Will Switch outsell DS? PS2? Or neither?

[Mnementh]

Eagle367 said:

Manlytears said:

seeing you two talking about whether "Switch pro" should count in the final sales of the "basic switch" or not.
My contribution penny. IMHO, The answer is very simple:

Case 1: "Switch Pro" is just a hardware upgrade, it should count, like Ps4pro and 1X. it's just a switch with better graphics / performance.

Case 2: "Switch Pro" has exclusive games, these games are only "Switch pro" and do not work in the "classic". This is new generation, hardware that does something that the old is absolutely unable to do. it simply shouldn't count in sales, here we have "Switch 1" and new generation "switch 2" that must be counted separately.

New 3DS had exclusive games though. I believe the generational leap happens when the core of the system changes. If the joycons are basically the same and the switch pro controller is the same and most of the game are the same and the core design is the same, then it's the same gen. People arguing it isn't are being disingenuous to try to downplay switch before the revision for whatever reason. The main thing is what Nintendo says it is and treats it as. If they treat it as the same gen, it's the same gen. Of in their reports, they add the pro into the total sales, that answers all the questions.

I know what you are saying, but this sounds as like you put PS1/2/3 all in the same gen, as they have basically the same core concept. I would put it really down at the library. And what you say plays into it. WiiU isn't Wii, as the games for the most part didn't use a Wiimote, but a classic control design instead. That alone meant that the WiiU library separates itself from the Wii library. But sometimes the new gen follows a similar concept. 3DS basically had the same inputs as the DS, it added Streetpass and 3D, which wasn't very important for games. But the cartridges had that notch, that made them unable to put into a DS, so 3DS games build their own library.