PS4 VS Switch lifetime sales, which console will sell the most?

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curl-6 said:

VideoGameAccountant said:

I think we're its ridiculous is that they will do a 6 year lifespan again when the market no longer does that and that it's unwise to kill a successful console early. The whole 6 year lifespan was an Iwata idea (and Iwata was an awful business strategist unless he took it directly from another book). Kimishima was basically saying they weren't going to stick to a hard and fast timeframe for the Switch like they did with the Wii and DS. Earliest I could see it is Holiday 2023 and that would be to take advantage of the holiday seasons (which would mean the Switch had a 6 and 3/4th year lifespan). 

Well, naturally as a Switch owner I want it to have a long and plentiful lifespan. I think I'll always be a bit bitter at Nintendo for only giving the Wii 4 years of proper support and I hope they never cut a console that unnecessarily short again.

That's the thing those guys don't get. Nintendo isn't exactly in control of when their successors launch.  The market is. If in 2021, we start to get a decline all year for Switch regardless of price cuts, and 2022 sees more of the same, you can bet Nintendo will make sure they are ready for a 2023 launch of the Switch 2. If a price cut stops the decline, they will probably wait til 2024.

Still, a 6 year span between consoles isn't exactly short. It's more like the average.