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UK in March 2017 - full month breakdown

by rawmeatcowboy
06 April 2017
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The following data is for the UK, looking at March 2017. There seems to be some confusion surrounding the Switch numbers, as to whether they are referencing hardware or software. We'll try to get that cleared up.

Week 09, 2017 – 438,298 units / £17m (as opposed to 256,678 units / £7.8m in March 2016)
Week 10, 2017 – 446,616 units / £16.3m (as opposed to 478,485 units / £19.3m in March 2016)
Week 11, 2017 – 248,013 units / £7.7m (as opposed to 316,902 units / £11m in March 2016)
Week 12, 2017 – 315,476 units / £11m (as opposed to 362,805 units / £11m in March 2016)
Week 13, 2017 – 224,580 units / £7m (as opposed to 306,883 units / £8.5m in March 2016)
Total – 1,672,983 units (-2.83%) / £59m (+2.43%) (as opposed to 1,721,753 units / £57.6m in March 2016)

- 137,185 Switch units were sold during the first month, generating £7,139,000.
- 3DS software sales hit 71,000 units, generating £1,888,000, down 14.73% compared to last year
- Wii U software hit 50,189 units, down 35.22% compared to March 2016

Wii and DS in March 2017

Wii: 5,019 (-41.70%) / £59,000
Nintendo DS: 1,673 (-51.42%) / £???

01 (01) PlayStation 4 – 824,781 (+13.79%) / £29,913,000
02 (02) Xbox One – 513,606 (-12.00%) / £16,579,000
03 (NE) Nintendo Switch – 137,185 / £7,139,000
04 (03) Nintendo 3DS – 71,938 (-14.73%) / £1,888,000
05 (06) Nintendo Wii U – 50,189 (-35.22%) / £2,006,000
06 (04) Xbox 360 – 28,441 (-76.40%) / £472,000
07 (07) PC Software – 21,749 (-51.42%) / £590,000
08 (05) PlayStation 3 – 15,057 (-77.58%) / £295,000
09 (08) Nintendo Wii – 5,019 (-41.70%) / £59,000
10 (09) PlayStation Vita – 1,673 (-75.71%) / £59,000
11 (10) Nintendo DS – 1,673 (-51.42%) / £???

- 3DS software sales are up year-on-year to 248 729 units (+7.9%)
- Wii U software sales are down year-on-year 39.39%
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo Switch and Wii U version combined) was the 3rd best-selling game in
- 1-2-Switch was #9
- Super Bomberman R is ranked #23
- Just Dance 2017 at #28
- on 3DS, the best-seller is Pokémon Sun (ranked #27), with Pokémon Moon at #39
- New Super Mario Bros. 2 makes a comeback at 40

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