Opening Sales for Nintendo Switch in North America Set a New High

good to hear , lets hope it keeps going strong

Some good news now and then never hurts anyone!

Okay. I guess it's a good start. Now keep up the hype by giving us a Direct showing what's in store for us.

Doomed?

I can't stand Reggie. He's a PR muppet. I get that it's part of his job but I don't believe any of his BS. Glad it's done well but the guy is a twit. The Wii was crippled by production issues at the start and it's never been easier to produce a product than in this day and age.

Hopefully this can be the start of great sales momentum, I want to see more support on the Switch.

Ok Ninty, just keep up the good work and you can make it a success.

Don't. Stahp. Marketing.

Fingers crossed they can keep the momentum going. Desperately need more games! My girlfriend tried getting one today but couldn't find one anywhere.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Yes, we know you don't like Reggie. I'm guessing it's because your body isn't ready.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Please be nice to people. . . .Reggie included. .

Awesome. Would love for the Switch to become a success. Particularly after all the obnoxious negativity as of late.

E3 is crucial, though. I hope they don't drop the ball again.

In regard to the Nintendo Wii Launch....
"On November 28, 2006, Nintendo reported that it had sold over 600,000 consoles in the first eight days of launch in the Americas"

I can tell you this, people at my work that aren't even gamers know what the Switch is. That's a good thing especially when I would talk to my friends that are gamers and they would ask me, "What's a Wii-U?"

SWITCH is off to a great start.

It's an appealing system. It doesn't surprise me to see that it's doing so well at launch.

I love it. It's a little thin features wise, but it does all the important things brilliantly (taking pictures is easier and faster on Switch than any console to date). Once they add more icons to select from, get online and cloud saves rolling (which they have to do otherwise no one will ever upgrade to a newer revision), once Netflix and Hulu and YouTube apps are added... it's going to be fantastic.

I'm just glad it's fast. I can't do another Wii U or 3DS with 30 second loads for settings.

The March launch and a marketing campaign that was actually a real marketing campaign were/are huge factors.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE What does your opinion of Reggie have to do with anything? All that was said here was system sales. No PR talk at all.

Great news! Hopefully this gets more 3rd party developers interested! If the rumour of a main game Pokemon are true, that along with Super Mario Odyssey would CRUSH sales this upcoming holiday season. As long as Nintendo keeps marketing...

These numbers are very impressive. Sort of makes you wonder what would have happened If it launched this December with Splatoon and Odyssey as launch titles haha.

That is good to hear but I am very wary of a rapid slowdown in sales once the fanboys sales are out the way and the negativity of the system in the media regarding dead pixels, scratching and syncing joy con bites.

Doubling the WiiU sales in the UK is nothing special considering how pathetic that console sold but I suppose you got to take any positive.

It would be interesting to see how the Switch compares to the competition's launch, for scientific research.

I really don't know if the March launch affected sales, but Nintendo obviously thought it would not or couldn't wait till xmas with a dead WiiU.

@Bruh

I've seen regular Switch ads, Mariokart Switch ads, 1 2 Switch ads, and Splattoom Switch ads, all TV and quite often. I've been with Nintendo, as a fan, since Octopus on Game & Watch since 1982, and this is the most advertising I've ever seen from the Big N.

And it's not even Christmas. I'm speaking from LA, so US based TV ads.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE When, just when are you optimistic about anything Switch related news? This is not about Reggie its about Switch sales.

Looking good, hopefully the big 3rd parties are keeping an eye on those numbers...

That's a good start. I think brand awareness is clearly higher than it was with the Wii U - people are aware that is something new from Nintendo, and that's much better than the Wii U launch when people had no idea it was any different than the Wii. I'm hoping some of the launch issues get sorted out because I think the Switch has some real potential to be a good seller for Nintendo — not nearly up to Wii levels, but a very decent amount indeed.

@PanurgeJr Ah come on, you stole my joke!

One can argue the Switch may not be a long term hit, but to take down this launch as anything but a wild success is dishonest and disingenuousness. The system launched with one of the most highly rated games OF ALL TIME! And unlike the PS4 or Xbone, it wasn't a spruced up GTAV or Last of Us.

The product is clearly in extremely high demand and even Forbes' Paul Tassi is praising the launch. And that guy was super critical beforehand. Let's see what the future holds, but the launch was an unmistakable success.

Iam looking forward to get a Switch. Sold out everywhere. Kind of bummed out but I can wait. Will just play Splatoon until I get a Switch.

I'm just anxious for when they announce a beautiful HD Monster Hunter game on the Switch.

When Metroid, Beyond Good and Evil 2 and Bayonetta 3 are announced and shown off, it will really boost the desire for a Switch amongst the dedicated gamers on the fence.

@Mega_Yarn_Poochy I'm sorry, and I'm thankful to see the community's vigilance.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Are you actually kidding me? Celebrate instead of spawning hate from something so trivial.

Pokemon, Monster Hunter, Splatoon, Metroid + anything from Square Enix + anything from Platnium would make this console sooo good.

I hope they are already on top of it, I can't wait to see what else gets announced.

Love that PR Spin :'‑)

Woo! Go team!

Having what's probably the best game I've played in the last five years or so as your flagship title surely doesn't hurt.

@sony_ponies I was hoping a Switch version of this gif would pop up sooner than later. 10/10.

@Agent721
Well said. I rather wait for the sales figures to be confirmed but everything points to a success FOR A NINTENDO CONSOLE.

What is considered success for Nintendo is disaster for Sony or MS.

Selling 80,000 consoles in the U.K. at launch is a resounding success for Nintendo. For Sony that is rubbish.

