Sony's Playstation 3 has been outsold by Nintendo Switch in Japan

With the release of this weeks Japanese sales data, another Nintendo Switch milestone has been reached. Sony's Playstation 3 sold approximately 10.25 million units during its lifetime on the market, and Switch has now officially sold 10.43 million total units. The Switch is undoubtedly a sales beast for Nintendo, and the holidays are just around the corner!

[gangsta_red]

Congrats Nintendo! I'm starting to see a lot of people on my side of the bay with Switches. Especially when on the Bart train here.

[PlayableGamez-]

Love your posts man. Keep up the great work!!

[uncharted56]

Yeah keep circle jerking each other!

[naruga]

2 games are enough in japan to outsold any console even if these are mediocre ...and these are mario and Zelda...ahhh and i forgot the only-for-infants game Pokemon

[King_Noctis]

“ only-for-infants game Pokemon”

I guess millions of Switch owners that bought the game are infant to you then.

[gangsta_red]

@Playable

Right back at ya playa!

[KeenBean345]

When I visited Japan back in June I can't count how many switch systems I saw on the train. I see a fair few on my commute to London too which is great to see and huge for Nintendo going forward

[PlayableGamez-]

The Switch is making the PlayStation brand irrelevant in Japan. ʕ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°ʔ
Congrats Nintendo. You are turning PlayStation into Xbox in Japan.

[Ceaser9857361]

Playable
What a stupid comment.. FYI PS sells more than Xbox. I mean Xbox barely sells in Japan and PS does good business in Japan. So saying Switch making PS brand Irrelevant in Japan sounds STUPID.. Xbox is irrelevant in Japan not PS..

[Wasabi]

@Ceaser

***"Xbox is irrelevant in Japan not PS.."***

At the moment, the Switch seems to be making everything else irrelevant in Japan.

https://n4g.com/news/231100...

[Ceaser9857361]

"The Nintendo Switch has now surpassed the lifetime sales of Sony's PlayStation 4 in Japan. New numbers from Famitsu (via GI.biz) show that the Switch has now sold 8.13 million consoles in Japan, which is slightly ahead of the 8.07 million PS4s sold in Japan" This is May 2019 result

So by now PS4 almost sold 9 mil in Japan... Switch should be 10 to 11 mil tops Thats not irrelevant .. How much did Xbox sell ??.

https://www.gamesindustry.b...

^ update from Nov 3 2019

So PS4 is NOT irrelevant in JAPAN... People needs to know the meaning before using the word ... Had the PS4 sales figure was around 5 mil to switch 10 mil + or probably around Xbox sales figure using the word Irrelevant sounds fine...

[Immagaiden]

Japan is still the country with the highest amount of PlayStation consoles sold behind only the United States. Idk how you can call that irrelevant unless you’re trying to troll

[ScootaKuH]

Oh man you gave me a good laugh. At least until I realised you was being serious.

Irrelevant? The only irrelevant thing here is your comment

[Pancit_Canton]

Playstation 3 outsold Nintendo switch globally.

[PhoenixUp]

Calm down this is just about sales in one territory

Also if you want to talk global stats then worldwide, Switch’s sales are tracking faster than PS3 in the same timeframe

https://mobile.twitter.com/...

[Question_Mark]

So? We’re only talking about Japan here. Stop trying to spin things just because you don’t like the news.

[SierraGuy]

He's trying to spin things?

Keep grasping at those straws and book your flight to Japan....and stay there.

[KeenBean345]

I'd bloody hope so considering they produced it for 11 years and the switch has been out 3. Silly point

[jairusmonillas]

Japan love handhelds over home consoles. I don't know why this is even worth calling news.

[Sgt_Slaughter]

Switch is a console that can be taken portably. Since it's a console, it can be compared to any other console sold. Not really difficult to see the logic or why it's news.

[jairusmonillas]

Switch is a handheld with hdmi output. lol

[ScootaKuH]

That's the marketing spiel yes, but come on be honest, first and foremost the Switch is a handheld.

[Eltortugagames]

Why didn’t vita kill it there then? Being a handheld is clearly not the only factor

[DarXyde]

I expected this, but that was remarkably fast.
Congrats on the continued success, Nintendo.

Sidebar: these comments are bloody pathetic. Really, the Xbox brats are like bullied kids cheering for someone beating up their bully because they could not do it themselves. You also have childish Playstation fans dismissing the success of Switch by being flagrant haters treating Mario and Zelda as mediocre games and saying Pokemon is for children when, in fact, some would say VIDEO GAMES are for children.

Please grow up. Switch did what PS3 did in a fraction of the time, and that's genuinely impressive. 10+M in Japan is nothing to scoff at, especially for a console. More than anything, it is a reflection of Nintendo knowing its audience and delivering a solid product.

[danny818]

That’s beyond impressive. I do think that both handheld base and console based coming together is helping. Basically 3DS fans. Crazy numbers.

[Edgelordsupreme]

Fanboys aren't even worth engaging with

[Sgt_Slaughter]

Preach.

It has been hell sometimes here just admitting you enjoy Nintendo consoles/handhelds/games because of the rampant childish fanboys but it's funny watching the other console fans get insecure that the Switch is selling stupidly well.

[Imalwaysright]

Hell? The butthurt the Switch and games like Zelda, Mario and Pokemon have been causing around here is hilarious to me.

[PhoenixUp]

Now we gotta see if Switch can outsell PSP & 3DS in Japan

[sampsonon]

grabbing ad straws i see.
next week " the switch has outsold the ps4 in the town of Orillia Ontario"
wow! congrats Nintendo!

[gangsta_red]

Japan is now comparable to some small city in Canada...straws indeed.

[sampsonon]

in the world of selling games? yes.

[NeoGamer232]

Don't take shots at Orillia, I drove thru there once I think... Well, I blinked and missed it probably.

[NeoGamer232]

Probably already has outsold PS4 in Orillia, Ontario already....

STOP THE PRESSES!

[sampsonon]

and my point just flew right over your head. thanks for making it for me.

[Question_Mark]

Aw, someone’s salty. It’s so cute!

[porkChop]

1. Japan is a major market
2. PS3 has been on sale in Japan for 13 years
3. Switch has been on sale for 3

Either way you look at it, that's really impressive.

[Edgelordsupreme]

Ahhh Orillia, now I know why everything you says sounds so... quaint.

[Father__Merrin]

switch is a handheld and is geared towards a targeted audience

[ZeekQuattro]

Yup. People who like to play videogames. The same people Microsoft and Sony go for. Crazy right?

[Sgt_Slaughter]

Switch is 100% a console. It just so happens that you can take it portably. Pretty simple concept that doesn't need opinions, they're just facts.

[TheHateTheyGive]

They hate hearing facts. If nintendo's franchises are so great then why dont they make a dedicated home console? Wii u was a colossal failure that all nintendo fans pretend did not exist.

[william_cade]

The Switch is a convenient alternative and the best handheld out right now. I just wish the materials they used didn't feel so cheap.

[porkChop]

What feels cheap about it? I know there are issues with drift. But in terms of the materials themselves, the Switch feels really well built. I have a launch model. What don't you like about the materials?

[william_cade]

The plastic feels low grade and the base controllers are flimsy feeling. The controllers are a bit of a joke, especially when the whole thing works better with more traditional controller set up, which you have to pay extra (because the controls that come with are not good.) for an already expensive piece of equipment.

[Hedstrom]

Japan is really pushing the Switch sales!

[TheHateTheyGive]

Japan always supports handhelds because japans small and buildings are so tall they're almost in space and the living spaces are so tiny that handhelds like ds and switch sell like hot cakes over there.