Fortnite's been installed on almost half of the Nintendo Switch consoles out there
A real boon for both Epic Games and Nintendo
Nintendo released its six-month fiscal briefing today, revealing that Fortnite currently lives on nearly half of the Nintendo Switch systems out in the world. Based on previous reports, that means Fortnite has been downloaded for Switch over 11 million times. That’s quite a feat. It’s been an exciting year for Fortnite overall, as we learned the game had raked in over $1 billion as of July of this year.
Nintendo’s also had good luck with its first-party titles over the past few months. Super Mario Party, which launched in early October, has sold over 1.5 million copies so far. Nintendo says these are strong numbers for the game compared to previous entries in the Mario Party series, citing the impending holidays as a possible cause.
The Nintendo 3DS still has a firm spot in Nintendo’s future plans. The device’s “highly portable design”, and its lower price point compared to the Nintendo Switch makes it an accessible entry point into Nintendo games, so ole’ Ninty is keeping it around for the time being. You can read Nintendo’s financial briefing in full right here.