Nintendo’s Switch console sold almost a million copies in France in 2022, bringing its total sales to more than 7 million since its launch in March 2017, we learned from the video game giant on Sunday.
Data for other devices, such as Sony’s PlayStation 5 and Microsoft’s Xbox series, will soon be revealed by the Syndicate of Leisure Software Publishers’ annual study.
Thanks to the 987,000 Switches sold last year, the Nintendo console brings its total to 7.1 million sales in France, surpassing the previous “record” held by the Nintendo Wii with 6.3 million units in total, Philippe explained. Lavoué, CEO of Nintendo France. .
Pokémon achieves “historic year”
On the gaming side, Nintendo regained first place in the sales ranking for the year 2022 thanks to “Pokémon Arceus”, dethroning the annual edition of the “Fifa” soccer simulator on PlayStation 4.
The Switch also placed nine titles in the Top 10, again thanks to new Pokémon games released in late 2022 (“Pokémon Violet” and “Pokémon Scarlet” together exceed 700,000 total copies), but also more. ancient. like “Mario Kart 8 Deluxe” or “Animal Crossing: New Horizons”.
With three titles in the Top 10 on the market, Pokémon is achieving “a historic year”, underlines Philippe Lavoué. “It’s unheard of for a franchise in France.”
Source: BFM TV
