News business Nintendo Switch: almost five years later, the console is still in top form

The Switch, still going strong five years later

In a press release, Nintendo said that the Switch had broken (again!) Sales records. This time it is the number of consoles sold in a week that has been beaten. Without giving the figures, the Japanese firm declares that never before had so many Switch consoles been sold in Europe and the United Kingdom during the week of November 22:

Record sales that have a clear justification: the week of November 22 corresponds to that of Black Friday, a crazy period in which prices drop. This was also the case for Nintendo: it offered for sale a package that included the console, a code for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and a subscription to Nintendo Switch Online for three months, all for € 267.50.

The Switch, also helped by its games

A console that is also selling well thanks to the games released at the end of the year. The Switch has hosted Metroid Dread, Shin Megami Tensei or even the remake of the fourth generation of Pokémon with Pokémon Sparkling Diamond and Sparkling Pearl. The latter has also sold six million copies, as well as Pokémon Sword and Shield. But it’s also games released over four years that are helping Switch sales: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe totaled 38.74 million in sales on September 30. In doing so, it is the firm’s best-selling game!