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News Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Becomes Best-Selling 3D Zelda Game In Japan
Ocarina of Time moves to second place
Earlier this year, Nintendo revealed The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild had sold almost ten million units worldwide. This technically made it the best-selling Zelda outing of all time - if you didn’t include remasters of existing releases. As revealed by
News You Can Now Get 50% Off All Atooi Games On Nintendo Switch
Offer lasts for 20 days
Jools Watsham, founder of Atooi, has shared a new video to reveal a super sale across all of the developer's games on Nintendo Switch. Yes, starting today, all Atooi titles on Switch will be available to download at 50% off. We've got all the games, and those all-important sales prices, listed for you down below. Mutant...
News The Switch Has Now Sold Over Five Million Units In Japan, Splatoon 2 Best-Selling Game
Another milestone passed
Just yesterday, we revealed that - as of 26th August - the Nintendo Switch had sold 4.966 million units in Japan. This number was expected to reach five million with another weeks' sales, and the latest sales figures show that it has indeed hit that milestone. As of 2nd September, the console has shifted 5,007,368...
News Switch Has Been The Best-Selling Console In Japan For Six Months, Almost 5 Million Units Sold
Not far behind PS4 already
The latest Japanese gaming sales figures are in, revealing that the Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console for the sixth consecutive month during August, almost reaching five million total sales in the region. During the four week period of 30th July - 26th August, the Switch sold 199,000 units across...
News Mario + Rabbids On Nintendo Switch Has Sold More Than Two Million Copies
Third-party success
Earlier this year, Ubisoft's third quarter financial briefing revealed Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle had been the highest selling third-party game on the Switch - placing the French-based publisher in the overall lead in terms of third-party sales on the platform. More
News Switch Retail Game Sales In Japan Surpass Lifetime Wii U Retail Sales In 18 Months
Digital sales also dominating
Given the success of the Nintendo Switch right now, it's no surprise it continues to break existing sales records. According to Game Data Library, Switch retail game sales in Japan have already smashed lifetime Wii U retail game sales within the country. Compared to the five years it took the Wii U to reach...
News Switch eShop Sales For Blossom Tales Are Twenty Times Higher Than Steam Sales
Another milestone
Every week we hear about how another indie title on the Switch has sold so many copies or outperformed sales on other platforms. This week, publisher FDG Entertainment revealed the Switch eShop sales for Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King are twenty times higher than sales on Valve's Steam service. No exact figures were...
News Poor Old Wario Had Just Two Days To Top The NPD Game Charts In July
Now who's laughing?
The new 3DS game WarioWare Gold had just two days to make an impact in NPD's video game sales charts for the month of July. In the end, Wario wasn't even able to make it into the top 20 best-selling games of the month, and on the 3DS chart, placed third behind Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. Like Switch sales, digital...
News Last Month The Nintendo Switch Was The Top-Selling System
As expected
As Switch games continue to top the charts, it comes as no surprise The NPD Group is reporting Nintendo's hybrid system is also the best-selling hardware platform for the month of July. NPD's games industry analyst Mat Piscatella explained how t
News Switch Physical Game Sales Increase As Octopath Traveler Crowned July's Best-Selling Game
Nintendo's sales success continues
The NPD charts for the month of July have been released, and as noted by Venture Beat, not only has the Switch won this month with Octopath Traveler in the top spot, the system is also right out in front when it comes to physical retail game sales so far this year. Nintendo's platform is...
News Japan Retailer Reveals Its Minecraft Sales On Switch Rapidly Outsold Wii U Version
Positive signs
The Wii U era was a difficult time for all games released on the platform. It didn't matter how big the game or series was, it still struggled due to Nintendo's inability to sell the system worldwide. Even Minecraft - one of the most popular games of the generation - couldn't gain sales momentum. With sales of Nintendo's current...
News Japanese Analyst Predicts Switch Sales To Surpass Nintendo's Forecast
A positive outlook
Japanese analyst, Hideki Yasuda, from the Ace Economic Research Institute in Osaka, has released his latest forecast for Nintendo’s full fiscal year - predicting the company will shift 25 million Switch units and 140 million software units. According to DualShockers, this would put the total amount of Switch sales at 42.79...
News Nintendo Has Sold Over 700 Million Video Game Consoles To Date
727.65 million to be exact
We all know that the Nintendo Switch has been selling like hotcakes - especially during its first year on the market - but how have the company's consoles performed throughout history? Well, thanks to additional figures from Nintendo's recent financial report, we can break down each individual system to see exactly how...
