| The_Liquid_Laser said: Didn't realize that Switch would have a better 12-month period than year 4 DS. I think Switch will sell about 3M total for January + February, so it should be able to edge out the 2.3M that it needs. |
Hi @The_Liquid_Laser You bring up a very interesting topic. As you mentioned it seems like being able to beat DS year 4 is quite a possibility, There are currently 3 targets I am looking at for the NS.
1) Best year 4 (DS has the record with 27.9M): NS needs ~1M more in 5 weeks.
2) Most Accumulative sales after 4 Years (DS has the record with 81.7M): NS needs ~3.5M in the next 5 weeks.
3) Best year of any console (DS has the record with 28.5M on its 5th year): NS needs 1.6M in the next 5 weeks.
As a reference, looking back at 2020 these are the sales for those last 5 weeks.
| 255,718 |
| 295,048 |
| 270,012 |
| 232,016 |
| 246,921 |
That is 1.3M total for those weeks.
This means that probably the best year 4 record is going to be beaten (like you mentioned).
The most Accumulative sales after 4 years is completely out of reach, but it will be interesting to see just how much the NS is able to close this gap.
The best year of any console record is the closest race, the NS would need to be up about 23% from last year in order to achieve it. Currently the NS has been able to outsell 2020 by more than 50% so it is definitely within reach.
edit: here is a chart of the best 3 years of the DS and how it compares to the NS:
