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xMetroid on 01 February 2018
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Shadow1980 said:
xMetroid said:

Its not the only reason at all. Its not like the console had major droughts all year long AND wasn't out in many countries. And im not talking about 10 months but that right now it looks like it can easily keep the record after 12 months which will be comparable.

13 months would be a better comparison. The Wii was out for roughly 13 months by the end of its first holiday season (its release was slightly staggered; Nov. 19 in NA, Dec. 2 in Japan, Dec. 8 in Europe). By Dec. 31, 2007, the Wii had shipped over 20 million units globally. While it may have been at only 13.17M just three months earlier, putting it behind the Switch's 14.86M for its first 10 months, Nintendo shipped nearly 7 million units in Q4 2007. Because of the holidays.

There is no way in hell the Switch is going to have shipped another 5+ million in this quarter alone. In fact, Nintendo's forecasting only 17.74M units shipped LTD by March 31.

Sales-wise, at the end of 2007 the Wii was at 7.37M in the U.S., 4.6M in Japan, and 5.8M in Europe. The Switch will not match those numbers by the end of March.

Well of course cause the Wii had 2 holidays at the end of 2007 and March is an average month. You were the one saying its not comparable yet you are comparing 2 holidays vs 1. The only comparison we can make is  X Month vs X Month or Year vs Year. Of course Wii&PS4 will pass the Switch after 13/14 months but Switch will most lilely take the lead again after 22 months. And then some will probably stay on top of the others forever.