Nintendo Switch was the UK's best-selling console in April, figures show

The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console of April in the UK.

That is according to GfK Entertainment, which has reported that the Nintendo design overtook the PlayStation 5 as the best-selling console of the month in April.

Figures revealed that Nintendo accounted for 32.5 percent of all physical games sold in the UK last month.

'New Pokemon Snap' was found to be the best-selling boxed game of the month, even though it was only on sale for a few days during the specific period.

On the other hand, the PlayStation 5 - which was launched amid much fanfare last year - actually saw a significant drop in interest.

In fact, the PlayStation 4 was revealed to be the best-selling PlayStation machine last month.

Meanwhile, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa recently observed that the Switch console remains popular, despite some fluctuations in the number of active users.

Furukawa explained: "After the release of 'Animal Crossing: New Horizons', there was a substantial increase in the number of consumers playing Nintendo Switch. There was a gradual decrease afterward, but there was another considerable increase during the year-end holiday season last year, which reached the highest number of active users since the release of Nintendo Switch.

"Although the number slightly decreased after the beginning of this calendar year, a lot of consumers are playing Nintendo Switch with the recent March release of Capcom's 'Monster Hunter Rise', so we don't think that the momentum is fading."

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