The PS4 and XBone smash launch records in N.America. I seriously doubt the Switch will get close.

A "wild success" IMO is if the Switch match those numbers but to each their opinion.

I am however very please with the way the early sales are looking.

Awesome! ...So how will this perform in the next several months? Ah, there's the kicker...

I must say, though, sacrificing the Zelda Wii U lamb was possibly one of the best business decisions Nintendo ever made...

@Niinbendo

Welcome to the Switchside my friend.

It's not a perfect machine, but I'll be darned if it isn't a amazing one. It's replaced my PS4 completely(untold mass effect and least). Your story isn't unlike several from friends in Miami. I told them about the Switch and they weren't really interested. Until they have seen me with mine. 2 of the 7 people have bought a Switch, 2more wanted one and couldn't find it, and 1 decided they are getting it for Christmas. That's 5 of 7 of my friends that saw me playing that had genuine interest after.

To me, that's gold waiting to be mined. Ninty has to bring the heat for the rest of the year, and make sure to keep pushing marketing and bring the games consistently.

What the Wii did in about a week or two, the Switch did in 2 DAYS!?

Wow. I am amazed. Just wow.

@Hotfusion "That is good to hear but I am very wary of a rapid slowdown in sales once the fanboys sales are out the way and the negativity of the system in the media regarding dead pixels, scratching and syncing joy con bites."

Fanboy sales? I bought one, and I'm not a fanboy. In fact, no one in the long line that I stood in to get one was a fanboy. Some of them were PlayStation gamers, some of them were Xbox gamers, and some of them were even Nintendo fans who skipped out on the Wiiu. The Switch is a genuinely attractive product. I don't understand why that's so hard for some people to accept.

Don't get me wrong, I am aware that die-hards will likely contribute to this thing's early momentum.

@BiasedSonyFan Talk like that will make you bulletproof around here. But you need to overreact a bit more. Throw in a few words like woefully, pathetic and paltry to complete the transition. Maybe end a sentence with "Goodbye Nintendo!"

Good to hear both the Nintendo Switch and Zelda Breath of the Wild are amazing, I am in awe of how amazing Zelda really is and the Switch is a nice surprise I was not expecting the system to be so nice it got a ton of potential great job big N., great job.

Very good News. I want a second one and can't find them. This was not like the WiiU launch at all. I do have to say the Wii was hard to find back then. I'm wondering if you can have two consoles with the same ID, probably not. I don't want to switch one I just want to dock on on my TV. I guess I will be buying physical copies of games. You can call me a "physical". I was all about digital but not in this case.

Good, my feeling was that there was a lot of excitement for the Switch but I didn't know if it was really a national thing. And I am seeing sites like Gizmodo giving it a very hard time.

I am happy with mine so far, playing a ton of Zelda and Fast with my house gremlins. No issues at all, two great games, and such a lovely machine. Could be some more games, but in a month or two there will be a lot more good ones to play. And I'm almost sure I'll still be playing Zelda then.

@Megas I am insanely hyped for Xenoblade 2. Even more so after seeing BOTW.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE
So, who do you think should be a USA Nintendo president ? Please...

@BiasedSonyFan
Western AAA games for Switch still being made.
Keep patience.
You can try another Switch games while waiting your desire games.

Well us fan boys are keeping Ninty in business right now. Let's hope momentum sticks. I know we are going to get good games. I also feel that if it does so well the 3DS will be fazed out and we only have one system which is not a bad thing but it might be less of a good thing if you know what I mean.

The hype for E3 2017 is starting to set in. Keep it coming Nintendo.... and Capcom... Monster Hunter!

@SLIEGEACH_EIRE

You seem to be an increasingly toxic presence on this site, it's funny how you falsely equate Reggie with the system sales facts. Totally false narrative on your part, which leaves little justification.

Hopefully developers are seeing this and put some games on the system. Would like to play RE7.

@River3636 how will you deal with save files since they are tied directly to the hardware?

A good launch is great! Let's hope Nintendo doesn't stifle their own sales with a supply bottleneck. I was looking to order one today to give my daughter in a couple months. None to be found anywhere. I'd also like to buy the set of blue/red joy-cons, also unavailable everywhere.

Hopefully Nintendo fixes these launch issues because the Switch seems a little underbaked to me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb-srOfRqNc

Did everyone know the Switch launch line up of games in NA has the second lowest amount of games in Nintendo's history:
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
1-2 Switch
Super Bomberman R
Just Dance 2017
Skylanders Imaginators

The lowest is Nintendo 64:
Super Mario 64
Pilot Wings 64

Now if only I could actually find a Switch....

Burying the lead here.

The REAL story is that Nintendo actually met demand. Unlike NES Mini which sold out but could have sold 5x as much, they seem to have been pretty close to right on the Switch. Enough to sell out, but not so few as to cause rage. Well done Nintendo.

Now we'll see.... a Mario at the holidays could really boost this system if early adopters survive til then and some of the disconnect/scratch/console only save issues are worked out.

@th3r3ds0x I think they are fine for just portables. I would of liked to have turned in my WiiU, but I couldn't transfer my virtual console titles, indies and I went all digital with the AAA games. I would of like to trade some of those games too.
I'm just an accessory last of the night that wants everything for the switch. I thought digital was the way to go but if I can't transfer stuff. I'm not really about it. My feelings have changed on this subject substantially. At least with Nintendo.
Edit: missunderstood the question😜

@th3r3ds0x Saved files are tied to hardware? Yuck. I feel like I only need one now that kind of sucks.

Great News!

Go! Go Switch!

