Nintendo have revealed that 1.5 million units of the Nintendo Switch were sold in the US in December according to the numbers from the NPD Group’s report for the year.
Recently in an interview with Japanese newspaper Mainichi Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima said that the Switch is a console with a long lifespan.
Microsoft recently announced that the Nintendo Switch outsold both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in the US in December.
After a triumphant launch last year the Nintendo Switch has risen to become the fastest-selling console of all in the United States.
Nintendo have increased the number of Nintendo Switch consoles during the fiscal year for 2018 to 20 million.
Press outlets are announcing their Game of the Year Awards, two of which gave the award to the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, IGN and Gamespot.
Since its launch on October 27, 2017 Super Mario Odyssey has sold over 1 million physical copies in Japan.
The NPD Group has released their data for November 2017 spending, showing that US consumers purchased a lot of hardware over the month.
Google’s “year in search” results indicate well for Nintendo and Microsoft, with both of the companies breaking into the top five of the “Consumer Tech” section.
Nintendo has confirmed that more than 10 million units of the Nintendo Switch console have been sold worldwide.