The Nintendo Swap‘s versatility has made it the bestselling console for the final 5 years. It has offered so effectively, the truth is, that it has surpassed the lifetime gross sales of the PS4, in accordance with The NPD Group.
Mat Piscatella, govt director and gaming business advisor for The NPD Group, tweeted the gross sales figures for the Swap on Friday. He factors out that the Swap is now the fourth highest unit promoting console in U.S, and the sixth highest promoting console total, coming behind simply three different bestselling consoles of all time, the PS2, Xbox 360, and Wii, Nintendo’s legacy console. He additionally stated that the Swap offered extra models than some other console final month and outpaced Xbox Sequence X/S year-to-date.
US NPD HW – Lifetime unit gross sales of Nintendo Swap have now surpassed these of PlayStation 4, making it the 4th highest unit promoting console in U.S. historical past, and the sixth highest unit promoting online game {hardware} platform total. In console it trails solely PS2, Xbox 360 and Wii.
— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) May 13, 2022
The Swap’s lifetime gross sales milestone can maybe be attributed to the console’s low price ticket in comparison with its rivals. Nintendo sells the unique Swap console for $299, whereas the Swap Lite goes for $199 and the OLED mannequin sells at $349, making the Swap fairly reasonably priced.
Nonetheless, the PS5 nonetheless takes the lead by way of greenback gross sales. “PlayStation 5 led April in {hardware} greenback gross sales, trailed carefully by Xbox Sequence and Nintendo Swap. Xbox Sequence has generated the very best {hardware} {dollars} of any platform year-to-date, adopted by PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Swap,” Piscatella wrote in a reply.
The PS5’s $499 price ticket definitely helps Sony generate income, however the wholesome gross sales are a very good signal the console is changing into extra accessible regardless of shortages. Sony stated that will probably be in a position to promote 18 million consoles worldwide throughout this fiscal yr, which can put an finish to the shortages, however received’t be sufficient to satisfy rising client demand. Hey, it’s higher than nothing.
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