News Pokémon Quest Mobile Version Rakes In $8 Million After First Month
That’s a lot of money
When the free-to-download title Pokémon Quest was launched on mobile at the end of June, it generated $3 million in revenue in its first week, with a total of 3.5 million downloads. It’s now been a month since the game's release and Sensor Tower is reporting players have spent more than $8 mi
News The Euro Nintendo Summer Sale Continues With Up To 80% Off Lots Of Switch And 3DS Games
Grab yourself more bargains!
A Nintendo Switch Summer Sale began in Europe last week, discounting a whole selection of games with up to 60% off in some cases. Now, the second portion of the celebration has started, and there are plenty more (and several bigger) cracking discounts for you to get stuck into. There are lots of highlights once...
News Salt And Sanctuary First Week Switch Sales Rival Steam Numbers
Another successful indie release
Indie developers have done a fantastic job supporting the Switch in recent times. With plenty of room to move in between Nintendo's games and bigger third-party releases, there’s been plenty of sales success for games like Hollow Knight, Death Squared, and even Thimbleweed Park. All of the developers behind...
News SEGA's Latest Financial Report Reveals Slump In Sales
Digital struggles
SEGA’s latest financial report reveals it will continue to revive older and existing IP while also capitalising on external and new franchises: With regard to the Entertainment Contents Business, the Group will continue to advance the launch of new titles in the field of digital game software. In addition, the Group will...
News Latest Octopath Traveler Restock In Japan Sells Out Again
Incredibly popular
Since the release of Octopath Traveler on the Switch, there have been plenty of positive headlines about how well the game has sold. It's performed so well, in fact, developer Square Enix previously issued two apologies after underestimating the game's popularity in Japan. Many local JRPG enthusiasts were unable to secure a...
News NES Classic Mini Outsold Modern Video Game Hardware In The Month Of June
Retro power
The idea of Nintendo selling miniaturised versions of its classic gaming hardware is still too good to be true. While there’s been plenty of discussion in recent times about how there should be better support for digital retro libraries on modern devices, clearly there is a huge demand for standalone legacy systems. According to the...
News The Top 10 Best-Selling Nintendo 3DS Games (As Of June 2018)
Any surprises?
Nintendo recently shared its latest financial results, providing us with sales-to-date figures for its current hardware and software lineups. We've already seen a list of the Switch's million-selling games, but which games are sitting at the very top of the 3DS pile? Well, just before we share that exciting list, let's explore...
News Nintendo Releases Complete Sales Figures For Its Million-Selling Switch Games
A healthy selection
We now know that the Switch has accumulated a grand total of 19.67 million Switch units sold worldwide, with 86.93 million software sales complimenting that number rather nicely, but how exactly is that latter figure split between Nintendo's top titles? Well, Nintendo has provided sales figures for its top-selling games to answer...
News Capcom’s Latest Financial Report Reveals Record-Breaking First Quarter
Sales driven by internationally recognised IP
Capcom released its latest financial results, with the Japanese company revealing sales and profits have continued to increase. This is primarily linked to the success of Monster Hunter World shifting 8.3 million copies worldwide - further “solidifying its position as an international brand” and...
News Switch Reignites Video Game Console Market In Japan After 10-Year Slump
Sales success
It appears the success of the Nintendo Switch in Japan has had an impact on the wider video game console market locally, with key statistics released by Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association revealing there’s been a peak in overall sales. In 2017, when the Nintendo Switch was originally released, the console market...
News Wall Street Analyst Warns Of Slowing Nintendo Switch Sales
Nothing lasts forever
Reports about the success of the Switch continue to appear on a daily basis, but one Wall Street Nintendo analyst has warned sales could begin to slow for the Japanese company. Jefferies analyst, Atul Goyal, has cut his forecast for Nintendo's stock price by more than 10 percent, from a target of ¥71,200 ($640.45) down...
News The Nintendo Switch Is Headed To Turkey But Will Cost Customers Almost $500
Around 1.5x the usual cost
The Nintendo Switch will soon be available for customers to buy in Turkey, but systems are set to cost a staggeringly high price of almost $500 (USD). A few years back, Nintendo abruptly left the Turkish market due to the country's troubling financial situation, but a new distributor called CD Media is now in...
News Switch Retail Game Sales In Japan For This Year Have Surpassed The Five Million Mark
Ongoing demand
The Nintendo Switch is an unstoppable powerhouse right now. It’s not only the system itself, though, it’s also the retail games - such as the recently released Octopath Traveler - receiving much love, to the point suppliers literally couldn’t keep up with the demand. In Japan, the system has already reached another milestone...
