Become a partner Nintendo to disseminate Switch in China company Tencent sold over 1 million hybrid consoles officially approved for sale in the country in the first year. On this today, January 11, the agency reports. Reuters…
Buyers of the Chinese version of the Switch can only play games certified by the regulators on it. The process of selecting software for release on the market takes a long time, so during the year Chinese users officially received only 13 games, among which there are no such international hits as The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Animal Crossing: New Horizons…
As the agency analyst noted Niko Partners Daniel Ahmad, Nintendo Switch officially sold more in China in its first year than PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in the same time since their launches combined…
In parallel, there is a gray market in the country, where you can buy an international version of the Nintendo Switch, which does not have regional restrictions and allows you to run games that are released in the USA, Europe and Japan. Taking into account the sales of such consoles, more than 4 million Switches have already been sold in China, according to Niko Partners. This makes the Nintendo platform the absolute leader in the Chinese console market.
Reuters notes that consoles are still niche products in China, which has traditionally been dominated by mobile and PC games. However, the market is gradually growing. Niko Partners predicts that the console segment’s annual turnover will double by 2025. This will be facilitated by the Nintendo Switch and the launch of the next generation PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X.
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