Switch Sales Top 106M, XS Outsells PS5 - Global Hardware Mar 20-26

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Dulfite said:

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With all three platform holders, the overall userbase actually shrank from PS3/360/Wii/DS/PSP to PS4/Xbone/Wii U/3DS/Vita, in spite of population growth.

In 2012 there were 1.2 billion PC gamers. In 2022 there are about 1.8 billion. The gaming industries biggest area of growth has been and will continue to be in PC gaming, so while the consoles appear stagnate or even diminishing in sales, the overall gaming market is continuing to grow at a speed outpacing population growth. This makes Microsoft's move with Gamepass PC and Valves Steam Deck all the more brilliant future proof ideas.

The Switch isn't a PC though, so growth there isn't really relevant to its sales versus the Wii, PS1, or other past consoles.