After boasting about the Nintendo Switch and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's strong launches in March, Nintendo has finally offered concrete numbers about just how strong those sales were.
Nintendo has revealed that the Switch sold 906,000 in its 28 days on sale in North America according to the NPD Group. Breath of the Wild, meanwhile, sold 1.3 million copies across Switch and Wii U in that same window (925,000 units were sold for Nintendo Switch/460,000 units sold for the Wii U).
In the days following the game and system's March 3 launch, Nintendo released statements saying both the Switch and Breath of the Wild broke sales records in the Americas and in Europe but did not offer exact numbers at the time. Following those statements and data from other territories, IGN took a look at what the initial information about the Switch's launch success actually told us. Early reports suggested that 1.5 million Switch copies were sold this in its first week.
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Nintendo has revealed that the Switch sold 906,000 in its 28 days on sale in North America according to the NPD Group. Breath of the Wild, meanwhile, sold 1.3 million copies across Switch and Wii U in that same window (925,000 units were sold for Nintendo Switch/460,000 units sold for the Wii U).
In the days following the game and system's March 3 launch, Nintendo released statements saying both the Switch and Breath of the Wild broke sales records in the Americas and in Europe but did not offer exact numbers at the time. Following those statements and data from other territories, IGN took a look at what the initial information about the Switch's launch success actually told us. Early reports suggested that 1.5 million Switch copies were sold this in its first week.
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