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Switch Sells 906,000 Units in U.S. in March, Becomes Fastest-Selling Console in Nintendo's History
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Nintendo announced on Thursday that it sold more than 906,000 Switch consoles in the United States in March. Nintendo added that the console has sold more consoles in its launch month than any other video game system in Nintendo's history.
Additionally, Nintendo announced that its The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild game has sold more than 1.3 million units in the United States. The game has sold more than 925,000 copies for the Switch and "nearly 460,000" copies sold for the Wii U console. Nintendo said the game is the fastest-selling Nintendo launch game ever, and the fastest-selling game in The Legend of Zelda series.
Nintendo will provide information on worldwide Switch sales and other financial information when it reveals its fiscal-year earnings report on April 27.
Nintendo released its Switch console worldwide on March 3. The console has sold 519,504 units in Japan as of March 26.
[Via Hachima Kikō, Gematsu]
