The launch of a new console is always a good indicator of future sales, as long as everything goes smoothly. In the case of the Nintendo Switch, it looks like there's no reason to worry. According to the first wave of stats, official and non-official, Nintendo's hybrid console is doing the business.
We should mention that the console is supported by a very promising game at launch: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, which has no doubt helped sales along.
There are no official figures, except for in France, where it was announced that 105,000 consoles were sold in the days after its release. It's simply the best launch for a console in the country. On top of that a respectable 80,000 consoles were sold in the UK.
Nintendo has only confirmed that "across Europe, Nintendo Switch sold more in its launch weekend than any other Nintendo hardware in history. Launch title The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has not only been bestowed with some of the highest review scores in gaming history, it's also the biggest-selling Nintendo launch title ever in Europe, even outselling Wii Sports in first weekend sales."
In Japan, the console may have already sold more than 330,000 units, this according to Famitsu (via Twitter), which is almost as much as the Wii (360,000).
"This is the best start in the history of our consoles in the United States," Reggie Fils-Aimé, boss of Nintendo of America, said to the New York Times, without giving precise figures. Still, Reggie and everyone else at Nintendo must be delighted with how the launch of the Switch has gone thus far.