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title: "Nintendo Switch sold over 4.5 million units in Japan"
url: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/en/news/general/nintendo-switch-sold-over-4-5-million-units-in-japan/"
description: "Famitsu has revealed that Nintendo has currently shifted 4.5 million systems in Japan."
author: "Patrick Dankers"
published at: "2018-07-08 21:33:52"
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Nintendo Switch sold over 4.5 million units in Japan | General News | NintendoReporters

 [![Nintendo Switch sold over 4.5 million units in Japan](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/nintendo-switch-sold-over-4-5-millionunits-in-japan.jpg "Nintendo Switch sold over 4.5 million units in Japan")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/nintendo-switch-sold-over-4-5-millionunits-in-japan.jpg)**Famitsu** has revealed that Nintendo has currently shifted 4.5 million systems in Japan.

As you will have noticed from the Media Create sales which are published every Wednesday, the Nintendo Switch has become the dominant console in Japan, usually outselling Sony’s PlayStation 4 each week.

## [](#millions-aaaand-millions)Millions aaaand millions

The exact number of consoles sold since Famitsu released its data is 4,524,037 systems. It shouldn’t be too long until the Nintendo Switch reaches the 5 million mark if sales continue to rise.

Nintendo Switch is doing marvelous in a lot of places, but it is also good to see it do well in the land of the rising sun, Japan.

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