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The Switch has been a immense success for Nintendo and it looks as if the hybrid system is at level to heading in the right direction to surpass the sales of Sony’s PlayStation 2 in the US.
Per an update from Circana’s government director and substitute consultant Mat Piscatella, as of June 2024, Switch existence-to-date US unit sales in the intervening time are finest 1.1 million units a ways from the PlayStation 2. The Switch is at level to the third finest-selling unit of all time in the US (since 1995), inserting late the PS2 and Nintendo DS.
“Switch at level to ranks third all-time in US units since 1995, trialing finest NDS and PS2.”
Piscatella previously nicely-known how more Switch hardware used to be on the style with the upcoming September beginning of the ‘Hyrule Edition’ Switch Lite. That is anticipated to extra boost general sales on this location.
Although Nintendo’s most modern generation hardware looks space to surpass the sales of the PS2 domestically, per PlayStation’s ex-CEO Jim Ryan, it goes to be a while earlier than it fits the PlayStation 2’s worldwide sales. Switch has at level to supplied 143 million units as of 30th June 2024, and the PS2 supplied 160 million units worldwide all over its lifetime.
Earlier this year in Could maybe maybe, Nintendo launched a Switch “successor” announcement used to be coming “this fiscal year”.