@Hotfusion You do realize this is a launch in march right? MARIO 64 was released during the holidays when people are buying gifts. Let that sink in for a moment.....

@TF-Warrior What about I am Setsuma?

awesome, bring on the third party games.

There's also the fact that the Switch is perhaps Nintendo's most expensive console to date (at launch). I don't know how Nintendo's consoles were priced prior to the DS, but in Australia, Nintendo's previous hardware launched at the following prices...
Nintendo DS: $199
Nintendo DS Lite: $199
Nintendo DSi: $299 (ugh)
Nintendo DSi XL: $299
Nintendo 3DS: $350 ($250 after price drop)
Nintendo 3DS XL: $250
Nintendo 2DS: $150
New Nintendo 3DS: $219
New Nintendo 3DS XL: $249 ($269 with pre-installed/downloadable software)
Wii: $400
Wii U: $350 (Basic), $429 (Premium)
Switch: $469

@TF-Warrior : Not necessarily. You're not factoring in downloadable games.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE He is a total muppet. But I love the muppets so....

@Agent721 I'm speaking from Alabama. The marketing is incredible even here. Lol

@Rumncoke25 This is what I was thinking might happen so I like seeing the anecdotal evidence. The Switch is far more visible than PS4 or XB1 or Wii U. People will have them out and about and they will be seen. Even without that, though, I know two people who skipped Wii U and only had a Wii with a couple games that jumped on to Switch near launch. The key for them is Zelda. They don't have a Wii U, so Zelda on Switch is the best option by far. In fact, the lack of a price drop for Wii U seemed silly in the Holidays but it is important.

Anyway, back to the point. College gamers are going to be seeing this pop up in down time all over the place and they like teh competition. Once Mario Kart and Smash come along...

Around me right now, though, I'm seeing others respond to Zelda. My family loves Zelda, but SnipperClips is just as awesome to them.

@speedracer216 This is why I want to see numbers. The gauge of how much is on the shelf is really so meaningless. You are right, though. The feeling I got while going from store to store picking up preorders and seeing what was on shelves as accessories made me think that it was pretty close. Stories of people getting them on the day. Actual stock of Pro controllers, JoyCon and other primary accessories in several stores.

Gotta see the numbers if someone will release them. If it's good enough Nintendo might.

@Hotfusion what dead pixels? And what joycon problems?

@aaronsullivan well Japan did 300,000 units in 3 days.

http://nintendoeverything.com/japan-switch-sells-313700-units-in-first-week/

Considering it's march and not the holidays I'd say that's damn good.

@Firebird360 they are problems a minority of switch users have. Nothing like the red ring of death.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Back to the positivity I see LOL I suppose your role on a website like this is to balance out the Fanboys?

@SLIGEACH_EIRE - You know what I can't stand? Influenza. And I came to this thread under NA Switch sales numbers to let everyone know because it's so pertinent to the conversation.

Great! Strong marketing from the get go and hands down way better then Wii U.

fix for the joycon issue if you're handy with soldering https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnMnke6lF0c&feature=youtu.be

@BiasedSonyFan - I see you no scoping bro. We should get together after school tomorrow, slam some code red, rek some noobs in COD Total Alien Warfare online, then log in to ign and make death threats to some pleebs.

@Hotfusion - comparing launch numbers amongst various hardware for "scientific research" is already happening. Those scientists are working around the clock, but they NEED more beakers and pipettes. At this rate, it could take them years, no, decades, to distill all the numbers.

Good to see that the sales of the Switch's launch are strong and it'll be even better if Nintendo can keep it that way through some good marketing and game announcements. If they can keep that up and address some minor problems with the Switch, Nintendo might have a runaway success.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE lmao at the hate...

Would you believe those numbers more if somebody else other than Reggie said it??

Pretty darn good launch in North America.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE moaning again in every single post I see. How do you make that possible. What is your secret power?

@westman98 Lots of pressure on the darn good launch:

http://seekingalpha.com/instablog/5760541-tales-from-the-future/4966197-nintendos-revenue-gap-will-soon-wide-open-one-hybrid-console

@Hotfusion All ready going around it did beat them

Congrats, definitely deserved!

Not a big surprise. Wii was in short supply on initial launch. Dont know the actual numbers but it appears that there is much more supply this time around just from anecdotal reports of Switch availability. Wiis were sold out pretty consistently til around Xmas. Besides, numbers for Wii didn't start to really pick up til the blue-haireds discovered Wii bowling on Sr. Nights at the rec center several months later.

You can tell when Nintendo does something well because these boards turn into a 28 Days Later rage fest.

Bad vibes aside I am glad the Switch is doing well along side the PS4. If only Microsoft could get it together we might have a healthy industry again. Maybe that word "Fanboy" will disappear and we can all go back to playing Halo, Mario Party, and Gran Turismo all under the same roof.

@ironside1911
Things aren't as simple as "Switch must sell at least Wii U + 3DS numbers in order to be considered a success", like what that article implies.

This is awesome news. There's a bunch of shortcomings regarding the Switch right now, but it's obviusly a very appealing machine. I've been quite enamored with mine since I got it, more so than any console in memory, to be honest. If Nintendo keeps the momentum going with big releases and more features, I can only see it succeeding.

@westman98 Theres also a 7-page more detailed report within the same link regarding the same topic. Theres a more complicated one telling a different story?

@ironside1911
That's pretty much what the article says. If not "Switch must sell 100 million", then "Switch will sell 45 million and Nintendo's mobile games must make up for the 'missing' 55 million units of 'lost' sales".

Either that or "go 3rd party."

