Good news for Nintendo! Switch sales nearly doubled in Japan during the last sales week, when compared to the previous week’s.
According to 4Gamer, via Media Create, Nintendo Switch came in top in the country’s hardware ranking for the week of March 20 to March 26. Here’s how the Japanese hardware sales chart look for that period:
Switch - 78,441 units
New 3DS XL - 29,771
PS4 - 25,472
Vita - 7,574
2DS - 6,722
PS4 Pro - 5,261
PS3 - 2,930
New 3DS - 2,866
Wii U - 411
Xbox One - 115
The hardware to focus on is the Nintendo Switch, because here’s how those numbers compare to the week of March 13 to March 19, its third week on sale:
Switch - 49,913
New 3DS XL - 33,352
PS4 - 28,805
Vita - 8,004
2DS - 6,131
PS4 Pro - 5,823
New 3DS - 2,796
PS3 - 2,212
Wii U - 368
Xbox One - 135
Generally, the other console sales numbers are somewhat stable. With a new huge release, the spike in sales might be to a larger number of Switch consoles hitting retail.
In comparison, there were 61,998 Switch consoles sold in its second week. That follows a debut week of 329,152 Switch consoles sold.
How does this compare to other hardware sales in Japan? Here’s a comparison via 2ch (the 週 character means “week”).
That fourth week Switch rebound looks interesting, no? Shows that, for now, interest is still strong.
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