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        <title><![CDATA[Nintendo Switch just had the second-best October in video game history]]></title>
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						<p>The looming release of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X didn&#8217;t put a damper on Switch sales last month, with Nintendo&#8217;s flagship console delivering the second-strongest October sales performance ever.</p>
<p>The ultra-popular gaming system moved 735,000 units last month — more than three and a half years after its March 2017 release — as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to pour rocket fuel on the Japanese giant&#8217;s sales.</p>
<p>The eye-popping figure is second only that of another Nintendo console, the Wii, which sold 807,000 units in October 2008 according to <strong>NPD</strong>.</p>
<p>The Switch has now sold more than 22.5 million units in the US, and more than 63 million worldwide. It has been the best-selling console in the world for 23 consecutive months, the longest such streak since NPD began tracking sales numbers.</p>
<p>The popularity is sure to boost Nintendo&#8217;s bottom line, with the maker of the iconic &#8220;Super Mario&#8221; franchise <strong>reporting earlier this month</strong> that profits more than tripled thanks to the console&#8217;s red-hot sales.</p>
<p>Nintendo raked in profits of $2.8 billion between April and September, up 209 percent from the same period in 2019.</p>
<p>Indeed, the Switch has been selling so fast that Nintendo warned it could be hard to find even though it’s increasing shipments ahead of the holiday shopping season.</p>
<p>But the Switch now has new competition, with Microsoft and Sony both launching their new gaming consoles this week.</p>
			
					
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