Nintendo sells 1.5 million Switch consoles worldwide - including 85,000 in the UK

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1.5 million of these sold in the first two weeks of sales

'The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild' picked-up by 90 per cent of Nintendo Switch buyers

Nintendo has sold 1.5 million Switch consoles globally, according to box counters SuperData, with 85,000 sold in the UK. While it was clear that the console launch had proved successful, these figures...

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