By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close

Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Nintendo Quarterly Sales Update: (To 31st December) Switch at 103.54m shipped

curl-6 on 03 February 2022

Switch has sold more hardware than the Wii U sold software



Around the Network
PAOerfulone on 03 February 2022
curl-6 said:

Switch has sold more hardware than the Wii U sold software

Damn... That's just sad...



Hardware Comparison Threads:

Current Thread

Is Hardware Getting TOO Powerful?

Older Threads:

PlayStation/Xbox/Switch: 2022 Edition

PlayStation/Xbox/Switch Hardware Battle: 2021 Edition!
PlayStation 4/Xbox One/Nintendo Switch: 2019 vs. 2020
PlayStation 4/Xbox One/Nintendo Switch: 2018 vs. 2019
PlayStation 4/Xbox One/Nintendo Switch: 2017 vs. 2018
PlayStation 4: 2015 vs. 2016 vs. 2017

Kakadu18 on 03 February 2022
curl-6 said:

Switch has sold more hardware than the Wii U sold software

Thanks for pointing that, wouldn't have noticed otherwise.

Now let me go laugh until I can't breathe.



JCGamer55 on 03 February 2022

"Pokémon BD/SP: 13.97M"

I'm devastated.



IcaroRibeiro on 03 February 2022
Valdney said:
IcaroRibeiro said:

It's a clear message SS HD remaster is not worth it, only that. Ocarina of time sold over 6 million in 3DS a system with a significant smaller userbase than Switch. 

There is market for story driven Zelda, as long the game is good and/or there is significant work made for the game to improve it (like they did with Wind Waker). Skyward Sword is a half assed port from a game that isn't exactly well liked and got average reviews for a Zelda game, only 82 on Opencritic in a franchise where almost all home console titles got a 90+

If Wind waker is a good example of a good story driven Zelda game in good demand, then why are  sales  so pathetic? Why  does the HD version with all the improvements have even more pathetic sales??  The data is crystal clear, Puzzelda doesn’t hold a candle  to open world Zelda. And most importantly: open world Zelda lights the world on fire and moves hardware, lots of it. 

OoT is a different beast.  OoT is a great game indeed, and it still carries a lot of what makes the older titles great. 

It was released on both Game Cube and Wii U, consoles with userbase 4 to 8 times smaller than Switch and you ask me why it had "pathetic" sales? For the record, Wind Waker was the 4th best selling Game Cube game (over 4.4 million copies), and the 9th best selling Wii U game (over 2.3 million copies)

The original Legend of Zelda sold about 6 million copies, and the next one 4 million copies in a system with much bigger userbases than both GC or Wii u. Should I assume those sales are also pathetic and BOTW is the only one quality open world Zelda that's why the sales are good?

Last edited by IcaroRibeiro - on 03 February 2022

Around the Network
Kakadu18 on 03 February 2022
IcaroRibeiro said:
Valdney said:

If Wind waker is a good example of a good story driven Zelda game in good demand, then why are  sales  so pathetic? Why  does the HD version with all the improvements have even more pathetic sales??  The data is crystal clear, Puzzelda doesn’t hold a candle  to open world Zelda. And most importantly: open world Zelda lights the world on fire and moves hardware, lots of it. 

OoT is a different beast.  OoT is a great game indeed, and it still carries a lot of what makes the older titles great. 

It was released on both Game Cube and Wii U, consoles with userbase 4 to 8 times smaller than Switch and you ask me why it had "pathetic" sales? For the record, Wind Waker was the 4th best selling Game Cube game (over 4.4 million copies), and the 9th best selling Wii U game (over 2.8 million copies)

The original Legend of Zelda sold about 6 million copies, and the next one 4 million copies in a system with much bigger userbases than both GC or Wii u. Should I assume those sales are also pathetic and BOTW is the only one quality open world Zelda that's why the sales are good?

Bold: 2.35mil



IcaroRibeiro on 03 February 2022
Kakadu18 said:
IcaroRibeiro said:

It was released on both Game Cube and Wii U, consoles with userbase 4 to 8 times smaller than Switch and you ask me why it had "pathetic" sales? For the record, Wind Waker was the 4th best selling Game Cube game (over 4.4 million copies), and the 9th best selling Wii U game (over 2.8 million copies)

The original Legend of Zelda sold about 6 million copies, and the next one 4 million copies in a system with much bigger userbases than both GC or Wii u. Should I assume those sales are also pathetic and BOTW is the only one quality open world Zelda that's why the sales are good?

Bold: 2.35mil

Thank you, edited



Spindel on 04 February 2022
curl-6 said:

Switch has sold more hardware than the Wii U sold software

And when you think even furtherm Nintendo, unlike the competition tends to, always makes profit of the Hardware from day 1.

I hope they focus on building a battle chest of gold over dividends to share holders, because then they can easily survive even 2 generations of lesser sales. Also with this strategy a console with poor sales (like WiiU) still makes them money, so they’ll stay afloat unless the sales are catastrophic.



Wyrdness on 04 February 2022

Quite the journey for the first hybrid platform now having passed all Nintendo home platforms only the two most successful portables of all time are above it in sales, under current momentum around 108m will by moved by the end of the FY in March which is 10m away from the GB mile stone which it may actually hit just as the next holiday period arrives.




103.54m




75.45m






13.56



ShadowLink93 on 04 February 2022

The Mario Kart 8 Deluxe train does not have any brakes, already sold almost 8 million this FY with Q4 still remaining. It might pass 10 million like it did in FY 20-21.