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The lagging console market in Japan still showed up for the newest Nintendo system.<\/p>\n

Nintendo\u2019s Switch surpassed 313,700 consoles sold in Japan in its first week, according to weekly Japanese gaming magazine\u00a0Famitsu\u00a0<\/em>(via Yuji Nakamura<\/a>). That only includes the first couple days of sales since the Switch launched on Friday. The hybrid home\/handheld system didn\u2019t set a new record for Nintendo in Japan\u00a0like it did in The Americas<\/a>, but it was a solid launch for a traditional gaming device in a market that is spending more and more of its time and money on mobile gaming. Japanese players spend more money on average than any other region in that $36.6 billion smartphone gaming sector, and that has led to slow (if not steady) sales for systems like the PlayStation 4 that are popular in other regions.<\/p>\n

When compared to other Nintendo systems, the Switch outsold the Wii U, but it was more nearly 70,000 units behind the Wii. But it is right in line with the PS4, which sold 322,100 compared to Switch\u2019s 313,700, which suggests that the core audience of traditional gaming fans bought both devices.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a look at more first-week sales figures from Japan:<\/p>\n

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Japan opening week sales:<\/p>\n

Switch \u2013 313.7k<\/p>\n

NDS \u2013 441k
3DS \u2013 371k
Wii \u2013 371k
PS4 \u2013 322k
NWU \u2013 308k
PSP \u2013 166k
GCN \u2013 134k
PS3 \u2013 88k<\/p>\n

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While Nintendo didn\u2019t match its Wii sales with the Switch in Japan, it likely knows that it should feel confident about how the system sold. Its home territory has loved Zelda games in the past, but the franchise is more popular in the West \u2014 and Breath of the Wild is the one big launch game available for the new hardware. Once Nintendo starts rolling out games like Splatoon 2, Super Mario Odyssey, and Pok\u00e9mon, the Japanese market may respond with more enthusiasm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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