Few consoles will ever be as popular as the PS2. The console was an absolute revelation and went on to sell more than 155 Million units worldwide and is the most successful console ever in terms of sales.
Another console which has been in the limelight recently for all the right reasons is Nintendo Switch. The console has been a smashing success and has gone on to sell above 10 Million units in it’s launch year, it’s safe to say Nintendo Switch has defied the expectations of many an analyst.
In the most recent Media creates data it has emerged that Nintendo Switch has sold 269684 units in Japan. Whereas the PS4 sold 50,662 units.
More importantly though the Switch is quite possibly now on it’s way to become the best selling console in Japanese history as it has emerged the sales of the Nintendo Switch are better than the PS2 sales in it’s launch year. Here is a table for comparison.
| Month | PS2 (Released 4 March 2000) | Nintendo Switch (Released 3 March 2017 |
|---|---|---|
| March | 885,023 Units | 524,371 Units |
| April | 512,953 Units | 234,817 Units |
| May | 227,725 Units | 127,314 Units |
| June | 298,880 Units | 129,971 Units |
| July | 367,190 Units | 294,311 Units |
| August | 223,822 Units | 254,489 Units |
| September | 157,613 Units | 168,810 Units |
| October | 116,440 Units | 307,138 Units |
| November | 62,025 Units | 372,619 Units |
| December | 164,950 Units | 844,243 Units (For First 4 Weeks) |
| Total | 3,016,622 Units | 3,258,083 Units (From Launch to 24 December 2017) |
The Nintendo Switch is having a brilliant year to say the very least , not only is it doing extremely well in Japan but worldwide as well. Most recently we have seen that the consumers are interested in the Switch because of it’s novelty of being a hybrid console which happens to have a fantastic software lineup.
This is something which has allowed the console to flourish and become one of the hottest commodities in the world of gaming.
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