Nintendo Switch is on track to sell 20 million units in 2018

In just 10 short months, the Nintendo Switch has sold more units than the Wii U's entire five-year lifetime on the market. The hybrid console's popularity has even surpassed Nintendo's original sales target, with close to 15 million units sold since March 2017. 
As this chart by Statista shows, the original Wii is still one of the top-selling consoles across its entire lifetime, but the Switch's exploding popularity might eventually surpass it, given Nintendo's ambitions for the product.
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