VGChartz Gap Charts December 2020 Discussion Thread

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Switch vs DS Sales Comparison - Switch Catches Up by Over 4M in December 2020

This monthly series compares the aligned worldwide sales of the Nintendo Switch and the Nintendo DS.

Switch Vs. DS Global:

Gap change in latest month: 4,379,270 - Switch

Gap change over last 12 months: 152,728 - DS

Total Lead: 1,175,123 - DS

Switch Total Sales: 76,989,289

DS Total Sales: 78,164,412

December 2020 is the 55th month that the Nintendo Switch has been available for. During the latest month, the gap grew in favor of the Switch by 4.38 million units when compared to the DS during the same timeframe. In the last 12 months, the DS has outsold the Switch by only 152,728 units. The DS is ahead of the Switch by 1.18 million units.

The DS launched in November 2004 in North America, December 2004 in Japan, and March 2005 in Europe, while the Nintendo Switch launched worldwide in March 2017. Therefore, the holiday periods for the two consoles do not lineup, which is why there are big increases and decreases.

The 46th month on sale for the Nintendo Switch is December 2020, while for the DS it is August 2008. The Switch has sold 76.99 million units, while the DS sold 76.18 million units during the same timeframe. The DS reached current Switch sales in month 46.

The Nintendo DS sold 154.02 million units lifetime. The Nintendo Switch is currently 77.03 million units behind the lifetime sales of the DS.

All the Switch needs to do is to keep pace with the DS at this point which it is doing.  DS's legs drop quickly at a certain point.  All Switch needs to do is keep its legs decent and it will outsell the DS in the long run.

Also, I've gotta say that I've read both the first and third paragraph and I'm not sure what they are saying exactly.  They seem like they are saying the same thing, but they have different numbers.  (Different # of months and different total for the DS.)