Platform	N. America	Europe	Japan	Global
	69,584	48,074	45,432	187,113
	49,501	83,097	17,875	180,493
	23,067	10,091	42	38,286
	7,111	4,761	5,269	18,322
	N/A	N/A	103	103

http://www.vgchartz.com/article/440182/worldwide-hardware-estimates-for-the-week-ending-august-17/

Switch regains the top spot, but on the whole another quiet week with the Lite a month away.

The calm before the storm. Switch sales are going to sky rocket when the LITE comes out.

Agreed, especially in Japan. Only thing I can see possibly limiting the explosion is if they haven't supplied enough stock to meet demand.

The Switch is holding quite nicely just before the Switch Lite. Was the new model already out by this time or not until later? I know it's out now, but I can't recall exactly when it was released.

It came out in different markets and countries in a staggered and rather random fashion throughout this month. As of these numbers you could get one from Amazon or Ebay, but it was not yet available from Japanese retailers.

Yeah I never expected the Mariko-powered regular Switch would be a big hardware booster since Nintendo is treating it as a silent revision and as such the average consumer probably knows nothing about it. 

The Lite is the main event.

I don't know honestly, possibly a combination of not wanting those who just scooped up a Switch to feel ripped off and not wanting to draw attention away from the Lite.

even at this point in the year it's very well played by both Sony/Nintendo to have a system selling 180k each coming into September, those are going to start to increase over the next few months with some of the bigger titles on the way and the hardware revisions for the Switch.

X1 now solidly just 20k in front of the 3DS, both rival systems are outselling it by 4.25:1 approx

Switch nudging ahead again. It's so much better when it's close like this. Would be even better if it was a larger battle but you can't have everything.