Global Hardware Apr 4-10 - Switch Sells 455K, PS5 Sells 200K, XS Sells 98K

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Dulfite said:

PAOerfulone said:

Something else worth noting:

Japan Sales:
Nintendo Switch: 19.38 million
Nintendo Entertainment System: 19.35 million

The Switch has officially surpassed the NES in Japan!

Not sure why but I was curious so I did some research. NES was the main Nintendo console in Japan from 1983-1990. So they sold 19.35 million consoles in 6-7 years to a population amounting to roughly 117-120 million people, or 16-16.5% of the population. Japan had/will have 127 - 124 million people from 2017-2024 due to population decline going on for the foreseeable future, so they currently have sold Switch's to 15.5% of the population. They have sold about 4.8 million copies a year in Japan, so if the device sells that average amount for another two years it could pass 32 million copies in Japan and have a population attach rate of 25% (which would crush the NES).

This is good stuff to point out.

Outselling the NES in Japan is definitely what I would call a "real accomplishment".  Normally we say "X console outsold the NES", but market conditions are so different today with populations being much bigger and modern consoles selling in a lot more territories.  However, Switch outselling NES looking at Japan only is a big deal, considering the populations are about the same.  The fact that it did it after about 4 years time is a really big deal.