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title: "Nintendo Switch hugely popular in South Korea"
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description: "In South Korea, Nintendo's console has only been available since December 1, but the Nintendo Switch is doing very well there."
author: "Patrick Dankers"
published at: "2017-12-18 10:30:43"
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Nintendo Switch hugely popular in South Korea | Nintendo Switch News | NintendoReporters

 [![Nintendo Switch hugely popular in South Korea](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/nintendo-switch-enorm-populair-in-zuid-korea.jpeg "Nintendo Switch hugely popular in South Korea")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/nintendo-switch-enorm-populair-in-zuid-korea.jpeg)Nintendo recently announced that the Nintendo Switch sold over 10 million times worldwide.

In South Korea, however, the Nintendo console has only been available since December 1st, but still then the Nintendo Switch is doing very well. In the first three days 55,000 units of the Nintendo Switch sold there.

## [](#meh-that-is-not-that-much)Meh … that is not that much?

This may not seem very much, but this is more than the Nintendo 3DS, DS and even the Wii were sold in the same timeframe. Even more so, these consoles / handhelds did not even come close to these numbers in the first month.

Nintendo Switch is simply something that many people have looked forward to, gaming on the go .. .without real hard compromises.

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