Nintendo has exceeded 7 million sales of its Switch console in France thanks to the 987 Switch sold last year. This brings total console sales in France to 000 million, surpassing the previous record held by Nintendo's Wii which had sold 7,1 million units in total. According to Philippe Lavoué, general manager of Nintendo France, 6,3% of the 10,5 million French people are equipped with a Switch.
In 2022, Nintendo's Switch console sold nearly a million copies in France, bringing its total to more than 7 million sales since its release in March 2017. Data on other devices, such as the Sony's PlayStation 5 and Microsoft's Xbox Series will soon be disclosed by the Syndicate of Leisure Software Publishers' annual study. (SELL)
On the games side, Nintendo regained first place in the sales ranking for the year 2022 thanks to Pokémon Arceus, dethroning the annual edition of the "Fifa" football simulation on PlayStation 4. The Switch also placed nine titles in the Top 10, again thanks to the new Pokémon games released at the end of 2022 (Pokémon Violet and Pokémon Scarlet which together exceed 700.000 copies in total) but also to other older ones such as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe or Animal Crossing: New Horizons.