@westman98 Again, there is a 7-page detailed report within it for anyone who cares reading about their financials. The "must" is based on a calculation to keep their current revenue = else shares will drop = Nintendo loses value ... thats the kindergarden version of it. Rest is described all there based on their business history and standings.

The Switch is off to a great start!

@ironside1911
I don't really care about downloading a financial analysis just to read through the rest of that article. I did understand the jist of it.

If the Switch actually succeeds and sells some 100 million, then great. If it struggles, Nintendo will take some measures (price cut, unbundle dock for an even bigger price drop) to push sales. If that still doesn't work and the Switch is looking like a Wii U 2.0, then we'll probably be getting a dedicated 3DS successor.

@westman98 Seems no matter what, Nintendo wins - even when they would sell just one console. Thats good attitude.

I just skimmed through the comments to give anybody that mentioned Monster Hunter a like lol.

Please capcom, there's money to be made and we all deserve another proper HD Monster Hunter!

@sillygostly have you ever heard of inflation and exchange rates? you can't just compare prices from products that released 10 or more years apart.

@ironside1911
If both the Switch and whatever possible backup 3DS successor Nintendo creates all end up being Wii U 2.0s, then no, Nintendo won't be winning. Not even close.

But I'm not sure why the Switch breaking sales records would convince you that such a situation would happen, at least for right now...

I think it's got a pretty decent setup to continue to sell throughout the year, with an obvious huge increase at holiday time.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Everybody notices how negative you are; everybody notices how quick you are to comment on everything. I wonder how many people notice how often you make a quick comment to make sure it's one of the earliest, then edit it multiple times as you figure out what you want to say.

@westman98 One word: Dyslexia

I'm both happy and surprised that the Switch sold incredibly well at launch. I am in love with the system - one of my favorites ever so far. I didn't think it would catch on as well as it did but I'm glad it did well even if it is just at launch so far. Also Zelda is a masterpiece so I'm glad that did well too. I think things are really looking up for Nintendo once again!

I'm happy to hear this. I have a feeling it will do significantly better than the Wii U simply because of this anecdote: my dad was driving me through Wendy's this afternoon as I was playing Zelda when the guy at the window peered into the car and went, "Is that the Switch?" Did you ever in your life hear anyone ask you, "Is that the Wii U?" No. But in my first three hours with the Switch (THANKS FOR THE DELAY, BEST BUY) I ran into someone asking me about it.

@WiltonRoots
DOOMED!

Yet Nintendo is doomed and the Switch is doomed. I sold my back up Switch (for retail value, had no interest in scalping, preordered it in case one preorder got canceled and decided to just let someone else have it right away instead of returning it to Amazon) and the second I posted on Facebook that I was selling a Switch I got a long waiting list - if only I had more so all my friends could be happy! Clearly the system is launching way better than Wii U, and it seems maybe it will compete with Wii sales!

@ironside1911
Nice to know

I guess the Switch is doomed indeed, then...

SLIGEACH_EIRE , how old are you bruh? You can't say anything positive can you.

@JaxonH well said... If Nintendo can update this thing with Apps and more features, Switch will be their best system yet. I am glad they kept it simple at launch.. The Wii U UI was so slow. The Switch is snappy and loads fast. It actually feels good that we have a ton to look forward to.. I am not worried a bit.

@sillygostly
Wait, what ?
Switch is $469 ? Not $300 as told by Tatsumi Kimishima ?

@Anti-Matter : $469 in Australia which currently equates to about US$400.

Looks like a great start to me, i'm hoping things keep going well, so that by the time the first hardware revision comes around (Experience taught me to never buy the very first version of anything by Nintendo >_< ), it will be a great console with a matching game library!

A great start, but we'll have to see what unfolds in June and beyond. I personally expect it to perform better than the XBox1, but not reach PS4 heights.

Well I guess just about everyone who wanted to get a switch has one now.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE One day you'll go and spoil it all by actually posting something positive in these comments. One day.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE So, you're saying it's FAKE NEWS? I guess that was your only option when spinning this one in to a negative. Sad.

I don't get all this it's March and not the holidays business, if anything that could be an advantage these days as you don't have so many expenses, not to mention Sony have used this period to launch both Uncharted 4 and Horizon to great success. Fantastic launch when you consider what could have been a hangover from the Wii U and the hard works starts here in getting consistent sales

@PanurgeJr I'm just wondering how many alts he must have to clock up those likes.

I'm not even surprised. I think it's also safe to say it's sold extremely well in Japan (you know what Japan are like) and while we don't know anything just yet, its bound to have sold at least decently in the UK. Thanks to some advertisments I've seen here and there along my daily commute. Looks like Nintendo's going bigger, better.

Also, curious to see the naysayers reactions to this. I can't wait to laugh in a few peoples faces.

Great news to start, hopefully this will keep the boo-boys quiet for a while. Good job Nintendo!

@River3636 You can switch IDs between consoles. You just have to "deregister" the one that is active first.

It's a faff but perfectly fair to prevent piracy.

@darth2d2 Amen.

They need to announce that Pokémon Go and Pokémon Stars are coming to the system; that would attract even more casuals.

@roboshort Just to put this into perspective, XBox1 has sold one million within 24h of its launch, 2 million in its first 18 days and roughly 10 million within one year while all realistic prognostics dont exceed 6mio units for Nintendo in 2017 (5 is expected by most major outlets including forbes).
Unlikely in that regard. Thats just stats.

Japan 1st week sales numbers are in for Switch.

Switch: 313,700

By comparison.

