Nintendo Switch has become the fastest selling video game system of all time in the US

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Trumpstyle said:

VideoGameAccountant said:

Switch Will Outsell PS4 because Europe is not enough

I don't know why people are still claiming PS4 will outsell Switch worldwide? The Switch is outselling the PS4 in Japan (I think it's at around 40-50% of PS4's LTD sales). It's selling faster than the PS4 in the US. Outselling Switch in Europe won't be enough to put PS4 over Switch. The PS4 would have to sell more than Switch there by a greater margin than Switch outsell PS4 in both Japan and the US. It's not going to happen. Look at the 360. It crushed the PS3 in the US but because it couldn't sell in Japan or Europe (outside of the UK), it was outsold by PS3 worldwide. This is the same scenario here. I don't know why people still think PS4 can beat Switch.

Chances that Switch will outsell Ps4 WW is just slim. First it's very unlikely it will even outsell the ps4 in US (lifetime). The console in it's third year will likely start to fizzle out because of no third-party support. It will probably get some japanese support but basically 0 % from western developers (maybe some indie support and a AAA game). The console hardware performance is just to low to get support. 

Even if it beat the ps4 in US it will be with a small margin and won't make up for the big loss in Europe.

Third Switch aren't beating the Wii in sales and PS4 will easily beat it. Will sell at a minimun 110+ million but will probably reach 130+ million.

You must have missed the fact that the Switch is an indie gold mine and this will continue for years to come. Indie games are becoming more and more important to the industry... Minecraft started out as an indie game, Sonic Mania was developed by indie developers, Rocket League, PUBG, Cuphead, etc. 

Just this year I bought Steamworld Dig 2, Sonic Mania, Steamworld Heist: Ultimate Edition, Enter the Gungeon, Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove and Stardew Valley. All highly rated games that were very successful on the Switch.