Transfer over, Recreation Boy Advance and Nintendo DS and PS2 and … you get the image. Swap 2 has reportedly damaged the first-month {hardware} gross sales document in Japan, shifting over 1.5 million techniques.
The gross sales figures for Nintendo’s new hybrid console come method of Famitsu by way of Yomiuri, in response to VGC. The official tally is 1,538,260 Swap 2 techniques offered in Japan, per Famitsu. The publication reportedly obtains knowledge from 1000’s of retail areas and began accumulating gross sales figures in 1996.
The earlier record-holder was additionally a Nintendo system: Recreation Boy Advance. In 2001, the hand held reportedly offered 1,367,433 items, so GBA held the highest spot for nearly 1 / 4 of a century earlier than Swap 2. The opposite techniques that bought off to sizzling begins in Japan embrace Nintendo DS with over 1.2 million items offered and PS2 with over 1.1 million items offered.
Swap 2 launched on June 5. Nintendo introduced that the system had offered greater than 3.5 million items in 4 days globally, turning into the fastest-selling console ever for the corporate. Nonetheless, Nintendo hasn’t offered any up to date gross sales numbers since then.
Nintendo simply revealed {that a} new Swap 2 bundle with Pokemon Legends: Z-A will launch in October for $500. At present, there is a related bundle for Swap 2 that comes with Mario Kart World, as a substitute. For extra, take a look at GameSpot’s Swap 2 {hardware} evaluation.
