After its distribution Financial Report A document for the last quarter of 2022, which determines the state of sales and other economic indicators. companyconsole nintendoswitch would become one of them consoles The best seller in all of history, according to estimates Official data.

The Japanese company announced this in a nine-page financial document published on it web page official than console nintendoswitch Totally sold 122.55 million number of units worldwide, surpassing its previous record 8.22 million from additional units.

This increase not only represents an improvement in profits companyBut instead it transforms this console video game Third best-seller in history, surpassing the figure PlayStation 4 (117.2 million units), in addition Game boy and its variant Game Boy Color Also from the same company that sold a total of 118.69 million units.

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America is the region that bought the console the most

between indicators sales It may also be noted that sales NintendoSpecifically from the console switches In the Americas, including North America, Central America, and South America, this is the region that acquires most of these devices.

The document states that overall users of this countries bought more 47.66 million unitsWhich is much higher than the sales figure EuropeWhich is in the second place according to territories with 31.71 million units.

However, despite the console’s success in other regions, it could only sell 29.05 million units in Japan, despite being the country where the headquarters is located. Nintendo. The rest of the world added 14.15 million units sold. The only sales indicator with which this country manages to overcome the entire region America There is one that corresponds to the sales related Card games produced by company.

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The Nintendo Switch is still far from the top spot

Although the console Nintendo It became the third best-seller in history, surpassing some historical devices such as Game boyIt is still far from breaking the records of the first two places in the ranking.

he Nintendo DS Came for sale 154 million units Worldwide, despite being further up the scale, it tops the chart for the best-selling consoles in the world. PlayStation 2 from Sony, which sold over 155 million units before the company went out of business.

From 2019, the year the console appeared nintendoswitchUsers were able to purchase up to three different versions of the device due to changes made to its hardware and software such as Nintendo Switch Lite (2019) and Nintendo Switch OLEDwhich appeared on the market in 2021.

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A plan to boost Nintendo Switch sales

during the year 2022 Nintendo made a decision to increase the sales volume of this video game console. According to Nikkei media, the company considered increasing the number of units offered on the market by reducing it. packing. The report notes that the Asian company will reduce the size of the control box by 20% compared to the current packaging to accommodate the shipment. switches be more efficient.

However, it has not been proven that this measure had a direct and significant relationship with the amount units That was sold, the truth is that the number of units during the year 2023 year will continue to grow.