The Nintendo Switch Is Continuing to Sell Like Crazy

The Switch became the fastest-selling console in Nintendo's history just about a month after it launched, and it's showing no signs of slowing down. Nintendo's flagship console was the number one selling video game hardware device in October, according to new figures from NPD Group, a market research firm that tracks U.S. video game sales. Between the Nintendo Switch, Super Nintendo Entertainment System [SNES] Classic, and the company's line of 3DS handheld devices, Nintendo accounted for two-thirds of all video game hardware sold in the U.S. for the second month in a row. The news also comes just after Nintendo announced that it expects to sell 14 million Switch units by the end of March 2018, which is up from their initial estimate of 10 million units. The Switch's position as the top-selling game console probably won't come as much of a surprise to anyone who has tried to purchase one in recent months, particularly over the summer.