What does Nintendo need to do to reach 150M Switches sold?

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miqdadi said:

Why would they need this, if it reaches it then it's good, but I think that the moment it's successor is released 1st party should all be focused there, Switch will hit 100M mark soon so I don't see why the need to push for 150M Life time

They don't need to hit 150m lifetime.  But the question is, "will they actually do it?"  They actually don't need to sell 100m lifetime.  If they discontinued the system now it will still have been a hugely profitable system.  But discontinuing the system now would be moronic, because they are throwing a ton of money away.

So the question is really, "assuming Nintendo is aiming to maximize profits, how much hardware will they actually sell?"  Right now 150m is a pretty easy goal for them to reach.  They don't have to worry about supporting multiple systems and they still haven't cut the price on their base model.  The real profits are in the software, but a bigger install base leads to more software sold.  They are about half way to 150m right now with no sign of slowing down.