The Wii is no longer the best-selling game console in history in France. Nintendo managed to break its own record.
In its generation, the Wii had established itself as the game console of all accessories. with his movement games easy to learn, it had opened up the game to a large number of new players.
More than 10 years later, it is the turn of a new console to establish itself as the most popular console on the French market: the Nintendo Switch.
7 million sales in France
With 1 million more sales in 2022, Nintendo Switch already has 7 million copies sold since its launch in 2017. It thus becomes the most popular console in the history of the market, ahead of Sony’s PlayStation.
As reported by Chloé Woitier for le figaro, the PlayStation 4 reaches a maximum of 6 million machines in France. with this success almost a quarter of French homes are now equipped with one or more switches ».
Because this is the big difference with a desktop console like the PlayStation or the Wii: Nintendo can sell several of its Switches to the same household thanks to its hybrid nature. We are thinking in particular of children who can each receive a copy of the console, which allows for easier multiplayer play.
Console sales in 2022 were driven in particular by the Pokémon games, Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet at the end of the year (701,000 sales), and Pokemon Legends: Arceus (575,000 sales) at the beginning of the year. But there is also the success of nintendo switch sports (425,000 sales), which builds on the success of wii sports in his days
A very strong year 2023
The great adventure of Nintendo Switch should not deviate from its course in 2023. The firm is planning beautiful moments for its ecosystem between the expected launch of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom in May 2023 or the first animated film adapted from Super Mario Broswhich will be broadcast from April in cinemas.
We can also hastily mention the releases of Fire Emblem Engage, Theatrhythm final bar line, octopathic traveler 2 et Pikmin 4 which should bring even more audiences to the platform this year.
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