The Nintendo Switch is not only very popular in France. But that’s where she set a new record.
The Switch is now the best-selling console of all time in France.
Nintendo is overtaking Nintendo
how Le Figaro reported (via GamesIndustry), more than 7.09 million copies of the Switch have been sold in France since its release in 2017.
This means that the switch has overtaken the previous record holder: Nintendo’s Wii console. The was in the past decade with 6.3 million sales at the top.
As Le Figaro notes, this is all about home consoles, handhelds were not included in the count.
Around 987,000 Nintendo Switch units were sold in France in 2022, making it the best-selling console that year.
According to Nintendo France’s Managing Director Philippe Lavoué, every second console sold in France in 2022 was a Switch. A quarter of all households now own one.
The most successful games in 2022 were again Pokémon Crimson and Crimson and Pokémon Legends Arceus, followed by Mario Kart 8 and Nintendo Switch Sports.