News Get Up To 60% Off Lots Of Fantastic Games In The Euro Nintendo Switch Summer Sale
Treat yourself to a bargain
Things are sizzling up right now, especially here in the blistering, relentless summer heat at Nintendo Life Towers in the UK, and to celebrate, the European eShop is hosting a huge summer sale on Switch. A number of games for Nintendo's hybrid console are now on sale with up to 60% off, giving you the chance to mop up...
News Thimbleweed Park Sales On Switch Predicted To Exceed Lifetime Steam Sales
"Switch shows little signs of letting up"
As Switch sales continue to increase, multiple indie developers are reporting huge successes on the platform. Thimbleweed Park by Terrible Toybox is no different, with one of the developers of the game, Ron Gilbert, recently revealing the game’s sales on Nintendo's system had been “massively...
News Wizard Of Legend Celebrates 500,000 Sales With Magical Update And Discount
Enter the wizard world
Earlier this year, Contingent99 and Humble Bundle released Wizard of Legend on multiple platforms including the Nintendo Switch. The co-op rogue-like dungeon crawler was positively received and has now surpassed 500,000 sales in total. To celebrate the milestone, the developer and publisher behind the release have temporarily...
News The Switch Accounted For 52% Of Sonic Mania Plus' Launch Week Sales
Beating PS4 and Xbox One
Sonic Mania Plus has had a pretty stellar launch, instantly becoming the highest-rated Sonic game for 25 years among critics. It had a pretty decent week in terms of sales, too, jumping straight into the fifth-place spot in the UK charts, and it turns out that most of those sales were o
News Switch Game Sales Make Up Five Percent Of Ubisoft’s Total Earnings In Record First-Quarter
Slow and steady
Ubisoft has released its record first-quarter sales figures for 2018-19, with the French publisher banking €400 million ($466 million) in total. The financial report reveals Nintendo Switch titles brought in a total of five percent of sales during this period, which is a four percent increase over the previous first quarter...
News Nintendo's Dominance In Japan Continues, Publishing Over Half Of 2018's Top-Selling Games
Winning the game
Last year was a fantastic one for Nintendo - the Switch launched in March, gaining universal excitement from the off, and a splattering of truly brilliant experiences like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey took the world by storm. As it turns out, despite not feeling quite as dramatic so far, 2018 isn't...
News NPD Predicts Switch Will Be 2018's Best-Selling Console Despite PS4's Current Lead
Top 10 games predicted, too
If you're into your gaming charts and sales figures, you'll likely have your own idea as to which console might end up sitting at the top of the pile come the end of the year. 2018 looks to be another stellar year for gaming with the likes of God of War and Shadow of the Colossus already receiving universal praise,...
News Nintendo Wants To Release 20-30 Indie Games Every Week On Switch
Too much of a good thing?
It's pretty safe to say that the Switch has a lot of games. Just last month, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé revealed that the console library already had a staggering 700 games available (in just 16 months of the system being on sale) and it seems that Nintendo has absolutely no intention of...
News GameStop Reveals That Switch Sales Doubled In The Week After E3
Nintendoomed
GameStop, the North American video game retailer giant, has revealed that Nintendo Switch sales doubled in the week following E3. With Nintendo's share prices taking multiple hits after the E3 presentation, and after a rather mixed reaction from fans watching the show from around the world, it would be easy to assume that the last...
News Mario Tennis Aces Has Stellar Launch In Japan, Doubles Early Sales Of Ultra Smash On Wii U
Game, set and match
Mario Tennis Aces was finally released to the world on Switch on 22nd June, and if these Japanese sales figures are anything to go by, it seems to have already been a pretty big success. According to data provided by Media Create, Mario's latest Tennis adventure racked up an impressive 123,774 sales in its opening...
News Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido Has Shockingly Poor Launch In Japan
Not the best start for Nintendo's new IP
Just last week, Nintendo's latest creation Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido launched on both Switch and 3DS. The game is an action-puzzle mash-up with an incredibly high level of polish and a great story mode (we rated it rather highly in our review), but the initial sales figures for the game are shockingly...
News GameStop Still Seeing "Very Steady Level Of Demand" For Switch And Its Games
Consistent Zelda sales are "surprising"
American video game retailer GameStop has revealed its latest financial results for Q1 2018, with drops being present across the board in comparison to the same time last year. Of course, Q1 of last year saw the successful launch of the Switch, and it was likely expected that revenue would be down without such...
