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Nintendo Switch tops 52 million sales, surpasses SNES News Jan 30th, 2020

Nintendo Switch tops 52 million sales, surpasses SNES

Over 300 million software sales in less than three years

Nintendo Switch Lite passes 1 million sales in Japan News Jan 17th, 2020

Nintendo Switch Lite passes 1 million sales in Japan

Console launched in September 2019

Nintendo Switch accounted for 26 of the top 30 best-selling games in Japan News Jan 14th, 2020

Nintendo Switch accounted for 26 of the top 30 best-selling games in Japan

Pokemon Sword and Shield continues to capture audiences

Nintendo's stock price jumps to 19-month high following China Switch launch News Dec 10th, 2019

Nintendo's stock price jumps to 19-month high following China Switch launch

Console is region-locked however

Pokemon Sword and Shield outsells Let’s Go, Pikachu/Eevee in Japan News Nov 28th, 2019

Pokemon Sword and Shield outsells Let’s Go, Pikachu/Eevee in Japan

Dual release took less than two weeks to overtake its predecessor

Selling 6 million, Pokemon Sword and Shield is Nintendo’s fastest-selling Switch game News Nov 21st, 2019

Selling 6 million, Pokemon Sword and Shield is Nintendo’s fastest-selling Switch game

Includes physical and digital copies

1 Pokemon Sword and Shield sold 1.3 million copies in Japan within first three days News Nov 20th, 2019

Pokemon Sword and Shield sold 1.3 million copies in Japan within first three days

Third biggest UK launch in Nintendo’s history

Tencent’s revenue grows by 21% thanks to Call of Duty and PUBG Mobile News Nov 14th, 2019

Tencent’s revenue grows by 21% thanks to Call of Duty and PUBG Mobile

Total revenue for the quarter came in at $14 billion

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is now the best-selling fighting game of all time News Nov 5th, 2019

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is now the best-selling fighting game of all time

Move over Street Fighter II

Dr. Mario World encapsulates five million downloads in first week News Jul 19th, 2019

Dr. Mario World encapsulates five million downloads in first week

Half a million dollars generated from player spending

Dr. Mario World prescribes two million downloads in 72 hours News Jul 15th, 2019

Dr. Mario World prescribes two million downloads in 72 hours

Game generates a disappointing $100,000 in revenue from player spending

Update: South Korea's Nexon no longer up for sale following lack of buyers News Jul 9th, 2019

Update: South Korea's Nexon no longer up for sale following lack of buyers

CEO Jungju Kim apparently wasn't impressed by the list of companies who stepped forward

Pokemon Go generates $2.65 billion in first three years News Jul 9th, 2019

Pokemon Go generates $2.65 billion in first three years

Worldwide catch ‘em all is on track to cross $3 billion in 2019

Nintendo Switch overtakes PlayStation 4 lifetime sales in Japan News May 17th, 2019

Nintendo Switch overtakes PlayStation 4 lifetime sales in Japan

Sony still dominates heavily in worldwide sales though

Detective Pikachu captures biggest weekend opening ever in US for a video game film adaptation News May 14th, 2019

Detective Pikachu captures biggest weekend opening ever in US for a video game film adaptation

$58 million made from American Pokemon Trainers

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