VGChartz Sales Comparison Charts April 2021 Discussion Thread

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Switch vs Wii Sales Comparison in Europe - April 2021 

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

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.

Switch Vs. Wii Europe:

Gap change in latest month: 115,687 - Switch

Gap change over last 12 months: 1,837,379 - Switch

Total Lead: 5,043,905 - Wii

Switch Total Sales: 22,008,552

Wii Total Sales: 27,052,457

April 2021 is the 50th month that the Nintendo Switch has been available for in Europe. During the latest month, the Switch caught up by 115,687 units when you align the launches of it with the Wii. In the last 12 months, the Switch has outsold the Wii by just 1.84 million units. The Wii is currently ahead of the Switch by 5.04 million units.

The 50th month for the Nintendo Switch is April 2021 and for the Wii it is January 2011. The Switch has sold 22.01 million units, while the Wii sold 27.05 million units during the same timeframe. The Wii sold current Switch sales in month 40.

The Wii sold 33.88 million units in Europe during its lifetime. The Switch needs to sell another 11.87 million units to outsell the Wii.

The Wii has a good lead here, but the Gap change for the past 12 months was 1.8m in the Switch's favor.  Considering the Wii's best days are behind it in this chart, we are going to see the Switch gradually come back by having much better legs than the Wii.