【】game in Nintendo's history, too.
The Switch is the fastest selling Nintendo system ever. 。
At least according to Nintendo and NPD Group sales numbers, which show the hybrid handheld-home console sold over 906,000 units in its first month. 。
SEE ALSO:This isn't a Nintendo Switch review, but it'll help you decide about buying one 。The Wii U sold roughly 400,000 in its first week and close to 890,000 units in its first six weeks, even though its 2012 launch landed in the more holiday-friendly month of November. 。
Both consoles have been criticized for their launch lineups -- either for the lackluster number of games offered on the Switch or the lack of a first-party system seller on the Wii U -- but the Switch certainly benefitted from one monster game. 。
The brand-new 。 The brand-new 。Zelda: Breath of the Wild 。
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Thanks for signing up! 。 "That means that Nintendo sold more of this game for Nintendo Switch than it sold Nintendo Switch systems, for an attach rate of more than 100 percent," Nintendo said in a press release. "This may be attributed to people who purchased both a limited edition of the game to collect and a second version to play."。This, unsurprisingly, makes it the fastest selling 。
This, unsurprisingly, makes it the fastest selling 。
Zelda 。
game in Nintendo's history, too. 。
Nintendo added that shipments of Switch units have not been able to keep up with consumer demand, but that they are "working to make sure everyone who wants a system is able to buy one, and more systems are continually being shipped."。
This sounds vaguely and unnervingly familiar (sorry NES Classic fans), though we've got at least a solid five months left to Switch's lifespan if today's events are any indication. 。
We should be getting clearer, worldwide sales figures directly from Nintendo later this month alongside the company's fiscal-year earnings release. 。