{"id":11151,"date":"2022-12-06T10:15:23","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T10:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/06\/switch-sales-increased-by-a-whopping-175-in-the-uk-during-november\/"},"modified":"2022-12-06T10:15:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T10:15:23","slug":"switch-sales-increased-by-a-whopping-175-in-the-uk-during-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/06\/switch-sales-increased-by-a-whopping-175-in-the-uk-during-november\/","title":{"rendered":"Switch Sales Increased By A Whopping 175% In The UK During November"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Helped along by Pok\u00e9mon and Black Friday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>November was a pretty big month for Nintendo. Not only did the latest generation of <strong>Pok\u00e9mon<\/strong> launch with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_scarlet_and_violet\">Scarlet and Violet<\/a>, but the Switch also benefited from the usual Black Friday offers that inevitably pop up each and every year.<\/p>\n<p>Such a potent combination is bound to lead to some impressive sales and, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/\">GamesIndustry&#8217;s<\/a> Christopher Dring, the Switch was comfortably the best-selling console during November in the UK with an increase of roughly 175% month-on-month (exact sale figures are unfortunately not available). The Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet and Violet OLED Model only accounted for around 8% of total console sales, though it&#8217;s clear that the launch of the latest Pok\u00e9mon generation gave the Switch family a significant boost with UK audiences overall.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/12\/switch-sales-increased-by-a-whopping-175percent-in-the-uk-during-november\">full article on nintendolife.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[#item_image]Switch Sales Increased By A Whopping 175% In The UK During November<!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Helped along by Pok\u00e9mon and Black Friday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>November was a pretty big month for Nintendo. Not only did the latest generation of <strong>Pok\u00e9mon<\/strong> launch with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_scarlet_and_violet\">Scarlet and Violet<\/a>, but the Switch also benefited from the usual Black Friday offers that inevitably pop up each and every year.<\/p>\n<p>Such a potent combination is bound to lead to some impressive sales and, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/\">GamesIndustry&#8217;s<\/a> Christopher Dring, the Switch was comfortably the best-selling console during November in the UK with an increase of roughly 175% month-on-month (exact sale figures are unfortunately not available). The Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet and Violet OLED Model only accounted for around 8% of total console sales, though it&#8217;s clear that the launch of the latest Pok\u00e9mon generation gave the Switch family a significant boost with UK audiences overall.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/12\/switch-sales-increased-by-a-whopping-175percent-in-the-uk-during-november\">full article on nintendolife.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":11152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11151"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}