In 2019 79% of Japanese Console Market Belonged to Nintendo
Thanks to Famitsu, we have learned the scale of Nintendo's domination on the Japanese market. As many as 76% of the consoles sold last year were models from the Switch family.
Famitsu published some interesting data from the Land of the Rising Sun. It turns out that as much as 76% of the consoles sold last year in Japan were various Nintendo Switch models. After adding 3DS, the company's total market share was 79%.
# | Console | Number of units sold in 2019 | Share in console sales in 2019: | Total sales in Japan so far: |
1, | Nintendo Switch | 4 494 903 | 76% | 11 383 449 |
2. | PlayStation 4 | 1 196 153 | 20% | 8 748 243 |
3. | Nintendo 3DS | 191 173 | 3% | 24 496 137 |
4. | PlayStation Vita | 37 668 | 0,6% | 5 853 022 |
5. | Xbox One | 8 315 | 0,1% | 111 246 |
Out of modern consoles, only 3DS has a larger user base in Japan than Switch, but the sales results show that players are switching massively to Nintendo's new platform.
Of course, Xbox One, whose last year's sales amounted to a little over 8.3 thousand copies, is doing the worst.
Last year, 4.68 million copies of Nintendo consoles were sold in Japan. It was the best result ever.
Let us recall that Nintendo Switch debuted in March 2017. In September last year, the Switch Lite model was released, characterized by its smaller dimensions. According to rumors, in the middle of this year the Pro variant will be released, which is supposed to offer stronger components, allowing for playing in 4K.
