Nintendo Switch Had More Sales in the UK Last Year Than Every PlayStation and Xbox Combined

The people have spoken--the winner of this new round of the console wars is definitely, unquestionably the Nintendo Switch. At least, in the UK, it is.

[ZeekQuattro]

In Japan it's even worse. The December NPD will paint a similar picture as well.

[CyberSentinel]

I want an uncensored gaming experience.
I am not a child, and I will support companies that don’t support censorship.

Nintendo 👍🏾

[IMissJimRyan]

You just want pedo shit and submissive virtual women.

Don't perch on a moral pedestal. You are the same ones who were crying with Tlou2.

Bunch of bastards.

[Dark_Overlord]

Same reason I'm buying one. Jap devs are rightfully just ignoring Sony now due to the BS they're enforcing on them.

[Dark_Overlord]

"You just want pedo shit and submissive virtual women"

Jesus christ kid, go back under your bridge, let the grown ups speak

[TheTony316]

Dark Overlord

Which japanese devs are ignoring Sony? 98% of all japanese games are coming to PS consoles.

[Psychotica]

McDonald's sells more cheeseburgers than a 5 start restaurant too..

[SpeedDemon]

Except their games are not only selling a lot, theyre highly rated also.

[Neonridr]

love me a Big Mac.

[Sirk7x]

And how often do you eat at 5 star restaurants?

[Lexreborn2]

I bought a switch and switch lite last year. I won’t be buying anymore switches I’ll wait for their next gen replacement.

[Lexreborn2]

So I will buy another switch and not wait until next gen replacement? Or I didn’t buy a lite and switch last year? This is such an odd thing to disagree with lol

[godofiron]

Weird how people kept saying it wasn't a direct competitor to Sony and Microsoft home consoles, because of its different release schedule, and inferior specs.

But now, when it's no longer even a part of any 'generation' (like the Wii U was), and it's doing well, it's "won" the console war.

[Father__Merrin]

Switch is a handheld its bound to do well its replaced the 3ds. Articles like this make out the switch as some kind of monster that's pushing gaming forward in reality its a handheld that's popular with children

[waverider]

The switch isnt in any Kind of competition with the xbox and the PS4.... Its a portable hybrid. There 3rd party look terrible, their first games got graphics from two gen ago, but nobody cares about that because its portable machine. The main selling point is You can play anywhere. But The moment You try to compare to a home console is just sad. When it got the game its always the worst of worst version.

[Knushwood Butt]

I've been watching the Switch our kids have, and it's amazing how few textures there are in the games. So much is just single color or two tone color fills. So basic.

Having said that, almost everything has the same bright and colorful look, which has a certain appeal.

This is why I doubt there will ever be a 4K Switch, because why bother?

[Ausbo]

Kinda crazy to think about when nintendo didn’t release much, and Sony came out hitting with bangers

[northpaws]

Switch is my least favorite Nintendo console, and then Wii.

I think from the order of what I had the most fun with, I would say... (Not including NES, was too young)

SNES > N64 > GameCube > Wii U > Wii > Switch...

[northpaws]

Coming from a Wii U, the only new games that I want to play on Switch so far is Mario Odyssey, and Breath of the Wild 2... other than those, the system has mostly old ports or crapper version of third party games.

[Espangerish]

Switch is a good console in my opinion.

However, comparing sales of Xbox and PS4 when they were in the final year of a long generational cycle with new hardware just around the corner to those of a the switch which is in the peak years of its cycle is unfair.

[Einhander1971]

Nintendo are smashing it, God there are some bitter little people on this site. I own Switch and now PS5 love em all the same. What's with all this silly loyalty your missing out on amazing games.

[Neonridr]

agree 100%. I'm working my way through Spiderman Remastered on my PS5 and I love it, but when I'm not doing that I'm playing something on my Switch.

[originaljohn]

My Switch is a JRPG/SRPG powerhouse and my PS5 is a single player blockbuster powerhouse. I've room for both in my life and I love it.

[northpaws]

Talk about silly loyalty when you cannot accept some people don't like it.

[TitaniumExposed_VIP]

How many of those Switch buyers doesn't already own a PS4 or Xbox? To me its great to see Nintendo doing as well as the competition, it means the video games industry is healthy all around and we gamers have many options. Win-win

[BenRC01]

Prius outsells ferrari too.

[Knushwood Butt]

Yeah, but gotta love those Prius drivers that are out on a mission to try and prove that their car isn't slow.

[Jimneous]

It seems logical to me that it would be performing better in sales. The Xbox One and PS4 have been on the market for a longer period of time than the Switch so it's likely that many people may already have those consoles which allows the Switch to sell largely unimpeded.
For me personally I bought my PS4 at launch and never needed to buy another, then I got an Xbox a few year after and finally at a much later date, got a Switch.