Zippy6 on 06 December 2021
| Kakadu18 said: Back in 2009 Black Friday wasn't really a thing at all in Europe. That's probably why the Switch beat it. |
That might be a big reason for it yeah. Here's the numbers for the holiday period.
| Weeks After BF | DS 2009 | Switch 2020 | Switch 2021 |
| 0 (BF Week) | 1,565,731 | 1,680,741 | 1,614,507 |
| 1 | 1,210,167 | 1,256,788 | ? |
| 2 | 1,495,301 | 1,401,099 | ? |
| 3 | 1,718,602 | 1,520,436 | ? |
| 4 | 1,830,678 | 1,157,994 | ? |
| 5 | 831,243 | 681,341 | ? |
| Total | 8,651,722 | 7,698,399 | ? |
DS had a crazy December in 2009 so when that loops round it will regain all of the ground the Switch has gained here and then some more.
By the time DS has finished it's 2009 holiday season it will be at 120.6m sold, and it will be 9th April 2022 for the Switch, which judging by the shipments will be at about 106.5m, 107m max by that time so still 13-14m behind the DS.
2022 is a chance for Switch to start recovering ground but the DS still sold 20.6m in 2010 so it's going to be a very tough battle.
