The Nintendo Switch has been doing so well that its lifetime sales -- 68.3 million worldwide, according to the earnings report it released earlier this month -- have soared past the NES's. Now, NPD has released sales numbers that give us a bit more insight on how the console is doing in the US: According to the group, the Switch family saw its strongest October sales yet in the country this year. Nintendo sold over 735,000 Switch and Switch Lite units in the US for October, making it the second-highest October sales of any video game console in history. That's second only to the record (807,000 units sold) set by the Wii system back in October 2008. In addition, NPD reports that Nintendo has sold a total of 22.5 million units in the US thus far.

The Nintendo Switch is sort of like cars in New York City: Nobody you know owns one, but traffic is horrible and finding a parking space is impossible. Nine months after its March release, the Switch hybrid console still is not widely available on store shelves despite, and because of, its soaring demand due to huge games like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey. The perception that the Switch is hugely popular is reality, as Glixel reports Nintendo consoles made up two thirds of all hardware sold in the United States in October. As one would expect, the Switch was the top console last month. Behind the Switch were the SNES Classic Edition retro console and the Nintendo 3DS, continuing its more than six year reign in the portable gaming market.