Wii U: 308,600
Wii: 371,900
PS4: 322,100
XB1: 23,562

@SLIGEACH_EIRE
https://s.famitsu.com/news/201703/07128430.html

According to Famitsu, the Switch sold 330,637 units at launch. A bit higher than the original 313,700 figure

@Hotfusion The PS4 sold 250k & XboxOne 150k but they launched in November, the peak selling period for any product. They also arrived on a wave of excitement from E3, the Switch hasn't had an E3 as yet.

The main problem for Nintendo is that this E3 will be dominated by Project Scorpio so they need a BIG showing at E3 with lots of quality 3rd party support.

Sales momentum will definitely keep up if they release a Switch port of Miitopia in the launch window.

It's great news Switch is selling well. I really hope it succeeds because failure would spell disaster and not just for Nintendo but the games industry as a whole.

What I'm hearing from people on the street is very positive. People want this system.

Wow great news!!

@westman98 The sales figures I posted are from Nomura and Famitsu. I can't find anything from your link.

https://forum.psnprofiles.com/topic/46118-nintendo-switch-up-with-the-switch-launching-at-313700-sold-in-japan/

@SLIGEACH_EIRE
My bad. Here's the actual link:
https://s.famitsu.com/news/201703/07128430.html

people are not allowed to have a opinion here or the Nintendo police are coming after you

Dear naysayers,
as previously mentioned,

@AlexSora89 Perhaps that will dry the tears

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz_Uri4hp0M

Until the next wave of reported broken records.

PS4 sold a million units in the first 24 hours in North America. Whilst the Switch numbers are good, let's keep a level head.

@PanurgeJr this guy never has anything good to say. Is so tiresome.

@Shellcore It won't outsell the PS4, that's a given. But hopefully it can close the gap created by the Wii U, so we can celebrate a little.

@Jessica286 Really? What's comment #140 then?

@BiasedSonyFan "Is that good? I'm new to this disgruntled Nintendo gamer act. Is there an angry message board gamer class I can take to get better at posting these rants?"

This place is a good start. We've had a few people desperately vying for top dog in that department recently since the clown vanished, I reckon with a push you can top the lot...if anyone bites at your antagonism, report them and say you're entitled to an opinion and that they're a fanboy with rose tinted glasses/head in the sand.

@Niinbendo

Almost like me. Preordered BOTW for WiiU "not getting Switch until Splatoon". Started to play BOTW on Sunday, monday hubby had gotten some refunds and he go so excited about Switch and I told him the cheapest price is actually in closest electronics store (close here means 50km) and there he went and he is so excited about Bomberman.

...too bad I broke the seal on BOTW a day before, otherwise I could have just returned that and order Switch version

ANYWAYS.... Oh how much they'd sold if they had proper stock
And this might be just problem of one chain here or small country, but when hubby picked up Switch yesterday, the only Switch game they had in stock was Just Dance. Rest was said to be arriving on Thursday.

At least they are now advertising and not pulling another WiiU "advertising.

Also @SLIGEACH_EIRE - So you don't have anything to say so you whine about Reggie even this news didn't have anything to do about Reggie?

Woo! Sounds like great hardware and software sales. Looking forward to that interview with Reggie.

@darth2d2 Seeing as the XboxOne has sold more than the very popular Xbox360 in the same time frame, thats a bad thing? Meny in the industry thinks thats is a good thing, and shows how healthy the console market actually is especially when XboxOne is considered a flop. Especially when you consider consoles where written off for dead, and the PS4 & XboxOne where going to do Wii U numbers. Website where even saying when the PS4 sold 1 million consoles in 24 hours, not to take that as a good sign. All three consoles selling well consoles gamers should be happy, in knowing there hobby is far from dead as these website where predicting around 4 years ago.

Pretty reasonable fingers. Will be interesting to see if they can sustain it throughout the year. I'm guessing not, if perhaps solely due to stock shortages...

This is very positive news, and just think of all the people who want one but didn't get to pre-order (like me), so there are more sales to be had once the system is widely available.

Good start for the Switch, I'm just not convinced the game pipeline is strong enough to keep it up. I hope Nintendo have a super-strong E3 lined up...

Sales could continue and it could be nintendo's best selling console to date, as long as nintendo keeps the momentum going. The first thing they need to do is make enough to keep on store shelves and meet the demands...the next thing, keep the advertising going. PS4 is the top selling console of this generation (and I believe it's close to or even did beat the PS2 sales), and Sony keeps on advertising the heck out of the system...as long as nintendo continues (because the advertising seemed to stop after the first few months of the Wii), the consumers will continue to know about the system. The next thing, is keeping the retail games shown to the public in store shelves. If they walk by an area and only see a few games for it (Like the Wii U), people won't buy it...they'll go to the area that has a ton of games for it...it's not the genre of games that matter the most, it's the amount, which is what helped parents decide on the Wii for their kids...after all, when younger kids want a system, it's the parents that purchase it, and most of those parents know nothing about the systems (unless advertised on television or magazines)...I'm a parent who looks at web sites, but I know many who would never even look at a game web site...and many of those parents that I talk to (some of which own a Wii and Wii U) never even heard of the Switch (some have by the super bowl commercial, others never saw anything about it). I kind of wish Nintendo Power was around to advertise it!!! (hint, that's basically just myself wanting nintendo power back into publication!!!)

@datamonkey I know what you mean. I'm looking forward to Mario Odyssey, and that's the only thing (which is why I didn't even bother to purchase the system yet). I'm sure more will be up their sleeves for E3, but, since I own a PS4, the library to come is not strong enough for me.

