Does five years that Nintendo Switch went on sale and since then it has been a turning point in the development of portable consoles. It was already announced at the beginning of the year that the users of the device were growing both in the eShop and the physical console. It is entering a world of competition with the company’s own hardware, getting closer and closer to the Wii (101 million sales worldwide).
Along with its contemporary Nintendo Switch OLED, the hybrid is proving to be a top seller. In the first quarter of this year it was the best-selling device in our country and in 2019, 2020 and 2021 it was already awarded the title of the best-selling console. As explained in Gamereactor, by means of a press release provided by the independent consultancy of GfK the console has already reached the figure of two million sales in Spain, adding the sales of Nintendo Switch Lite and Nintendo Switch OLED.
Making a comparison with PlayStation 4, this when it had 44 months in the market reached the sales figure which currently has Nintendo Switch with 56 months since its launch. PlayStation 5 has also established itself as one of the best-selling consoles, surpassing the Switch in its first year of life. Likewise, Wii reached the same figure in February 2010 with 37 months of life in Spain. And the Nintendo DS exceeded 4.8 million with no less than 58 months in the Spanish market. The problem that Switch has been suffering is that between 2020 and 2021 the lack of stock derived from the Covid-19 pandemic is complicating its distribution. So the demand for new consoles, and especially laptops, is very high, but the stock is very low.
Nintendo has tried to alleviate this setback with its software sales. Having unbeatable results in Spain: 6 out of 10 best-selling games in the country have been distributed by the company that gave life to Mario and Luigi. According to the data, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury is the one that tops the list of the best sellers with more than 170,000 physical units in our country. Along with this title he is accompanied by Mario Kart 8 and Animal Crossing.
Therefore, the best-selling Nintendo games in Spain this year would be:
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury – 170,000 units.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition
Ring Fit Adventure
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD