| the_dengle said: I would encourage those who are bearish on the Switch's chances in this contest to compare NPD sales between the two systems in question. The short version is that the Switch is probably close to 2 million after 6 months; a comparable amount of time after launch, the 3DS was still under 1.5 million and had already had its price cut to $170. It started selling better after the cut of course, but the Switch is putting up similar monthly numbers to post-price cut 3DS at nearly double the price! Anyway I don't really care for making long-term predictions like this. I guess around 2022. |
After 5 months in the US, Switch was at 1.794 million and 3DS was at 0.922 million. 3DS sold 235k in August 2011. Unfortunately, we don't know the numbers for Switch, but we do know that Switch beat PS4 and Xbox One for that month, so it was probably in the ballpark of 200k.
In summary, yes, Switch is selling as well as 3DS was selling after its price cut, and Switch is $130 more expensive. This is why I find it absurd how anyone is predicting 40 million or less: Japan and the United States alone will pass that mark.
