| trunkswd said: This is a massive grain of salt. Not saying it is impossible. I expect it to have had the biggest console launch in gaming history. But lets wait until we get some better data. Either an official statement from Nintendo or data from trackers like Famitsu and Circana. |
Early initial figures have been reported from France and China (HK).
France saw 200k retail during launch day, not counting Nintendo direct sales (Total launch period sales for the Switch were 105k, previous record was PS5 with 107k). Actual sales are likely higher as the console is sold out across the country, and these figures corroborate an earlier report of ~300k units to be shipped to the country during the launch period.
Chinese/HK figures based on major online retailers are at ~250k, with 400k in preorders. For comparison launch shipments for "other regions" for the Switch were at 400k.
Regardless of the credibility of the report, based on these figures I'd say 3m for launch day sounds like a reasonable estimate.
