Super Smash Bros. Ultimate sold 5 million units in 1st week

Read more: <a href="https://www.tweaktown.com/news/108659/nintendo-switch-2-already-outselling-the-original-switch-confirms-nintendo/index.html"> Nintendo Switch 2 already outselling the original Switch, confirms Nintendo
Read more: <a href="https://www.tweaktown.com/news/106775/mario-kart-world-96-attach-rate-on-switch-2-with-over-5-6-million-sales/index.html"> Mario Kart World: 96% attach rate on Switch 2 with over 5.6 million sales
Read more: <a href="https://www.tweaktown.com/news/108692/switch-2-has-far-exceeded-expectations-nintendo-president-says/index.html"> Switch 2 has &apos;far exceeded&apos; expectations, Nintendo president says

Just within its first week of release, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has sold 5 million units.

Tech and Science Editor

Published Jan 17, 2019 2:00 AM CST
Updated Nov 3, 2020 11:49 AM CST

1-minute read time

Voice: Jak ConnorSpeed

0:00 / --:--

We know the sales for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate were legendary, but how legendary exactly? With limited sales figures and only whispers here and there at the success, we now have a better idea where the game is sitting at.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate sold 5 million units in 1st week | TweakTown.com

There is no doubt that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the most popular Super Smash Bros. game in the franchise. Nintendo has even claimed this themselves, with the announcement that Ultimate is the "Best pre-selling Super Smash Bros. game". How many copies of Ultimate has been moved though? First reports suggested that 3 million copies were sold within the first 11 days of launch.

Now we have some news that is slightly more updated, Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa has spoken to Japanese newspaer Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun and revealed that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has actually sold 5 million copies just within its first week of release. Furukawa also shined some light on the software sales of the Nintendo Switch, saying that the Switch now holds the record for most software sales of any Nintendo console. We should get a much better idea how Nintendo are doing both console and game-wise on January 31st when they release their earnings release.