By Leif Johnson
Once upon a time there were pundits who thought the Nintendo Switch was going to be a dud, because – after all – what would be the appeal of a portable home console in this age of smartphones and iPads?
Turns out, they were very, very wrong. Today Nintendo announced that the Switch is the fastest-selling home video game console in US history, soundly thrashing the previous record held by Nintendo’s own Wii console. Within 10 months, 4.8 million Switch units were sold compared to the 4 million moved by the Wii.
Much of the appeal lies in the way the device can easily “switch” from being a TV-connected console to an easily portable gaming device in a matter of seconds, but it certainly doesn’t hurt that Nintendo also released some strong games within the device’s first year.
In the US, over 60% of Switch owners have Super Mario Odyssey (which we called “one of Mario’s finest adventures”), while more than 55% own The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Beyond that, more than 50% of Switch players have Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and around 20% have Splatoon 2.
Third-party adoption was initially slow, but it’s picking up now that …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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