Hot off the heels of Switch's impressive global sales of 10 million units in its first nine months, the hybrid wonder continues to break records and sell like hot cakes the world over. Over in South Korea, it's been revealed Switch has sold over 55,000 units in just three days.
The figure, which was revealed by Nintendo Of Korea and subsequently shared by a user on the Resetera forums, confirms the plucky console has even broken plenty of South Korean sales records.
Switch has not only beaten the launch week sales for DS, 3DS and Wii, it's smashed the monthly launch figures for each one as well. South Korean gamers have had to wait nine months to catch up with the rest of us, but it looks like our friends overseas are showing Switch just as much love right from the off.
Switch is going from strength to strength in 2017, but how do you think it'll perform in 2018? Go on, treat us to a comment below.
[source resetera.com]
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The Switch doesnt have wings
This constant barrage of positive Switch news makes me permanently grin like an idiot, especially after five years of Wii U misery.
this is great!
@Ardisan Pilotwings on the Switch would be a treat.
@Ardisan It has ROCKET BOOSTERS!
2018 will be tricky I think. They've used up the big guns with Mario and Zelda this year, so they're going to have to pull something big out the bag next. I have confidence they'll do it, it's just going to be harder without Mario and Zelda. But something like Animal Crossing would do the trick, or if they can get Pokemon out by next Chrimbo (unlikely, I know). Another DLC pack/season pass for BotW would be nice too, that game is way too highly rated not to and considering the install base they'd be mad not to carry on with Zelda.
Hopefully the next direct will give us something to look forward to!
That's the thing that makes those Switch numbers even more impressive. It was only released in a certain few countries,a much smaller amount of them than the PS4 was, which by the end of 2013 was officially available in 48 countries, albeit not in Japan. When you factor in stock shortages as well,it's not too far fetched to say Switch sales could have eclipsed Wii U lifetime sales already.
@Jacob1092 Metroid will be big but yeah I don't know if it'll be ready next year.
@Jacob1092 We've got lots to look forward to next year and beyond.According to Koizumi, producer of Odyssey and the Switch itself
"Nintendo still have many IPs which have not come out for the system, and also more than just existing IPs in store as well. We are planning and preparing games that people probably haven’t even thought about, which will be released steadily over the next two years. We hope to make games which resonate with players using this process, so please patiently look forward to it."
2018 is going to be massive, we just don't know about it yet
@Maxz Woah, thats wicked sick yo! Wish I had rocket boosters...
Glad they can join the rest of us now. 55K?? Wow. Wait so does this mean... StartCraft for Switch confirmed...?
@yeayeanaynay Dont be silly, Maplestory uses a poo ton of button inputs
Enjoy the Switch South korea, you're going to love it!
That's why that guy ran across the DMZ border to defect a couple weeks ago. He knew the Switch was coming and thought it worth taking a couple bullets to get one.
@JHDK Kinda cruel XD
Too bad it can't come to North Korea. Their holy land should be untouched by savages from the outer world, so they say.
Great to see the South Koreans excited for the Switch!
Wow.
Nintendo conquers South Korea!
If Nintendo keep this streak up.
We could see the PlayStation and XBox
collapse to the might of Nintendo.
Now, let's invade China!
It's not just systems.
It's not just games.
It's both.
And Nintendo has nailed it.
Plucky console?
@thesilverbrick the WiiU days.....such dark times.
@thesilverbrick I’m the same way. It makes me sad to think of the Wii U though, I loved that console so much, there were just too many mistakes. Switch is my favorite console though.
@SimplyCinnamon53 Oh, don’t get me wrong. I loved the Wii U and I had a great time with it, but it was almost embarrassing week by week to see the miserable sales figures and watch Nintendo make repeated and ridiculous mistakes in marketing the thing. By contrast, the Switch is such a runaway success and has an astronomically more positive reputation in the gaming community. It’s nice to not have to feel ashamed to call myself a Nintendo gamer in mixed company anymore.
@thesilverbrick Yeah I get what you mean. It’s funny to think that Nintendo was thought of as a company for kids but now it’s mostly adults that are using the switch. It’s so nice to be getting the same games on the switch as my friends instead of when I had a Wii U getting them on another console. I do hope even more 3rd parties get on board though.
Nintendo has NEW Major IPs coming in 2018. .
I love my Wii U 😍 was content with it the first few years, when ps4 and Xbox one dropped I wasn't excited for them at all for like the first 2 years.....
Anyways I'm glad to see the switch is doing so well, keep kicking butt Nintendo 😊
@blackice85 I dunno Metroid will be big you know. It's rather niche, always has been. Don't get me wrong, I'm hella excited for it, I just dunno if it'll take in the same way that Mario and Zelda has.
@OorWullie @yeayeanaynay I sincerely hope you guys are right. I think you are, I can just already feel myself getting antsy about it now that all the big releases for this year are done. Knowing nothing worries me Bring on a January Direct!
