Switch sales fall, but Nintendo closes in on PS4’s record

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Nintendo today revealed its most recent financial report with sales data for both hardware and software. Although Switch continues to sell at a good pace despite the years, the momentum that video games had due to the pandemic is gradually fading.

For this reason, it is not a surprise to learn that Nintendo registered a drop in sales of consoles and games during the last semester, as happened with PlayStation and Xbox. Now, this doesn’t mean that Nintendo is on the wrong track, as its profits are up and it still sells surprising numbers of systems and games. Proof of this is that Switch is quickly approaching the PS4 record, one of the most successful consoles in history.

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Switch is close to PS4, but its sales rate falls

Nintendo revealed that it has already sold 111.08 million Switch worldwide as of June 30. This means that the company shipped 3.43 million more consoles between April and June. In addition, during the same period it sold 41.41 million games.

Although they are a good result and the company is on track to meet its objectives, the figures leave something to be desired when compared to past fiscal periods. There was a 22.9% decrease in hardware sales compared to the same period of the previous fiscal year. There was also an 8.6% drop in game sales. As a result, net sales decreased 4.7%

Despite all this, Nintendo increased its profits 28.3% compared to last fiscal year. Switch is still active in the competition to become one of the most popular consoles in history. It is currently close to PS4, a Sony system that has already sold 117.2 million units.

Later, it would have to surpass the records of Game Boy (118.69 million), Nintendo DS (154.02 million) and PlayStation 2 (157 million), which still holds the title of the best-selling console in history.

Kirby triumphs and enters the list of best-selling Switch titles

Nintendo also revealed that it has already sold a total of 863.59 million Switch games. The top of best-selling titles remains without important changes in its first positions; however, all of them updated their sales figures with very good results.

Among the novelties we have games like Nintendo Switch Sports Y Kirby and the Forgotten Land, which have already surpassed the barrier of 4 million copies sold. On your side, Mario Strikers: Battle League It goes up little by little and is already close to 2 million copies. Below you can see the list with the top 10 and some of the most recent releases: