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title: "19.6% console sales UK in 2018"
url: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/en/news/nintendo-switch/19-6-console-sales-uk-in-2018/"
description: "GamesIndustry has released their “2018 Year In Numbers” gaming data for the UK. This includes gaming console sales in the region."
author: "Patrick Dankers"
published at: "2018-12-22 10:52:59"
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19.6% console sales UK in 2018 | Nintendo Switch News | NintendoReporters

 [![19.6% console sales UK in 2018](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/19.6-console-sales-uk-in-2018.jpg "19.6% console sales UK in 2018")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/19.6-console-sales-uk-in-2018.jpg)**GamesIndustry** has released their “2018 Year In Numbers” gaming data for the UK. This includes gaming console sales in the region.

## [](#uk-by-the-numbers)UK by the numbers

According to the data, the Nintendo Switch accounts for 19.6% of console sales this year. The Nintendo 3DS accounts for 2.9%, and the Wii accounts for 0.5%. However, Nintendo’s hardware was surpassed by the Playstation 4 and Xbox One. These accounted for 44% and 31.8%, respectively.

**Software**

As for software, there are a few Nintendo-related things that did well. According to ICO partners, Pokemon GO was the 12th most covered game, and it was #5 on the top 5 games by worldwide IAP revenue. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was #3 on the Top 10 Games on Twitter.

Impressive figures right?

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