Feb 02, 2021 15:00:00

Cumulative sales of Nintendo Switch reached 79.87 million units, making it the third-selling hardware in Nintendo history

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Nintendo reports the results for the third quarter (April to December) of the fiscal year ending March 2021, revealing that the cumulative sales volume of the

Nintendo Switch series reached 79.87 million units, exceeding the cumulative sales volume of Nintendo 3DS I did.

Financial Results for the Third Quarter of the Fiscal Year Ending March 2021
(PDF link) https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2021/210201.pdf

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According to Nintendo's financial report, as of December 31, 2020, the cumulative sales of Nintendo Switch was 66.34 million, the cumulative sales of Nintendo Switch Lite was 13.53 million, and the cumulative sales of the Nintendo Switch series was 79.87 million. It has been reached.

Cumulative sales of the Nintendo Switch series exceeded 75.94 million units of Nintendo 3DS, making it the third highest-selling game hardware sold by Nintendo after Nintendo DS and Wii.

Daniel Ahmad , an analyst at game market research firm Niko Partners , posted a forecast on his Twitter account that 'Nintendo Switch sales will exceed Wii cumulative sales by the end of 2021.'

Here is how the Switch compares to other Nintendo consoles.

After 46 months:
NDS: ~ 83m
Wii: ~ 75m
Switch: 79.9m
3DS: ~ 50m
Wii U: ~ 13.m

Switch won't catch DS, but it'll track alongside Wii for most of this year, overtaking it by the end of the year. Pic.twitter.com/adR5afwDmN
— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) February 1, 2021

In addition, it is rumored that Nintendo will release a new model with enhanced performance of Nintendo Switch in 2021. In addition, at the financial results report briefing session, Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa said, 'We have no plans to announce it in the near future,' so it is expected that a new model is under development.

At the end of January last year, President Furukawa commented in a presentation before the question and answer session that he had no plans to release a new model within 2020. Today, 'I have no plans to announce it in the near future.'

What does that mean ...? https://t.co/MQkwskXYrn
— Takashi Mochizuki (@ 6d6f636869) February 1, 2021