How Much Do You Expect the Nintendo Switch to Sell Lifetime?

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Miyamotoo said:

Lawlight said:

We’ll see. Official Switch shipment numbers are outpacing the 3DS shipment numbers by 3.5% but the 3DS had its life prolonged thanks to Pokemon Go.

And what the end of the Switch’s second full year is basically half its life.

Until now, but that difference is getting bigger, Switch is getting momentum, for instance it had best July month in US in last 8 years in gaming. Switch will not have typical life of Nintendo home console, it will have life span similar to handheld and 3DS because of its hybrid nature and future revisions, Nintendo said they want Switch to have longer life span than typical 6 years.

The 360 and Wii have the best July in history and yet the PS4 will eclipse both so that doesn’t mean much. And it is not up to Nintendo to determine the life span of a system - it’s up to the market. The Swith may be gaining momentum but so far it’s basically neck and neck with the 3DS as far as we know based on the numbers that we have.