I flew too close to the 1TF sun and my Switch wings melted.

[Soundwave]

RolStoppable said:

Soundwave said:

That is going to be one interesting thing about Switch, can it get back to the earlier 3DS shipments that were more in the 12-13 range, because the 3DS has settled into a disturbing range of "treading water" of shipments that are sub 9 million since 2014/15.

8-9 million/year as is not going to cut it I don't think. My worry if I'm Nintendo is that 8-9 million portables/year is the "new normal" because of cheap tablets filtering down to kids.

40-50 million lifetime is quite healthy.

For a home console yes, for a Nintendo portable ... that's getting a little dicey, especially since the attach ratio (software sold) on a portable is generally well below a console. 8-9 million in peak years also likely means 4-5 million in lesser years so you're flirting with going under 40 million in that case.