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Nintendo announced during its latest financial report that the Switch has sold approximatley 17.79 million units worldwide since its launch in March 2017.
If that wasn't impressive enough, the Big N has managed to flog 68.97 million software units during the same period. As a result of the console's continued success, Nintendo has forecast that it will sell an additional 20 million Switch's and 100 million games over the next fiscal year.
The company also announced that its current president, Tatsumi Kimishima, will be retiring from his position on June 28. Kimishima-san took charge of Ninty following the sad passing of Satoru Iwata from cancer in 2015. In his place will be 46-year-old Shuntaro Furukawa, who joined Nintendo in 1994 and is currently in charge of the hardware giant's global marketing team.
On the software front, Nintendo confirmed that Super Mario Odyssey shipped 10.41 million units during the three-month period ended March 31, with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe moving 9.22 million. Switch now has 12 games that have moved over one million copies worldwide — not too shabby, eh?
'Consumers have been very receptive to the new concept introduced by Nintendo Switch as a home gaming system that they can take with them to play anytime, anywhere, with anyone, which helped it maintain its favorable momentum during this fiscal year,' said the company. 'Looking ahead, we plan to leverage this momentum to reach an even broader range of consumers and expand the installed base of the hardware.'
Bringing up the rear is 3DS, which still managed to notch up 6.40 million sales during the same period despite its age. In addition, Nintendo revealed that digital sales for the Switch proved 'very good,' while pint-sized retro console SNES Classic 'proved to be a hit in every region.'
