I think we're talking only about Japan here, but since you brought up Europe; Using VGC numbers, Switch is doing better in Europe than in Japan. It's not only ahead in total sales, but also ahead in weekly sales almost always. It's good to see it's doing well everywhere. ^_^

It's hard to properly compare Switch sales to other consoles as the Switch has been so heavily supply constrained for the past few months. We've had supply constraints with the Wii, DS and PS2 in Japan in the past but never so severely (as in, never has total weekly supply been so low for a platform). It'll be interesting to see where sales stabilise over the next months. The Switch is and will be a success in Japan but the question is: Will Nintendo deliver the wrong software, making the Switch stagnate at 15 million lifetime? Or will it be a 20 million seller like the 3DS? Or will it shoot into the stratosphere like the original DS and sell 30 million total?

Switch is a phenomenon in Japan, thousands are lining up on a weekly basis just for a chance to purchase a unit. We haven't seen this in a decade with the Wii/DS. It has the biggest new Nintendo IP since Wii Sports (Splatoon), it will get Animal Crossing, Pokemon, 2D Mario, a plethora of other Nintendo IP's, and Japanese third party support. The sky is the limit for Switch.

Uf, you probably dont know that 3DS become third best selling gaming hardware ever in Japan after DS and GB/GBC

Switch is selling like crazy and Nintendo cant keep up with demand, and Switch yet to receive in future years huge system sellers like Pokemon, Animal Crossing, Monster Hunter (not port of old one). Just look how many Pokemon games 3DS recived..

In Japan? Pretty sure that's false. 3DS has sold bad in the rest of the World, but is a resounding success in Japan.

Anyway, Switch is still supply constrained (after three weeks selling between 70k and 90k units), so we'll have to wait until supply chases demand to know it's real potential.

Switch is selling great in the main European markets, except maybe UK. Not as great as Japan, sure, but quite well, according to the data we have.

Yes, but Nintendo could still deliver the wrong software like they did with the Wii U. Don't get me wrong, I'm very optimistic. I think the Switch has the potential to sell more than 100 million units worldwide and definitely 20+ million in Japan. But the Wii started off great, too and then Nintendo decided to focus on games that weren't mass market friendly. Nintendo has this bad habit of pushing stuff people don't want once they are successful, like 3D Mario over 2D Mario, despite the former selling less. Or abandoning Wii Sports despite the game being huge. Or not putting effort into Wii U versions of games that sold well on the Wii. I just hope they learned from their mistakes this time. If they did, the Switch is going to clear those 100 million units worldwide and even has a chance to match the sales of the original DS.

Yep heard it first here, and we are yet to know for how long Switch will keep ahead.

Wii U had plenty of big problems not just with big games that come late, I dont think we can compare Wii U and Switch. In Japan people are looking at Switch mostly like handheld, and games like Pokemon, Animal Crossing and MH are huge system sellers.

Nobody knows that, but fact is that currently Switch is doing pretty good despite fact that still is heavily supply constrained.

The NS wil win in Japan over Wii due to it's hybird nature, but the other regions of which mainly Europe could be lagging in sales. I'm not sure if even selling 20-30 million LTD in Japan could offset those lackluster sales. I hope it does, but we'll have to see.