The total sales of Nintendo's console, namely the Nintendo Switch, almost approached the Wii as their best-selling gaming platform of all time. Purchases made by gamers reached 92.87 million units.
Meanwhile, the Nintendo Wii sold 101.63 million units. Judging from the interest shown by fans, the Switch has the better run.
This is because the handheld console was released in March 2017 and has already recorded a record for sales that continues to soar, by occupying the seventh position as the best-selling console of all time. The time he has is still quite a lot, when referring to the age of the Wii, which is almost 15 years old this year.
Wii itself currently fills the sixth place. However, the sales gap between the two is only less than nine million consoles. So there is a high chance that the Switch will break the 100 million mark and overtake its sibling in 2022.
While the fifth place is PlayStation (PS) 1, which pocketed total sales reaching 102.49 million units. Next up is the PS4, with 116 million consoles sold and still counting.
However, the launch of the PS5 among players has hampered the increase in numbers from the PS4, where the next-gen console has sold 13.4 million, since its first release in November 2020.
The success of the Nintendo Switch, cannot be separated from the impact of the pandemic that occurred, plus the campaign to stay at home. Then they supported its success through Nintendo's simulation game, Animal Crossing.
But unfortunately, for the first time the PS5 can compete with the Switch in the United States last September. Mat Piscatella from NPD, said that Sony's console won both in terms of units and dollars (nominal sales).
