Nintendo Switch in the UK overtakes combined sales of PlayStation and Xbox consoles

It looks like Nintendo can be congratulated on another successful year. According to Games Industry Editor-in-Chief Christopher Dring, cumulative sales of PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X in the UK have not surpassed Switch sales in that country.

In the UK last year, if you add every PS5 sold to every PS4 sold to every Xbox Series sold to every Xbox One sold ... you get pretty much how much Nintendo Switch sold

- Christopher Dring (@Chris_Dring) January 7, 2021

Users in the comments to the tweet note that this does not mean something bad. Switch is primarily an add-on console or just a gadget for kids that parents buy. Nonetheless, this is an impressive result for Nintendo.

PS5 and Xbox Series X sales are also breaking records. NPD's Matt Piscatella noted that the PS5 set a record for unit sales for its launch month in the US.