UK Charts: Nintendo Can Be Proud Of Its Last Christmas Before 'Switch 2'

Cool, now do the US

The switch has been and is, a superb console ❤️ So glad to see multiplattform games sell so well on switch.

Mortal Kombat 11 still out there slaughtering MK1.

Even now, 7.5 years in, Switch can still hold its own against the mighty PS5. Congrats Nintendo.

@Olliemar28 who says ‘Switch 2’ will release before next Christmas? 🙂 this might not be the last Christmas season for the current Switch.

BLUEY, love to see you again on number 29. 😊

@Olliemar28 All depends on if Nintendo see a 10 year life cycle they forcast years ago as it's main console or they factored in some sort of crossover. Their analysts are as talented as their game creators, they pretty much nailed it! I mean, let's not forget, when the Wii U was out, analysts weren't panicing because Nintendo had enough money to have a couple more Wii U type failures. Since then, they have earned more money in this period than the entirity of their existence! They aren't in a rush, no matter how desperate Youtubers are for content lol. Granted, it's their only console now so outside of SNES Mini / Alarmo type products, they probably aren't going to announce it a year early...mind you, that doesn't do Sony any harm...

@Friendly We already know Nintendo will definitely officially reveal Switch 2 by 31st March. I see virtually 0% chance that they would then drag out the release all the way into 2026. November 2025 at the very latest.

I’m not a betting man but I would bet my entire Switch collection that we’ll have a successor to the Switch before next Xmas.

It’s seems about as certain as Nintendo announcing a new video game featuring Super Mario. I have zero concrete evidence that Nintendo are working on a new Mario title, but it would take a lot to convince me otherwise.

@Olliemar28 I think Nintendo will likely leave out the Lite and OLED for sale even after the upgraded unit arrives. Unless we get a more than one unit: Switch 2 and Lite 2

For me the Switch just has something that seems to be getting forgotten in the push for ever increasing graphical fidelity. It's just a fun video game system to pick up and play. I bought Ace Combat 7 in the recent sale and I've already progressed further than I did when I originally played on PS4. I'm interested to see the Switch Successor and it's great backwards compatibility is confirmed as I've bought a lot of digital games. Has to be one of my favourite consoles ever released at this point, and I started on the Atari 2600.

Picked up Jamboree for the kids and they absolutely love it.

I can’t see beyond a quick unveil and launch. Switch was about 5 months from that showcase trailer to launch. I think Switch Successor will be even shorter. March unveil and June launch.

The fact that there are 3 Luigi games in the top 40 is interesting. Not sure why Luigi is so popular nowadays, is this a sign that a Luigi's Mansion Remastered is coming to Switch soon?

Success with evergreens is great and every gen needs them, but with all this money rolling in please sling some towards the lost Ips. And if you don’t care that much for them anymore toss them to a few third parties.
Sega could do a great F-zero again, I’m sure someone else could do a wave racer and a 1080.
And maybe frontier could do a Star Fox. (Elite style)

@Serpenterror Luigi's always been popular. Sure not as popular as his older brother, but he's held his own over the decades.

Now the one who really needs a big comeback is Wario. Give us a remake or remaster of every Wario Land game and then a new entry.

With Mario Kart 8 still selling like hotcakes, it would almost be stupid, from a business standpoint, to release a new game. 😅

@SillyG MarioKart 8 really is the definition of an 'evergreen' title. A game that keeps selling, no matter how old it is. But a new MarioKart game will instantly take it's place, so there is no issue there.

@GrailUK I think it would be an interesting move if the device everyone is calling Switch 2 isn't the Switch successor after all but rather a revision like the New 3DS. Then the actual Switch successor teased back in May is a more experimental device which launches with the next 3D Zelda around 2028/2029.

@Olliemar28 I full heartedly hope the same! And I also think there’s a 99% chance it’ll release in Summer, especially with the current leaks and all. But you know, Nintendo’s going to Nintendo and the Switch is still selling. Can’t rule any possibility out I think .

Astro Bot just won game of the year before the holiday and is beaten by Nintendo on the charts. It just goes to show how wonky the game awards are.

Look at Xbox in there, putt puttin along

@SwitchplayerJohn @Xenoblade-Fan With that logic, Call of Duty and Fifa/FC should be winning the game awards every year.
Maybe also throw in some mobile games filled to the brim with microtransactions.

Game popularity and sales does not equal quality. Also, only one of the Nintendo games in the top 10 even came out this year.

@The_Flume it was no doubt a quite year for Nintendo I was simply pointing out the disconnect between the game awards and the market.

Unrelated, but Star Wars Outlaws being right next to Black Myth Wukong is making me happy.

Good to see Stray in the charts and Switch getting a healthy portion of most of the third party titles on the system. Bodes well for Switch 2.

@Friendly

It better. I'm ready for it.

