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

[GProgrammer]

Barkley said:

Nu-13 said:

I don't see these ps4 legs you're talking about. It had it's peak in 2017, declined a little last year, moderately this year and will continue declining next year. That's neither great or bad legs, just standard. If it drops 40% in 2020, 50-60% in 2021 and some more later, it's gonna end a little under 120m. If the drops are harsher, it could end at a little over 115m.

For measuring the legs of a console I like to use the percentage of total sales it sold in it's first 4 years. E.G if a console sells 70% of it's lifetime sales in it's first 4 years it has much worse legs than a console that sells just 55% and has another 45% still to come. The PS4 sold 67m in it's first 4 years so let's go with the PS4 selling 120m LT to put it in the table:

	First 4 Years
WiiU	99.10%
N64	91.10%
Gamecube	88.80%
Wii	83.20%
Vita	81.10%
3DS	68.00%
DS	60.40%
PSP	57.40%
PS4	55.90%
PS1	53.20%
PS3	53.20%
PS2	46.00%
X360	43.40%

You're right it has neither bad or good legs... for a PlayStation. But it exceeds the legs of every Nintendo system that's been released since they joined the market.

Interesting, though its what I always suspected but never looking into, but its good to see data backing up what I thought.

Nintendo machine tend to have very bad legs, unlike their software titles. This is my main reason why I believe (near certainty) that the switch won't sell 100 million