) {2017.03.30} (¥6.800) – 4.527 / 22.393 (-75%)
15./22. [NSW] Super Bomberman R
(Konami) {2017.03.03} (¥4.980) – 4.233 / 66.617
16./16. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts HD I.5 + II.5 ReMIX \ Kingdom Hearts HD II.5 ReMIX > (Square Enix) {2017.03.09} (¥6.800) – 4.218 / 98.725 (-34%)
17./20. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V [New Price Edition] (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2015.10.08} (¥4.990) – 4.094 / 318.014 (-19%)
18./21. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo (Nintendo) {2016.11.23} (¥2.700) – 4.017 / 159.150
19./29. [WIU] Minecraft: Wii U Edition (Microsoft Game Studios) {2016.06.23} (¥3.600) – 4.014 / 313.703
20./00. [3DS] Kawaii Pet to Kurasou! Wan Nyan & Mini Mini Animal (Nippon Columbia) {2017.04.06} (¥4.800) – 3.631 / NEW

The Switch sold 906,000 units in the United States during March, Nintendo has revealed. Today’s information comes straight from the NPD Group.

According to Nintendo, Switch is “one of the fastest-selling video game systems of all time.” It also comes “in a nontraditional month for a console launch.”

Update: As expected, Nintendo has responded to this month’s NPD report – specifically Switch and Zelda sales. See their comments here.


Original: Preliminary data is beginning to be reported for March 2017. In the United States, we’re hearing that Switch was the top-selling platform, beating out the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The system sold over 500,000 units in North America during its first week alone.

Nintendo previously confirmed that Switch experienced the best first 2-day sales in the Americas for any system in its history. Records were outpacing the Wii, and continued to be broken.

Nintendo may have more to say about Switch’s sales within the next week.

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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

Switch – 41,193
New 3DS LL – 19,533
PS4 – 18,022
PS4 Pro – 6,490
Vita – 5,987
2DS – 4,629
New 3DS – 1,523
PS3 – 704
Wii U – 358
Xbox One – 132

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

Switch – 45,509
New 3DS LL – 25,719
PS4 – 25,006
Vita – 7,780
2DS – 6,240
PS4 Pro – 5,051
New 3DS – 1,995
PS3 – 1,724
Wii U – 449
Xbox One – 187

And here are the software charts:

BILD has published the results of Germany’s best-selling games during the month of March. A few Switch games made the chart, highlighted by Zelda: Breath of the Wild at the first position. 1-2-Switch and Super Bomberman R came in at #7 and #17 respectively.

The full lineup is as follows:

  1. (new) The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
  2. (new) Horizon Zero Dawn
  3. (new) Ghost Recon: Wildlands
  4. (new) Mass Effect: Andromeda
  5. (3.) GTA V
  6. (4.) Fifa 17
  7. (new) 1-2-Switch
  8. (new) Lego Worlds
  9. (1.) For Honor
  10. (13.) Mafia 3
  11. (5.) Battlefield 1
  12. (new) Nier: Automata
  13. (9.) Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
  14. (2.) Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
  15. (17.) Call of Duty: Black Ops III
  16. (11.) Minecraft
  17. (new) Super Bomberman R
  18. (new) Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 & 2.5 Remix
  19. (16.) Pokemon Sun
  20. (14.) Farming Simulator 17

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This week’s Switch/ Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:

Switch

1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo
2. Lego City Undercover – Warner Bros. Interactive
3. 1-2 Switch – Nintendo
4. Just Dance 2017 – Ubisoft
5. Super Bomberman R – Konami
6. Skylanders Imaginators – Activision Blizzard

Wii U

1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo
2. Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Nintendo
3. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
4. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD – Nintendo
5. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
6. Just Dance 2017 – Ubisoft
7. New Super Mario Bros. U + Super Luigi U – Nintendo
8. Mario Party 10 – Nintendo
9. Paper Mario: Color Splash – Nintendo
10. Lego City Undercover – Nintendo

3DS

1. Pokemon Sun – Nintendo
2. Yo-Kai Watch 2: Bony Spirits – Nintendo
3. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
4. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
5. Pokemon Moon – Nintendo
6. Super Mario Maker – Nintendo
7. Yo-Kai Watch 2: Fleshy Souls – Nintendo
8. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
9. Mario Sports Superstars – Nintendo
10. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D – Nintendo

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This week’s UK software sales are as follows:

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All formats

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Mario Sports Superstars arrived in Japan on March 30. Through April 2, it sold a little over 30,000 copies. Dengeki notes that it had a sell through rate of only 40 percent.

How Mario Sports Superstars does in the long run remains to be seen. It could be a bit of a slow burn, with more sales coming down the line.

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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:

01./01. [3DS] Monster Hunter Double Cross (Capcom) {2017.03.18} (¥5.800) – 127.721 / 1.256.480 (-54%)
02./00. [PS4] Warriors Stars #
(Koei Tecmo) {2017.03.30} (¥7.800) – 40.368 / NEW
03./00. [PS4] Blue Reflection: Maboroshi ni Mau – Shoujo no Ken # (Koei Tecmo) {2017.03.30} (¥7.800) – 34.592 / NEW
04./00. [3DS] Mario Sports Superstars (Nintendo) {2017.03.30} (¥4.980) – 32.416 / NEW
05./02. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild # (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥6.980) – 29.307 / 331.387 (-25%)
06./00. [PSV] Warriors Stars # (Koei Tecmo) {2017.03.30} (¥6.800) – 17.866 / NEW
07./03. [NSW] 1-2-Switch (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥4.980) – 16.517 / 153.901 (-24%)
08./00. [PSV] Blue Reflection: Maboroshi ni Mau – Shoujo no Ken # (Koei Tecmo) {2017.03.30} (¥6.800) – 13.850 / NEW
09./00. [PSV] Re:Zero – Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu – Death or Kiss # (5pb.) {2017.03.30} (¥7.500) – 11.762 / NEW
10./04. [PS4] Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands (Ubisoft) {2017.03.09} (¥8.400) – 11.733 / 145.501 (-32%)
11./09. [PS4] NieR: Automata (Square Enix) {2017.02.23} (¥7.800) – 9.945 / 288.101 (+12%)
12./06. [3DS] Pokemon Sun / Moon
(Pokemon Co.) {2016.11.18} (¥4.980) – 8.853 / 3.229.854 (-11%)
13./05. [PS4] Horizon: Zero Dawn #
(Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2017.03.02} (¥6.900) – 8.698 / 190.642 (-31%)
14./10. [WIU] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥6.980) – 8.131 / 89.319 (+4%)
15./14. [3DS] Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo) {2016.12.01} (¥4.700) – 7.070 / 1.009.393 (+4%)
16./08. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts HD I.5 + II.5 ReMIX \ Kingdom Hearts HD II.5 ReMIX > (Square Enix) {2017.03.09} (¥6.800) – 6.360 / 94.507 (-31%)
17./00. [PS4] Re:Zero – Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu – Death or Kiss # (5pb.) {2017.03.30} (¥7.500) – 6.331 / NEW
18./00. [PSV] Chaos;Child: Love Chu Chu!! #
(5pb.) {2017.03.30} (¥6.800) – 6.240 / NEW
19./07. [PSV] Accel World Vs. Sword Art Online: Millennium Twilight (Bandai Namco Games) {2017.03.16} (¥6.800) – 5.402 / 53.720 (-44%)
20./15. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V [New Price Edition] (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2015.10.08} (¥4.990) – 5.066 / 313.920 (-4%)


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