@Xenoblade-Fan

People who watch The Game Awards is a fraction of the buying public.

I watched it for the first time this year, won't be making that mistake again.

@Grumblevolcano

That would be a sales disaster of Wii U proportions.

@Grumblevolcano Imagine! Still, that would kinda mean Nintendo would have to restructure again to develop for a couple of different consoles? And we would have heard something on that scale lol. I think (especially giving the current state of the industry) consolodating and creating less ambitious experiences and more realistic video games was them far ahead of the curve.

@SBandy1 You have absolutely no way of knowing that without knowing what it is lol. Hey, with that kind of thinking, you could have a Youtube channel!

It's cool to see the GOTY(Astrobot) being the best-selling playstation exclusive. I hope that send a message to Sony.

@GrailUK

Educated guess.

Maybe don't follow up the incredibly sussessful hybrid console which has resulted in unifying all your handheld and home console studios to then split your business again with an experimental home console and a new 3DS type handheld when the majority just want a more powerful backwards compatible Switch.

My prediction it would be a disaster isn't exactly far fetched.

Thankfully Switch 2 is what we are getting.

@SBandy1 I get you. But look at the DS. They played safe with that, calling it a third pillar and even making it backwards compatible with the Gameboy Advance. Very quickly turned into the second pillar lol.

You can't predict stuff like this outside looking in. You can only look back in hindsight. And all Nintendo can do is have faith in something they have created (bless them for being like that. It's difficult trying to be ahead of the curve, because no one has made all the mistakes yet lol.)

And yes, agree with you,thankfully we will get a next gen Switch and not some holograph displaying AR device (lol, or whatever! - Although it's not like I wouldn't be interested hahah!) Merry Christmas

@GrailUK I don’t claim to know everything about the industry, but I agree that it would be safe to assume that Nintendo will never do what you expect.

@SBandy1 @GrailUK What I was meaning by revision like New 3DS was that everyone's expecting that the 2025 "Switch 2" is the successor to Switch 1 but what if it's treated as a revision instead (New 3DS is a more powerful 3DS but not treated as a successor). So the Switch 1 generation consists of:

• 2017 Switch
• 2019 Switch Lite
• 2021 Switch OLED
• 2025 "Switch 2"

@GrailUK

Merry Christmas!

@Grumblevolcano

I think the Switch OLED was meant to be the fabled Switch Pro but for whatever reason it just became the OLED (I say just but I love mine).

After what will be 8 years I'm ready for a proper successor.

@Grumblevolcano Oh no! Sony would have to sell more PS2s!

@Grumblevolcano yeah, they could indeed easily name the next system ‘switch pro’ and add an extra scew to their Switch Family.

Although, they called it the ‘nintendo Switch Successor’ in their briefing of last April, though.

Nintendo games are really pushing through this holiday season (Well, at least in the UK. I wonder what the results are in countries like the US and Japan).

Now it’s just a matter of seeing how many units have been sold, because it looks as if the Switch’s last major holiday is coming out to be successful

@Friendly The scenario was considering an outcome where "Switch 2" is a more powerful Switch revision releasing in 2025 and the Switch successor teased back in May is a more experimental device releasing around 2028/2029.

@Tyranexx Yeah but Stray was free on PS Plus day one so most people played it there. It was the most played PS Extra game of the year when it was added to the service and it held the crown as the game that gave PS Plus the biggest subscriber boost for a long time.

Glad it's getting some evergreen sales on Switch though.

This list/article seems disingenuous at best when it makes claims of "breakdowns" between each platform and then proceeds to put The Witcher 3 complete edition on here without said breakdown (just one such example). I realise fully this is a Nintendo-biased website, but come on..

@Olliemar28 Does it omit Switch sales though? There's no breakdown whatsoever on it 🤔

Just watched gameplay of Sonic X Shadow Generations and now I feel like I need to play it. Seems like I found my first new game for 2025.

@SwitchplayerJohn Game Awards means very little lol. Even E3 had more influence back in their heyday.

Who cares in the end? I enjoyed Wukong way more then Astro, but good for those that liked Astro I guess? Keep in mind this is the same show that had a ER DLC and MultiVersus (again) as a nomination.

@Edu23XWiiU These comments & level of Fandom are toxic to the community. You don't have to hate on things to make you feel better about the stuff you like.

@Edu23XWiiU did you say the same when Breath of the Wild won? Nintendo must have paid huh? The hate in your heart will prevent you from even trying great games like Astro Bot. That's really sad.

@Xenoblade-Fan you realize Astro Bot jumped back into the top 10 in the US & UK after the game awards win right? So what's the disconnect? Looks like it brought more attention to Astro and people went out and bought it.

@NintenGuy It’s just impressive that Nintendo is doing so well

@SwitchplayerJohn which of those switch games released in 2024 were better than the game of the year, Astro Bot?