@Sinton I'm sure it will : ) I would like to see the switch do well and hope to see it have a rich library of games. If it doesn't, however, I hope that Nintendo will address consumer issues with it's next console

@3MonthBeef I'll get back to you on that once the Summer is through. It was expected to see great results within the first week, especially in Japan. The real question is, can they keep momentum going through the 2nd and 3rd quarter outside Japan?

Meanwhile, in the midst of everyone having their "let's dogpile on @SLIGEACH_EIRE , the oh-so-villainous guy everyone loves to hate" chronic fetish, it seems no one has noticed the silliness of this article being based on "a preview of an interview" with Reggie. (As someone who grew up at the tail end of the print industry's reign, I can't help but laugh at how ridiculous reporting on "a preview of an interview" is...) I mean, I have tunnel vision sometimes, but I didn't know it was contagious. Jesus Christ, people. Your rampant self righteousness is worse than anything the guy has ever said. It's like watching a cult holding a voodoo doll/dart board dagger-throwing ceremony. You all need to lighten up more than ol' Sliggy does.

http://www.seattletimes.com/business/microsoft/qa-with-nintendo-of-america-chief-fils-aime-as-switch-sales-top-previous-console-tallies/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_entertainment

The actual interview.

That's good to hear.

Nintendo have done it again. They're back.

@PlywoodStick You beat me to it, well said.

Well in order for Nintendo to keep up the sales, they will actually need to send more units to stores......but that would go against their recent sales tactics.

@JaxonH This is the biggest thing for me. Everyone who's complaining about a "barebones" OS, it's lightning fast and makes my PS4 feel old and sluggish, and my smartphone feel like it's from the Flinstones.
No delay on screen captures, home menu, sleep, wake-up, controller settings, eShop (besides initial load), etc.

Of course I hope features get added like cloud saves (or at least transfers), but moreso I hope they keepbeverything else spartan, nimble, and flexible (region-free digital)

So, great start in America and pretty good start in the other territories. Now let's see what Nintendo can do with that going forward. . . . I'd suggest if everything stays exactly the same as it is now with the hardware, firmware, and software, then these sales will probably drop off pretty quickly and not really amount to much of note. But, if Nintendo can quickly address pretty much all the hardware and firmware issues that have been raised, and just as quickly get the firmware and services/features updated with stuff people are expecting, as well as announce a bunch more games, then the Switch could actually continue to do really well. So, it just remains to be seen if Nintendo actually has it all figured out or not. . . .

@River3636 I'm with you on the digital. I would be more willing to embrace it if I got to transfer it but Nintendo has a bad history when it comes to digital purchases. I like the idea of physical media but now days even discs require a 12GB patch before you can play the game. So besides being able to transfer a game to another system physical media is losing its power.

This is interesting. I wonder why it's outperforming Japan here? Japan got the special eShop treatment, and has additional retail games out of the gate. Less demand, or just less supply?

I'm guessing the massive success of 3DS still has something to do with it. It's still rolling forward full steam ahead over there probably leading to a lot of people holding out.

@Spiders Yeah the speed of the UI is amazing and I hope they don't bloat it. Everything just works and works fast. PS4's interface is dog-slow in contrast. WiiU and 3DS are borderline unusable in contrast. High end phones...ok, those still outperform....but for double-to-triple the price, they ought to

@aaronsullivan

So correct, I had forgotten about colleges. I do think multiplayer games like MK and Splatoon will get a lot of visibility in colleges. And Zelda has moved he needle for a lot of people I know( including me, and I never even wanted to play a Zelda). Snipperclips and 1,2 Switch have gotten some family and friends that don't really play games interested. My girlfriends mom said it's like a portable Wii, which made me cringe, but the Wii was the onle game system she ever bought, and their household bought 2. It's a good sign, early days of course.

That is good to here. Interested to see how sales will continue when April 28th hits.

While I won’t deny Christmas is a good time for sales since it gives reason to spend, people tend to forget that late February is the time taxpayers (NA) start getting their refunds back. I know I used part of mines to pay for it.

Granted I know there are those that owe money, but chances are they are in a better financial state in general.

@banacheck Actually we don't know how well Xbox1 is doing since Microsoft will not release actual sales figures. In fact they rolled the sales of Xbox360 in with the Xbox1 figures in their first quarterly report after launch. It should also be noted that profit, not sales, determine the health of the industry. If I sell you two brand nee games for a profit of $15 and you sell me one game for a profit of $35 and I say "I have sold one game more than you so I am fiscally healthier" I would be lying. The cost of making 1080 resolution at 60 FPS vs making Fruit Ninja are a galaxy apart and even worse the Fruit Ninja revenue is just as high as a title like Battlefront. If software sells hardware and the healthiest studios are like Halfbrick and healthy publishers are like Crescent Moon then the future starts looking questionable.

@JaxonH

Agreed. It performs very well with the features it has so far.

One thing that impresses me about the system is how fast you can get to and start up a game. My brother complains all the time on how he wishes he can just turn on a console and start a game quickly. All these mandatory hardware and software updates on other consoles for this gen can make starting a game a hassle. Switch gets back to basics.

Selecting the game first, then the user = genius!

@ironside1911
But I don't want them to dry! Neither does @ThanosReXXX!

@AlexSora89 Hell no, bring it on...

Cannot wait for the Splatoon 2 Global Testfire happening later this month. So happy I have my Switch for that. Hopefully Nintendo can keep the momentum going in to E3 and right through Holiday 2017!!!

@ThanosReXXX
More like @MephistoReXXX, amirite?

@PlywoodStick Your not wrong. I can get the Sligeach is annoying, but he does have the right to speak his mind whether it is negative or not. The angry mob that's after him is a bit childish in my opinion and shows why a lot of people despise Nintendo fans.

