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Nintendo Switch Outsells Wii U In 10 Months (variety.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the selling-like-hotcakes dept.

In less than a year, the Nintendo Switch has earned the designation of the fastest-selling U.S. console of all time. It has outsold the company's previous flagship Wii U just 10 months after its introduction. "Altogether, Nintendo has sold more than 14.86 million Switch units since its debut in March of 2017," reports Variety. "The company sold around 12.5 million Wii U's between 2012 and 2017." From the report: For Nintendo, this is a remarkable turn-around reminiscent of the introduction of the original Wii back in 2006. In fact, earlier this month, news broke that the Switch had become the fastest-selling game console in the U.S. to date, handily outselling original Wii with 4.8 million vs. 4 million units moved over a ten-month span after each device's introduction to U.S. consumers. Nintendo sold 7.23 million Switch units during the holiday quarter alone. The company adjusted its financial guidance for Q1 in light of continued demand for the device upwards by 33%, and now expects to bring in an operating profit of 160 billion yen ($1.47 billion), as well as revenue of around 1 trillion yen ($9.38 billion).

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  1. Re:vidya games r for idiot nerds by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I would but all I see between your legs is a Twizzler nib and some raisins. Where are the balls?

  2. Re:What does censorship mean? by slack_justyb · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yes, when I see garbage I mod it down

    AC posts get auto -1 so don't waste them there. I honestly think Slashdot should change the score that all AC posts are hidden to everyone no matter filter except those with mod points. Those with mod points can mod an AC post up to 0 and only then is it visible in the way that AC posts are visible today. AC posts are mostly crap, rarely gems. We need a system that makes sure that AC posts never show unless they honestly deserve it. I still favor making AC crawl up to 3 by starting at -1, but I just think the current system just doesn't go far enough. If that's too difficult to engineer, the devs could hack it on by setting AC posts to -2 and leaving the filter in place but giving users with mod points the option to browse at -2 but everyone else no lower than -1.