Nintendo Switch is continuing to show strong sales across Europe, with news that the handheld wonder has now sold over a million units in France, making it the fastest-selling console in the region. According to French newspaper Le Figaro, the handheld machine just passed the milestone having shifted 911.000 units in 2017.
Nintendo Wii still holds the record for most consoles sold in France at a whopping 6.4 million units, but Nintendo of France president Philippe Lavoué has plenty of faith in the console, predicting it will notch up 2 million sales by the end of 2018. It's a big claim, but with such a stellar year for Switch on French soil, it could easily happen if the trend continues to hold.
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That's impressive. France is by far Nintendo's best market in Europe. The Wii is the biggest selling console in France, 6.4 million. The previous record holder for sellng 1 million units the fastest was the PS4, it took over a year to do so. The XB1 took 3 years in France to reach that milestone.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-nintendo-switch-has-already-sold-1-million-units-in-france-fastest-selling-console-ever.25791/
And speaking of handhelds, the 3DS has sold over 5.27 million units there.
chateauneuf du pape
@SLIGEACH_EIRE What? No shade thrown at the poor performance of Nintendo in Ireland? No negative spin whatsoever on this news? Who ARE you? I don't even recognize you anymore...
@Marios-love-child You tea leaf.
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/01/nintendo_switch_is_seeing_record_sales_in_both_france_and_italy#comment4294875
@Pineapple_Mohawk he had a dig at the Switch being a handheld though, it's definitely him lol
@Pineapple_Mohawk No and I didn't say anything negative yesterday about the story either.
https://www.nintendolife.com/forums/nintendo-switch/what_do_you_think_the_nx_is_poll?start=26420#reply-26425
I give credit where credit is due.
I live in France and yes, Nintendo is very well implemented here. We had some stock issues for the first weeks but if you wanna buy a Switch today, it's very easy and you can't miss it in stores.
By the way, the Switch shelves have eaten the X-Box One one's. Some major Micromania stores (which are owned by Gamestop) have almost hidden the XBox One shelves in a small dark corner or in the first floor, where nobody goes and where you can find wii, wii u, psp and vita games... They gave that space to the Switch.
A lot of my friends have bought it and rediscover the joy to own a game console in their home, which didn't happen since at best 10 years or even never happened before. I never had so much close friends linked to my account. I find again the pleasure to talk about games with my close friends. Great time to be a gamer, especially with the Switch !
@MartyFlanMJFan
"Nintendo Switch is continuing to show strong sales across Europe, with news that the handheld wonder has now sold over a million units in France, making it the fastest-selling console in the region. According to French newspaper Le Figaro, the handheld machine just passed the milestone having shifted 911.000 units in 2017."
Who had a dig?
"The Fast-Selling Console" lol
You beat me by three minutes. Don't they have spelling and grammar checkers at Nintendo life HQ???
Anytime I read any of these impressive sales totals I always remember one thing, that being the self-proclaimed 'hardcore' telling us Nintendo should get out of the hardware business and concentrate on bring their much sought-after games to said 'hardcore' consoles. Well, I'm just happy those running Nintendo aren't as shortsighted as these ten a penny brats.
@SLIGEACH_EIRE
I'm a massive only fools and horses fan so couldn't resist
@Marios-love-child Me too.
@smashboy2000 That's awesome, happy for you man! I wish I had more friends that own Switches too! It's apparently popular here in Canada too, but I just don't know many people who own one.
Need some good games announced for the rest of the year
France is great! They love anime, manga and good games!
After Japan, Brazil and France are the very best manga market!
That said, Switch need more news and games for 2018
Ubisoft Mario rabbids is a killer app in France. They bought the Switch just to play that one game, talk about patriotism...
Switch will have more games. Just wait and see.
@SLIGEACH_EIRE lol I was referring to your 'speaking of handhelds' comment, which I thought was quite funny and quite you, so don't be falling out with me lol
Good news, France isn't that big of a market but it's good to see Nintendo doing well in any country.
I heard they're going crazy over Mario+Rabbids. Nintendo should partner more with Ubisoft.
It's good to see I wish the UK had more Nintendo love.
Bravo!
Another Dom article, another with mistakes. This time in the title (!).
@loyalroyal1989 True but the UK is only about 200k-250k behind France...
Assuming that the trend of France accounting for ~25% of Nintendo hardware sales in Europe continues, the Switch has now exceeded 4 million units sold in Europe.
Yup, being French I can confirm that the Switch is a VERY hot system. Nearly everyone of my friends has one (which one reason being my constant nagging about it, I'll admit) and the Switch games are overtaking a lot of shelf space in stores.
another mill? not with the game line up so far - they need to get the ball rolling.
PayDay 2 had already a round of sale at amazon for $27 dollars and still at like #82... "you can take it on the go" does not sell garbage. Time for Nintendo to take over again.
"handheld wonder"
"handheld machine"
I thought the Switch was a home console ("first and foremost", apparently). You'd think Nintendo would learn from the Wii U confusion...
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