US NPD HW - Nintendo Switch set a new US August hardware dollar sales record, besting the August 2008 dollar sales of the Nintendo Wii. Nintendo Switch unit volume more than doubled when compared to a year ago. Switch was the best-selling hardware platform of the month. pic.twitter.com/Dyo0lBztcd
— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) September 14, 2020
Wii 2008 was 453,000 @ $249.99
NSW 2019 was 237,500 @ $299.99
So NSW 2020 is > 475,000 since Mat says "more than doubled".
Monster month, looks like stock is making its way back. That's a weekly average of >118,750. Bodes well for a near-record September (Wii 08 at 687K is the highest). Switch Lite launching last year won't even matter, topping 429K should be easy.
Also confirms that May-Jul declined due to short stock, and demand tapering off was minimal. If August sales were backloaded, then late August may have been closer to 150K for the final few weeks.