@Spoony_Tech I'm also SUPER PUMPED for Monster Hunter. Although I have a feeling it will end up being an "up-port" like MH3U for Wii U, using the most recent MHX release in Japan. I anticipate "Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate" or something like that. But even that or an up-port of MH4U is okay with me. I still love to play MH3U from time to time on Wii U just to hunt massive HD Monsters.

Now, if they announce MH5 for Switch as a Switch native game with a western release date, I might actually die of hype.

@Turbo857 @JaxonH I think it's actually great that Nintendo decided to focus on making this a games-first device. I think all the gaming consoles have spent too much time in recent years trying to make their devices these multimedia machines, and they just never do those jobs as well as phones, tablets, TV boxes, etc. My iPad does a lot of things really well, but gaming is not really one of them. I want a device that just gets me straight to gaming without any nonsense in between. They focused the innovative aspects of Switch on making for more interesting gaming options, not more ways to watch TV. I remember the first time I really felt like the Wii U might struggle is when they started talking about "TVii." I thought, "sounds like a good idea, but this is not the kind of thing Nintendo is really good at."

Anyway, glad others besides me are happy to see a device that does a few things very well instead of a lot of things mediocre.

@KirbyTheVampire Sales and PR talk go hand in hand.

The issue is that, they are putting a twist on this Switch sales. Preorders where non-existent on the Wii days so it is not a fair comparison. Also, how many of these sales represent ebay and Amazon's resellers?

Still, I'm really glad that the Switch is selling so well and that many people outside the Nintendo bubble are talking about it. X-mas can't come soon enough!!

@AlexSora89 Or D'spayre, Dormammu, Darkseid, Ultron, Venom, Carnage, Apocalypse, The Joker, Doomsday, Sinestro, Parallax, Mr. Sinister, Scarecrow, Malebolgia...

Take your pick...

@SLIGEACH_EIRE lol I don't hate u is just an observation. Like 90% of the stuff u say is negative.

@Jessica286 "Never" and "90%" (most of the time) are a little different from each other. Judging by your comment, I'd say it was motivated by something deeper than "an observation." I bet that's many other people's excuse, too.

@earthboundlink

Right on. It's definitely the coolest home console I've ever owned. I'm still in awe of its transformative versatile nature and just how "simple" it's setup is compared to previously released home consoles.

I can't remember the last time a console came with 2 controllers.

@PlywoodStick jah! Not really, as i said it is an observation. The "never" is use as an hyperbole not to be take as true.

@Jessica286 Alright, fair enough. I'm guilty of using hyperbole myself sometimes...

@PlywoodStick I use them a lot, a bit of dramatic stuff u know.

@sony_ponies Aww my heart. I am glad to see Iwata-denka's last baby off to a great start.

@ThanosReXXX
Better yet: JoePhisto, stealer of spider-marriages.

@PlywoodStick well said

Nintendo is all about making money year rounds. Hopefully MARIO and skrim will sell a bunch at xmas. Even splatoon and all the awesome indies we will have by summer should keep momentum up for stalwart a year. Then hopefully some big AAA games will have been announced. I can't wait a couple years of games. Switch is going to be my fav console ever if I can have my Wii U library and 3ds on the go.

People I know who havent had a Nintendo console since the NES are even showing interest.

It shows Nintendo have hit a market that was sorely lacking with the quality of mobile gaming.

This could be another Vita or it will fly like an eagle! Theres no middle ground.

@banacheck just saying switch 2m in 24hr

This was a planned move by Nintendo, but it may backfire badly. Of course they made sure to have more day-one inventory than they did for Wii so that they could make this claim. They knew ahead of time that the initial sales for Switch would be higher based on pre-orders. The coming weeks and months may paint a very different picture if sales pivot to a steep decline in momentum, resulting in some very negative press. That said, I hope that the Switch continues to sell well, but this was a gamble. They want to have evidence that it is more popular than the Wii, but if that doesn't play out, the haters are going to come out in droves.

@Agent721 me too. Of note: I was in line at Nyc store. Behind me a dad and young son. They looked gutted when I told them that no, Mario kart isn't out just yet. They'd see ads all over for it (Inc two giant busses with screens on the side at the launch event).

It's a little off to be showing a game that isn't out - it's fine for us all here, we're fans and know what s coming and what's out now etc but for the average person, they see the as and presume it's out already.

Anyway, I hope they ended up getting it and having fun.

@AlexSora89 Nàh, not enough despair, hopelessness and tears...

@darth2d2 True, though brand value is worth tremendous investment capital. Crescent Moon may have tons of liquidity, but their brand value is next to nil. EA may be entirely absent of liquidity, but they have vast brand capital yielding a substantially higher valuation.

@sony_ponies I needed that GIF in my life!

Alright third parties...your turn.

@Ryu_Niiyama "We'd never count Nintendo out, they do some amazing work, and we have such a good relationship with them. But we're really not looking into porting Shootymans MCXII: A Time To Kill to Switch at this time, and really just focusing on the platforms that can deliver the most realism in the experience, so we're not sure Switch is the right platform for that. We'd rather not support Switch until we have a compelling experience to use the IR camera to the fullest." in 3...2...1...

I hope to see more people knowing what the Switch really is, because my friends look at it with a blank stare... ^_^; like they can't believe console games can be played on a portable device. But I'm so happy to hear it's doing well. I knew it would!

