Nintendo’s sales soar thanks to the Switch

This time last year, Nintendo was having a rough go of it. The Wii U was a failing system, the 3DS was aging, and its mobile efforts had yet to fully take off. Now, thanks largely to the Switch, Nintendo has posted sales of $1.38 billion for the three months ending on June 30. This is up 148.6 percent from the same period last year.

The Switch launched in March and has been a success for Nintendo. It has shipped more than 4.7 million of the home console/portable hybrid machines, with 1.97 million of that coming from the last quarter.