It is no secret that the Swap remains to be promoting remarkably properly for a console in its seventh 12 months on cabinets. What the newest knowledge has indicated, nonetheless, is that Nintendo’s hybrid console might quickly change into the highest-selling console of all time in Japan.
In line with the newest Famitsu report on {hardware} gross sales in Japan, the Swap has now bought a complete of 32,027,938 items throughout its three SKUs: OG Swap, Swap Lite, and Swap – OLED Mannequin. This places it simply 1,000,000 shy of changing into the highest-selling console within the area.
As for its direct competitors, properly… it is nonetheless Nintendo. The present highest-selling console is the Nintendo DS at 32,990,000 items, with the Recreation Boy sitting simply behind at 32,470,000 items. The Swap remains to be promoting round 50,000 – 100,000 items weekly in Japan, so we’re fairly assured that it’ll surpass each the Recreation Boy and the Nintendo DS within the coming months, significantly if the console is topic to reductions or bundles within the run-up to its successor’s eventual launch.
Nintendo is because of launch its newest monetary knowledge this week, so we must always have an up to date view on worldwide Swap gross sales at the least, together with knowledge on software program efficiency over 9 months.