News Switch Owned More Market Share Than Xbox One In UK Last Month
Over 23%
Just last week we reported that Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze was the best-selling game in May in Japan, and it seems that Nintendo has had a pretty strong month in the UK, too. Figures are in for UK sales between 29th April and 26th May, and things are looking bright for the 'Big N'. The Switch's market share has been increasing...
News Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Was The Best-Selling Game For May In Japan
Switch the best-selling console, too
Sales figures have been released for software and hardware sales in Japan for the month of May, and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze has smashed and ground-pounded its way to the number one slot. Famitsu has shared the latest numbers and chart positions for the month, which actually cover the four week...
News Nintendo Continues To Dominate Japan's Charts As 7 Of The Top 10 Games Are On Switch
Although the top-selling game is on PS4...
That Nintendo remains top dog in Japan this week in terms of sales perhaps isn't the most shocking news - the company regularly finds itself in pole position in its homeland. However, the Media Create sales figures for the 14th of May to the 20th show that a PlayStation 4 game came in at number one -...
News Owlboy On Nintendo Switch Made A Profit Within 24 Hours Of Launch
Flying high
We love Owlboy here at Nintendo Life - just check out Ryan's glowing 9/10 review for proof of that - and it turns out a lot of you do, too. So well, in fact, that the Nintendo Switch port turned a profit for developer D-Pad Studio within 24 hours of launch. The news was revealed in a recent AMA on Reddit by programmer and CEO J-Remi...
News Nintendo Switch Only Accounted For 7% Of Ubisoft's Yearly Revenue
Mario + Rabbids still going strong
Ubisoft has released its full year sales and earnings figures for the 2017-18 period, providing us with a breakdown of how the company's games performed across various platforms and regions. A chart showing the difference in sales between rival platforms shows that the Switch accounted for just 7%, with PS4...
News Ubisoft Is Now Hosting A Sale On The North American Switch eShop
Want Mario + Rabbids?
Out of all the major gaming platforms available, Nintendo has always been a bit behind in terms of the sales that it runs. The company generally seems to believe in the maintained value of its games well after their launch date passes, and the few sales that it does run generally aren’t all too competitive with the kinds of...
News EA Just Had A Record-Breaking Year Despite A Decline In Physical Sales
Live services are now EA's golden geese
Electronic Arts has just released its financial results for the fiscal year that ended in March, and they show a significant shift in the publisher's revenue, with a record-breaking 12 months that's seen live services form 40% of the company's earnings. EA reported net revenues were up by 6.2%, bringing them...
News The Switch Port Of Bayonetta 2 Has Outsold Its Sister Version On Wii U
It's witchcraft
While it may have struggled to keep a place in the charts, that doesn't mean Bayonetta 2's much-welcomed Nintendo Switch port hasn't performed in terms of sales during the first nine weeks of release - especially so when you compare it to sales of the original Wii U version over the same period. A report released by Nintendo in...
News Kimishima Says Nintendo Has Plans For The 3DS In 2019 And Beyond
It's not going away any time soon
When the Nintendo Switch launched, it was a foregone conclusion that the Wii U would be axed, but many wondered where the new hybrid would put the 3DS. The now antiquated console has certainly had its time in the sun, and given that the Switch is a technically superior handheld, it seemed likely that the company...
News While Other Toys-To-Life Products Struggle, Sales Of amiibo Continue To Grow
In your face, previous fiscal year!
It's fair to say that the Toys-To-Life party is pretty much over now with Skylanders, Disney Infinity and LEGO Dimensions all seemingly at the end of their natural lives. You might assume that the same would be the case for Nintendo's amiibo line, but Nintendo's latest financial statements suggest that...
News Switch Sales Top 15 Million As Nintendo Profits See 500% Increase
It's been a very good fiscal year for the Big N
Nintendo just announced its latest financial results, with some incredible Nintendo Switch sales helping drive one of the best years for the company in recent memory. Nintendo increased its forecast to 15 million units by January of this year, and that figure was pretty much bang on the money with 15.5...
News Neon Nintendo Switch Was The Best Selling Hardware Of March In The U.S.
Well, sort of
The Nintendo Switch has certainly been a hot product, comfortably outselling its Wii U predecessor in under a year and steadily gaining in momentum as it goes into its second year. Although sales had hit a bit of a decline over the last couple months, it would seem that the console is back on the rise again, as the latest NPD results...