Nintendo Switch Sales Outpace Wii Weekend Launch

According to Sam Reynolds, a gaming analyst, the first weekend sales for Nintendo Switch were “miles ahead” of the Wii, the Wii U, the N64 and the Game Cube. The Wii U had an extremely healthy launch, with 400,000 units sold its first week in North America and 890,000 sold six weeks after launch. It means if you’re one of the lucky few that’s actually able to find a Nintendo Switch in stock, be sure to grab it, because that may be your only chance in a while. It will be based on NetFront Browser NX, a browser that have already used the latest brands of the console and whose name has been baptized with a nod to all fans of the company. It should go without saying that the Nintendo Switch and Legend of Zelda topped sales charts, but we now have exact figures for each product.

The Nintendo Switch on display in Madison Square Park in NY on March 3, 2017.

The need to buy Nintendo Switch MicroSD cards is compounded by the sheer number of games on their way.

Although Fils-Aime declined to cite specific numbers, he told the Seattle Times that Nintendo plans to ship 2 million consoles worldwide this month.

However, I recognize that I need to be careful here, because I’ve been playing a lot of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and I’ve been having a truly incredible time making my way through Hyrule. Unlike the 3DS, the Switch can be hooked up to a big screen TV like a traditional console. The thing is, you most likely will not enjoy using these controllers on your Android device due to the amount of lag that is introduced, according to user reports. If you look at the Wii U GamePad, for instance, the analog sticks were directly horizontal across from one another, not diagonally angled. Nintendo is going to have to keep delivering games to keep the momentum going, if game releases stagnate too much, then it could end up in a bad position once again.

What makes the strong weekend sales of the Switch even more impressive is the fact the Wii was unveiled during the holiday shopping a season, a time in which the industry often sees an uptick in sales.

“It’s nicely built and cleverly created to be used in a variety of ways, but the bottom line is that the Switch doesn’t do any one of the many things it can do without some sort of significant compromise”.