When will Switch pass Wii?

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Nu-13 said:

Bofferbrauer2 said:

Don't forget the DS. Nintendo panicked an brought the 3DS at a time where the DS was still selling very well. DS still sold over 20M in 2010, and the 3DS released in early 2011 already. Without it, the DS would have outsold the PS2.

The ds was over 6 years old when the 3ds came out. That isn't panic.

Yes, they panicked. They panicked because the Vita was also about to release, and Nintendo thought they needed a new System to put against it. Otherwise, they would certainly have let the DS continue for longer. I mean, why replace a system that's still pulling over 20M a year?