@SimplyCinnamon53 I think the third parties will cash in on the system’s popularity. They’ve already started. I can’t blame them for being hesitant in the Switch’s first year after the Wii U bombed so hard. Things are changing, albeit slowly.
@Jacob1092 Right I'm sure it won't be as popular to the same degree as those two, but I have a feeling that a well done title could boost it's popularity. Most of the it's best rated titles are quite old by now, so there's a whole new generation of players to consider.
The fact that the Switch is actually dragging Korean gamers from PC gaming is nothing short of astounding.
Metroid, Pokemon, Kirby, Outlast, JRPG's from SquareEnix, Bayonetta, Nindies, and probably Smash next year? I'm sure I'm leaving something out.
I think the Switch is good in 2018. Call it a hunch.
@blackice85 This is true. Here's hoping Metroid can offer something exciting for people into the genre but who maybe aren't familiar with this series, while satisfying those of us that have been waiting a REALLY long time for a new, proper Prime game
gotta take your mind off of the impending nuclear apocalypse somehow
Does anyone else do a mental jig after they read these positive Switch articles? It's definitely a nice change of tune after the last few years.
This is a very, very impressive recovery for Nintendo of Korea, which suffered massive losses during the Wii U era, leading to an 80% reduction in its workforce in March 2016.
With these type of numbers, I suspect Nintendo of Korea will begin to expand again.
@HatosBlack hey, MJ! Love your avatar
@HatosBlack Yoshi
@westman98 the Wii U never launched in South Korea though, so it probably was because of disappointing sales from the 3ds that made them size down
@MartyFlanMJFan Thank you kindly!
@Prof_Yoshtonics I typed that and then misspelled a word after and must've erased the entire thing. Good catch!
@RupeeClock Pilotwings on Switch. Oh man....imagine.
@Tyranexx a bit yeah. It sometimes feels like Nintendo has had nothing but mixed or outright terrible sales figures since the SNES era. Even the successes have come with asterisks
not really aimed at you and all the games will be ‘party’ shovelware.
’just a handheld’ with games that might be great but are very limited by the power of the console and quality of the screen.
So a Nintendo console selling so well is kind of validating. It’s like the world waking up and saying ‘oh yeah - those games that you like, we like them all too now for the same reasons’. And of course the company making them seems switched on enough to understand why and how to maintain that success.
Very, very strange.
@Jacob1092 I think we know so little about 2018 because Nintendo is keeping its marketing focused on what's available now, because that's what will drive holiday sales. You, me, and everyone here simply don't represent the average consumer; the average consumer will buy a half dozen games at most over the course of a console's lifetime and won't ever need to know or care about what's coming in the future. Nintendo would risk confusing them if they started marketing games that were still some time away, so I suspect they're avoiding it right now. January will be soon enough for talking about 2018, which is why I believe the rumor of a January Direct.
@JimmySpades definitely true. Most consumers buy far (far, far) fewer games than the inhabitants of specialist gaming websites (that’s any gaming website) assume.
There are definitely people on this website who have bought more Switch games this year than I will over the next 5 years. And I buy more games than just about anyone I know in real life.
2018 already looks great, and if they somehow manage to get Metroid, Pokemon, Smash Bros. and Animal Crossing out next year, I feel like Nintendo could easily dominate 2018 as well.
Personally I'm just looking forward to the Megaman and Street Fighter collections, as well as the new Kirby game, and hoping that maybe I can catch up and get a few of the games I missed from 2017. All I have right now is Mario Odyssey and Mario Kart 8.
I have lived in South Korea for almost 8 total years. These numbers are quite good but they actually only represent a small fraction of the gaming community; mostly Moms who bought the system for their kids while out at the department store.
Japanese and American Switches (from the US Military bases) have been in SoKo (SouthKorea) for 9 months. I got a Japanese Switch 2 weeks after it launched in Japan. Most die hard gamers already had a Switch. If the Switch hand of launched earlier in SoKo these numbers would have been over 300,000 for sure. It's impressive because console gaming plays third fiddle to PC gaming and then mobile gaming.
Interesting, as I have always heard South Koreans heavily prefer PC gaming. I wonder if Nintendo had enough stock for SK. lol
@yeayeanaynay Well, my wife is also korean... she prefers Mario Kart 8... and she is PRO!!!
잘 지냈어요?
@JimmySpades Totally agree. Nintendo's marketing has improved dramatically over this last year, and this is part and parcel of it.
...I'm still gonna stress until January though Just a little!
@DrkBndr
Whoops, meant to say the 3DS era. Wii U was too big of a failure for Nintendo to bother launching in a "2nd tier" territory like Korea.
While Nintendo won't reach the Wii + DS halcyon days with the Switch, it's strong reception thus far signifies that Nintendo still has a strong presence in Korea despite the 3DS' struggles to compete with mobile gaming.
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