The interesting part here is "what will japanese 3rd party do?" Smaller Traditionally ps4/vita/PC devs like idea factory will probably jump en masse to switch, maybe in a couple years will not even bother with a ps4 version. And bigger devs would be stupid not to at least make games for it. In fact I could see the next dragon quest going switch EXCLUSIVE because all that really matters for DQ is japanese sales.
And the big thing is if sony starts losing japanese 3rd party exclusivity, its going to be sandwhiched between the xbone S with its 4k blu ray and shared 3rd party, and the switch with ninty titles and all that japanese support even if a lot of it is shared.

Next week is also Xenoblade 2 launch, so if this week we had around 150k, next year will probably be closer to 200k than to 150k, so yeah around 200k is very posible.

The Nintendo handheld dominates Japan once again. Ceding the home console market to Sony while having a handheld that has the option of video output to a TV was the right decision.

Which means we'll see this every single week for a long while.

This kind of post will only derail the thread.Please dont start this.

Fiscal year or calendar year? Fiscal year, it just has to run average numbers to get there with ease. Even under supply constraints similar to earlier in the year, it will still hit 3M by March. 

Calendar year (January 1st) is still definitely doable if Nintendo didn't spend their entire supply this week. It needs ~600k to get there over 5 weeks. 120k a week is possible... if Nintendo can produce the units. 

The real question is: how "over" are the shortages? I have no doubt the Switch could move another 800k units by January 1st if they were available. 

Still funny to see comments like these.  Sony is getting their ass kicked in Japan hardware wise, have been since forever YET they are still able to take back Dragon Quest after 10 years; have an exclusive, big budget (ironic) Monster Hunter, it still gets all the Final Fantasy games, still has Kingdom Hearts, Personas...pretty all the major (and minor) Japan 3rd party games, they continue to steal exclusives from Nintendo like Resident Evil Revelations BUTTTTT the switch is going to change all that.  Classic.

Then you top it off with the Xbox S nonsense. 

Huh? How is that? It was also the right move for Sony to cede the handheld market to Nintendo. Both companies are focusing on their strengths which means they'll both prosper.

Because the Switch is not a handheld, its a hybrid.And then it will start all that discussion about if it is or not.Just let it re4st.

The PS4 is just priced too high for its age. 29800Y is too much to ask for a system nearing its 4th year in Japan.