"The Nintendo Switch Is Selling Exactly As Fast As Sony's PS4" - Forbes

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DonFerrari said:

peachbuggy said:

Well, i initially thought it would reach 110m,  matching previous PS LT's but given it's been breaking records in its 4th year and the fact that PS consoles have such good longevity i figured it could possibly reach PS2 levels. Am sure the Switch will sell amazing numbers too. Not sure why people are arguing. I suppose it's purely for the bragging rights.  Pretty sure, even the manufacturers only care about the bottom line, not necessarily "winning", so in reality everyone should be happy. Having at least 2 healthy consoles in the marketplace can only be a good thing for everyone.

Yes I expected 110M area as well. But I agree that considering this year 130M isn't impossible (still unlikely). But it's great how our perspective changes.

WiiU expected to be a sucess, X1 to dominate and PS4 to die fast. Then Switch to do bad, PS4 to win and X1 to have less than 70% of X360 sales. And now Switch to be massive sucess and PS4 to approach PS2.

zorg1000 said:

Ive always said since PS2+XB & PS3+360 did similar numbers that PS4+XBO would likely sell in the same range so about 170-180 million combined.

Yep, that was the normal consensus, and since first 2 years of X1 was resonably so if it done around 60-70M PS4 could get to 100-120M at most... but perhaps the mid gen can help the X1+PS4 to increase over the previous combos.

It could be perfectly possible that both PS4 and Switch easily clear 100m consoles sold and in some ways it would put some of the arguments to bed. We  can all agree they both did great but unfortunately that won't happen for years!