@NEStalgia You ever read something that is supposed to be funny but is too close to the truth so you only end up frowning at the comment? That would be my reaction to your comment. Honestly as a consumer the Switch has me excited because it may mean less boxes for me to buy (it already means three less boxes since I don't have to buy two handhelds and two home consoles) which means more money to spend on games. However companies can be an odd bunch. Their goal is to make money but no company is without bias as they are made up of people. Either way I am going into this launch with optimism so we shall see what happens.

@MadameSpuki Take it everywhere with you. Spread the good news!

@Ryu_Niiyama Mhm, I'll try my best to! Taking my Switch everywhere isn't so easy for me though, yet... I'm too cautious with mine right now.

@MadameSpuki I understand that. Mine is under house arrest until my screen protector comes in. I do wish there as a spot to attach a wrist strap or a lanyard to. I'm not really in areas where I'm worried about it getting stolen or anything but ...I'm paranoid.

@Ryu_Niiyama Ahh, I'm the same as you in that regard... I don't trust myself with my new shiny system, when out and about, from past experience. I'd be terrified if I dropped it. Time to order myself a whole lot of protective cover cases and screen protectors and I'm set!

Another Nintendo can't find if can't get one with in next week not going to bother

@Ryu_Niiyama Haha, yeah. We KNOW we're going to hear that. A lot. I can understand the companies to a degree. What they sell is eye candy that is accompanied by gameplay. Nintendo platforms don't offer the ideal feature set for that business. And Nintendo customers tend to buy Nintendo because they're not interested in eye-candy that doubles as gameplay primarily, so those games tend to sell poorly on Nintendo. So there's a legit factor to it. Some of it is bias. Too many of the devs enter the industry young and with a love of tech for the sake of tech and come in interested only in whatever is the most advanced in their idea of tech (technically a console this small and power efficient is the most high tech in terms of an EE's perspective...but these kids are artists and enthusiasts with heads full of ideas, not EE's. I imagine the core teams at nVidia are much more pleased with their work on the Switch and X2 than whatever they're doing under the GeForce label.) Some of it is just "path of least resistance". PS4/XBO are PCs more or less so they really just develop for one platform: PC. They're followers. They don't take risks. If the hints that Ubi might bring Wildlands to Switch are legit, that's probably a great core game to prove to other companies it's worth taking a risk on. But it'll never be in big numbers. And of course Sony/MS pay them for the games, Nintendo asks for payment.

OTOH as much as we hate hearing that sort of thing, the companies aren't really wrong either. If you were largely interested in playing the role of a Navy SEAL on a realistic covert-ops raid in a tropical third world locale, would a Nintendo platform even be on your wish list? I went through that timer period in my teens...stepped away from Nintendo, thought it was kiddie, grew up, decided it was perfect and went back to it.

My personal ideal with Switch is that companies take enough of an interest to really examine what games work with the Nintendo audience. Setting up the first 6 months with BotW, Skyrim, MAYBE Wildlands, XC2, SMT5 (western release in 2017 we can dream...) maybe will make companies take notice that "hey there's a market for open world & RPG games on this platform, lets target those!". The bulk of shooters will never, ever, ever sell well on Nintendo. But BotW sets the stage that "Switch is for epic open worlds and long games" the same way Mario, Mario World, and Mario 64 set the theme for the kinds of games that would be on the NES, SNES, N64. There's no reason FFXV, KH3, or, lets face it, Mass Effect, Assassin's Creed, Tomb Raider etc. shouldn't be on Switch (exclusivity contracts pending.)

The Switch is Nintendo's fastest selling console ever in both North America and Europe.

The Switch is the fastest selling console of all time in France and Spain.

@ThanosReXXX
Speak fer yerself, non-Arachnid Man fan!

@AlexSora89 Says who? I have most Spiderman games and most of the older comics series as well...

@ironside1911 I haven't seen any realistic projections for the Switch. Most of the stuff that I have read by 'analysts' does not hold up to scientific scrutiny. From early sales stats, the Switch has better market penetration in a larger number of markets than the XBox1, which is utterly dependent on the US market because of its dude bro appeal. It has underperformed in other regions and even underperformed in the US compared to the 360 as well due to the demand of PS4s in the market. It is hard to make realistic projections about the Switch yet, though as there is an insufficient amount of data. The Switch, however, has a clearer vision than the XBox1 which has been communicated effectively. The 1, however, started out with a convoluted vision and still does not have much of a vision.. though it's vision is not nearly as bad as the WiiU's.

@roboshort Wait.. before you mention stuff like this, and saying "i havent seen any" blabla. so why dont u invest this time to do so? Cause else its what u will hear... ur opinion is a joke and it will be reflected in around 2 weeks. Cheers

Btw, if you still didnt get it... you might want to compare your vita games with the switch sports... and while ur at it (cause i wont buy it), im looking forward to ur switch fifa mobile port opinion.

Having said that, i actually just flew by ur post.. blabla.. x1 .. bla... ps4.. bla.. what u trying to say? U lost already, now start conviving people why to buy a switch (and f off with zelda.. i dont need a zelda machine, put the game on ps4 and everyone is super happy"... right now ur supporting the shortcomings... i dont care.. waste ur money... then when nintendo starts their last stand, i will recommend to buy the switch at the price of 129

@westman98 Its the best selling console of all time in the entire galaxy .. so what could go wrong. Its perfect.. i keep telling them, but still some wont believe.

@ThanosReXXX
Same for me. Remember that bookshelf I've shown you a few weeks ago? Those comics are mostly Spidey-centric.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE
A PR Muppet you say?

I just thought this was an interesting article for anyone that needs reference for the health of the game industry. Hopefully the Switch turns it around.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-03-23-gamestop-blames-sales-dip-on-weak-game-category