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Switch vs Wii Sales Comparison in Europe - Switch Closes the Gap in September 2020

This monthly series compares the aligned European sales of the Nintendo Switch and the Nintendo Wii.

Switch Vs. Wii Europe:

Gap change in latest month: 292,854 - Switch

Gap change over last 12 months: 359,118 - Switch

Total Lead: 5,796,077 - Wii

Switch Total Sales: 17,323,764

Wii Total Sales: 23,119,841

September 2020 is the 43rd month that the Nintendo Switch has been available for in Europe. During the latest month, the Switch closed the gap by 292,854 units when you align the launches of it with the Wii. In the last 12 months, the Switch has outsold the Wii by just 7359,118 units. The Wii is currently ahead of the Switch by 5.80 million units.

The Wii launched in December 2006, while the Nintendo Switch launched in March 2017. Therefore, the holiday periods for the two consoles do not lineup, which is why there are big increases and decreases.

The 43rd month for the Nintendo Switch is September 2020 and for the Wii it is June 2010. The Switch has sold 17.32 million units, while the Wii sold 23.12 million units during the same timeframe. The Wii sold current Switch sales in month 35.

The Wii sold 33.88 million units in Europe during its lifetime. The Switch needs to sell another 16.56 million units to outsell the Wii.

Europe and ROTW is where Nintendo needs to step their game up and be more aggressive. They're untouchable in Japan and a titan in North America, but elsewhere there's plenty of room for improvement.

The Switch is gonna do great in the ROTW category for any home console even when you compare it to Playstation consoles. The Switch is only around 500k from beating the Wii in the ROTW category despite being less than 4 years old. I could see the Switch selling 15M in the ROTW. But yea Nintendo definetely needs to focus on penetrating the European market more, especially Eastern Europe. It's so far the most successful Nintendo system ever in Eastern Europe which is certainly an improvement, but there's still a huge market Nintendo could capitalize on in Eastern Europe like PS is doing.