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Nintendo Switch was the most-sold game system in Canada last month

by yoshiller
21 November 2017
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According to Canadian NPD Results, the Nintendo Switch was the most-sold gaming device in Canada throughout the month of October. Here are the specific bits of information, as listed by NextGenPlayer:

  • Nintendo Switch was the most-sold video game system in October (the hardware remains the best-selling video game system of 2017)
  • Nintendo systems (Nintendo Switch, Nintendo 3DS systems and SNES Classic) accounted for 62% of all video game hardware sold in October
  • The Super Mario Odyssey game for Nintendo Switch emerged as the top-selling video game of the month on the NPD sales chart, even though it launched at the end of the month on Oct. 27
  • One of every four dollars spent on video game software in October was spent on a Nintendo title, making Nintendo the number one game publisher in October (Nintendo remains the number one game publisher for all of 2017, with 23% share of spending)
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