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Nintendo Switch becomes best selling console ever in France
The Nintendo Switch has become the best selling console of all time in France. According to French publication Le Figar…
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As the tradition, Philippe Lavoué (Nintendo France President) has shared several tidbits and additional information about the Switch performance in 2022:
- 987.000 Switch units sold in 2022, 50% of all consoles sold were Switch in 2022
- This compares to the 1.23 million sold in 2021, 1.45 million in 2020, 1.25 million in 2019, 1.13 million in 2018 and 911k in 2017.
- That puts the Switch total at 7.09m units since launch, above the record held by the Wii (6.3m) and above the PS4 (6.0m)
- The Nintendo DS remains untouchable (10.6m units)
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe attach-rate is above 50% in France, which would translate to 3.55m+ units to date.
- Pokémon had a record-breaking year for a franchise in France.
- Three Pokemon games (Arceus, Violet and Scarlet) are in the overall best-selling top 10 in France in 2022, a first.
- Pokémon Legends: Arceus is the best-selling individual SKU of the year, above FIFA on PS4 at #2.
- They are also planning marketing activity around the Mario movie.
In terms of software sales, we got the following updates (retail only):
- Pokémon Scarlet & Violet - 701.000 units
- Pokémon Legends: Arceus - 575.000 units
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 445.000 units
- Nintendo Switch Sports - 425.000 units
- Mario Strikers - 264.000 units
- Splatoon 3 - 254.000 units
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 253.000 units
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land - 214.000 units
Users on InstallBase have a couple of lists for comparison
Best Selling Platforms
01 NDS - 10.596M
02 NSW - 7.09M
03 GMB - ~6.5M
04 WII - 6.293M
05 PS4 - ~6M
06 PS2 - ~6M
07 3DS - 5.62M
08 PS3 - 5.235M
09 PS1 - ~5M
10 PSP - ~3.582M
Best Selling platforms in 6th year
01 NDS - 1.40M
02 NSW - 987K
03 PS3 - ~700k
04 3DS - 697k
05 PS2 - 580k
06 PS1 - 566k
07 PS4 - 540k
08 360 - 528k
09 WII - 372k
10 PSP - ~300k
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