Prediction: The Switch will become the best selling console yet!

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PAOerfulone said:

All-Time Console Sales List:

1) PlayStation 2 (PS2) - 157,680,000* (155,000,000+ according to Sony) Mar. 31st, 2012

2) Nintendo DS (DS) - 154,900,000* (154,020,000 according to Nintendo) - Dec. 31st, 2020

3) Game Boy (GB/GBC) - 118,690,000

4) PlayStation 4 (PS4) - 115,107,617*** (114,900,000+ according to Sony) - Dec. 31st, 2020

5) PlayStation (PS1) - 102,500,000* (102,400,000+ according to Sony) - Mar. 31st, 2012

6) Nintendo Wii (Wii) - 101,640,000* (101,630,000 according to Nintendo) - Dec. 31st, 2020

7) PlayStation 3 (PS3) - 87,410,000* (87,400,000+ according to Sony) - Mar. 31st, 2017

8) Xbox 360 (360) - 85,800,000**

9) Game Boy Advance (GBA) - 81,510,000 

10) PlayStation Portable (PSP) - 81,090,000* (76,400,000+ according to Sony) - Mar. 31st, 2012

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11) Nintendo Switch (NS) - 80,369,221*** (79,870,000 according to Nintendo) - Dec. 31st, 2020

12) Nintendo 3DS (3DS) - 75,920,921*** (75,940,000 according to Nintendo) - Dec. 31st, 2020

(*) VGChartz estimates
(**) No official numbers from Microsoft as far as I'm aware.
(***) Still selling

Since the last time I did this, the Switch blew past the 3DS on the all time list and now is breathing down the necks of the PSP and GBA and should pass them both within the next 3-4 weeks and cementing itself firmly in the Top 10 Best Selling Systems of All-Time. From there, it would turn its sights towards the Gen 7 HD Twins. 

Most likely, the Switch will rank #5 at the end of 2021 and #3 at the end of 2022.  I think it is obvious to almost everyone at this point that the Switch's only real competitors are the DS and PS2.  Obviously, I still think it is going to take the top spot. 

It will be interesting to see how it is doing at the end of 2022 though.  By that time it will be clear that whether 1) Switch is clearly going to take #1, 2) Switch is clearly going to take #3, or 3) it's going to be a very close race down to the very end.  I personally don't really even see 2) as an option though.  I am more curious to see if Switch is going to blow past everything or if it's going to be a very close race.  I didn't make this prediction thread over 3 years ago for nothing.