SuperData: Nintendo Switch Sales Already At 1.5 Million Worldwide, 1.34 Million Copies Of Zelda Sold On Switch

Nintendo has sold 1.5m Nintendo Switch consoles worldwide, SuperData says.

Using data supplied to it by both Famitsu and GfK, SuperData says that 500,000 consoles were sold in the US, 360,000 were sold in Japan while Europe 'isn't far behind'. The data tracker observes that 85,000 units were sold in the UK while France managed 110,000.

If anyone was unsure as to what is driving the performance of the hardware, SuperData says 89% of Switch owners have bought the new Zelda game - which amounts to 1.34m in sales (and does not include sales of the Wii U version).

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That's a great launch, and considering the reports of sell outs around the world, indicates that there is great demand for the system. Now Nintendo needs to ensure there is enough stock, and more must have games that keep interest in the system high. Here's hoping they don't f*ck up.

Almost 10% of Wii U sales already, nice

not bad , not bad indeed

Wii U sold over 3 million units while being on the market for a little over a month. We'll have to wait a couple months before we can see how well the Switch is selling compared to the Wii U's numbers during the same time frame.

Makes up for the dismal WiiU

Good start! Very good start! Probably on similar levels to the Wii, no?

In any case, let's up they produce enough units (and get enough 3rd party support) to keep it rolling! That will be the key for all of their plans.

And the Switch has been on the market for 10 days, with only 2 million units allocated to March, and it has sold 1.5 million units in March, as opposed to other consoles with November launches (a.k.a. peak shopping season). What's your point? Is your point going to be that the Switch will be a Wii U level failure, because launch numbers mean nothing? At which point, I will cite retailers from around the world noting that the Switch is generating far more interest and hysteria than either Wii U or 3DS- but you will choose to ignore that, because of course you will. You want this to fail. Your agenda is clear, you're transparent as hell, you're not actually fooling anyone.

That's great

Btw, is it weird to feel that this Zelda game will perhaps be one of the best selling in the whole series? Since it launched together it kinda feels like "the game to get" with a Switch, from the start. But maybe that's just my impression.

What the hell are the other 200k playing?

@NathanDrakeSwag: 1 2 Switch bro. Milking dem virtual bovines, yo! :P

I highly doubt it will outsell 8.9 million copies of Twilight Princess...

Digital copies of Breath of the Wild

@charizard1605: Eeeehhhh, give it time, give it time :P Evergreen effect my friend!

It is a better system that's for sure hopefully games start coming

Doubt it for Zelda lol, those games are usually frontloaded saleswise- Wind Waker was really the only exception.

I mean, with an attach rate this big already I doubt it's sales will just jump off a clif like that :P But who knows, maybe 1 2 Switch will release Goat Milking DLC and kill Zeruda :v

My Walmart is still showing they have 3 left in stock. I'm considering stopping by and picking one up today.

I mean, I honestly don't care about the Switch lol, but you have to play Breath of the Wild. So hell, get a cheap used Wii U if you have to, but try and play this game.

I'm not saying it will stop selling per se, I'm saying I can see its final sales settling around 4-5 million units worldwide (which is the series average). A good number, but Twilight Princess had the benefit of being attached to the Wii launch, which... come on now, lol

Who bought the switch, but not Zelda?

@charizard1605: True, true. Still, a very strong start regardless (for example, as much as I loved Horizon I can see it topping off at more less the current BotW numbers, which is a shame).

People who bought Zelda digitally

What? Horizon selling only 1.3 million? Naw bro, you're lowballing it here lol. Easily gonna be a 3-5 million game at least.

Is it only physical sales?

Why didn't BotW sold 1.5mil?

I think so, Nintendo doesn't share digital sales data, so SuperTracker can't positively have it

Physical copies only

But then people don't get the charming wee box and the handsome little cartridge. :(

Let me know how you like it, I can't trust @charizard1605 opinion.

great to hear. I'm hoping to get one at some point.

The cartridge is bitter as f*ck though

:(

You must! If only for Zelda :p

Congrats to Nintendo! I hope they pump out the great games.

@charizard1605: I probably would next week, after some major deadlines for my work have passed... except it's sold out everywhere :-P

These numbers are unreliable. I'd wait until we get official word from Nintendo or someone reputable like NPD or the WSJ gives us numbers.

Well, for all numbers except the US ones, SuperData is citing Media Create and Gfk-Tracker, so I'd say they're fairly close to the real thing at this point

lol, ok

@spiraltap: Splatoon? Fire Emblem? Xenoblade? Mario? Smash? Pokemon?

@spiraltap:

How about Animal Crossing? That might do a decent job. :)

Why do we forget that all of these did push 3DS units?

@spiraltap:

I think with some of their other franchises, it's the accumulation of them that drive sales. For the 3DS, it received a great flurry of titles such as Mario Kart 7, Fire Emblem Awakening (which popularized the series in the West) and Animal Crossing: New Leaf in a very short span of time.

If Nintendo can replicate that that with the Switch, they might be able to continue interest.

3DS will have sold roughly the same amount of units that Gameboy, Gameboy Color, and GBA sold- the DS was a unique pre-iPhone era aberration that will never happen again.

The Switch is in fact a Nintendo handheld- secretly at least. That's it's biggest strength.

A true open world 3D Mario game like Odyssey will absolutely sell systems. 3D World was 2.5D. An HD Pokemon game will do ridiculous numbers as well since people have been waiting years for one.

@spiraltap: The 3DS XL was massive too- didn't stop it from being the highest selling 3DS SKU.

People don't mind big handhelds.

Actually, yes. Most casual gamers still believe Mario 3D World was not a 'real 3D Mario game,' it was a stigma that stuck.