Global Hardware 6 October 2018

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haxxiy said:

Mar1217 said:

I'm pretty sure it'll do over that just fine. Right now, it's easily outpacing the 3DS numbers worldwide without even getting it's first cut while the 3DS needed a massive cut to get going in the first place, then it had a revision almost each successive year to keep it going.

Is it yet, though? The 3DS sold about 7.6m the last quarter of 2012. Can you really see some 29.8m Switches shipped by the end of the year? It would have to seriously overperform to get there. Nearly 60% of a console's yearly sales, on average, are gone already, as of the latest global charts.

Either way, it's an interesting comparison, since both consoles released on similar periods and are tracking very closely so far.

 

 

Shipments after 6 quarters.

3DS-19.00m

Switch-19.67m

 

Also it would not need to over perform to remain ahead of 3DS since Switch shipped 7.23 million last holiday so 7.6m is definitely feasible.