Aligning launches though skews data. By having the PS2 launch 7/8 months later outside Japan, it allows it to better sort/fulfill shortages.

Lets look at a simple example of a staggered launch with the assumption that 1.25 million is max PS2's that can be produced a month.

Month 1: Japan = 1.25 Million       US = 0      EU = 0

Month 2: Japan = 1.25 Million       US = 0      EU = 0

Month 3: Japan = 1.25 Million          US = 0      EU = 0

Month 4: Japan = .25 Million            US = 1 Million    EU = 0

Month 5: Japan = .5 Million               US = .75 Million  EU = 0

Month 6: Japan = .5 Million               US = .75 Million   EU = 0

Month 7: Japan .10 Million               US = .15 Million   EU = 1 Million

Month 8: Japan .25 Million               US = .25 Million   EU = .75 Million

Month 9: Japan .25 Million               US = .5 Million     EU = .5 MIllion

Month 10: Japan .25 Million               US = .5 Million     EU = .5 MIllion

Month 11: Japan .25 Million               US = .5 Million     EU = .5 MIllion

Month 12: Japan .25 Million               US = .5 Million     EU = .5 MIllion

That total Year 1 is 15 million.

Lets say that the same ration continues for the next year Japan .25 Million   US = .5 Million  EU = .5 MIllion  so that we could align launches and get a full year of each region.

That would put the year 1 total at 19.25 million. 4.25 million more than they can produce. It is misleading when you compare it to another system that launched aligned from the start and had supply issues from the start. The Switch could have sold more than it has right now, but it has had supply issues.

I took the shipment number's from Nintendo themselves. It shipped 14.86 million units in 10 months, that's what they say themselves.

Oh come on! Seriously? It can't be less desirable then a... WiiU. :P

Don't you like that? To try and make the Swtich not be as big a success they add 1 month. Instead of looking at a year of data, they want 13 so that they get an extra huge holiday boost.

Comparisons should only be made for entire years, or comparing months themselves. You know November vs. November.

I imagine we will be seeing some "First 26 months" or something come next year as well so that they can grab some extra holiday numbers.

No they said it shipped 12.76 in 9 months ending 31st December. 14.86 was just in the picture....

If you're talking about shipments, then no, 3DS and GBA are ahead.

If you're talking about sales, then you may be right. It is according to VGChartz, since 13.8 million in 44 weeks would most likely make Switch the fastest selling console of all time in that period. We don't have solid data on GBA, but my estimates put it at 13.65 million as of week 44.

If that's not true, then it's on Nintendo, not me, since they'd be the ones who fucked up.

Anyway all the figures in the OP are shipped so if we cant say it is the best selling blah blah we can say it is the fastest shipped console of all time.

PS.: Everything i said is based on the OP. Im not considering 3ds or gba numbers.

Easy there buddy, im not trying to make Switch less of a success, im a huge Nintendo fan and Switch is shaping up to be my favorite console of all time and i expect 100+ million sold lifetime.

All im doing is letting people know that its ahead launches aligned after 4 quarters but will fall behind next quarter since PS4/Wii will have their big holiday boost come into affect.

Its always hard to make direct comparisons of consoles that launch at different times of the year or have staggered launches.

Heres another way to compare

Wii 2007 shipments-16.94 million

PS4 2014 shipments-15.40 million

NSW 2017 shipments-14.86 million

Anyway you slice it Wii, PS4 & NSW are all right there next to each other.

No its on you for not understanding a simple concept that had existed since Nintendo started sharing numbers 20+ years ago.

For Nintendo, shipments to retailers are sales. They report sales to retailers.

For sales trackers like NPD, Media Create, Vgchartz a sale is when a consumer purchases a unit from a retailer.