curl-6 said:
Far out, so Switch is very likely headed for the best 6th year any system has ever had. |
Beyond that, Switch will look even more impressive. Compare ShadowLink93's DS graph above to his graph for Switch fiscal shipments:
Obviously, the first fiscal report (yellow) was skewed due to the DS launching during the holiday. While Switch beats DS by a little in its first full fiscal year (red), the DS Lite debuted in the '06 - '07 period (orange) and sales took off from there. Comparing the two systems' full sixth year fiscals (pink) will have the Switch claiming its next win: 17.53 DS vs Nintendo's projected 21m for Switch, a target it is almost certain to hit. So yeah, higher than any system in its sixth year.
However, it's the next fiscal year (lime green) where the Switch will be most impressive and stand head and shoulders above anything. The DS had a drastic fall to 5.10m that year. Barring Nintendo launching a true successor prematurely (and I mean 2023 early), the Switch will likely be in the neighborhood of 15m or so in its 7th full fiscal year. That is unprecedented for hardware sales in the industry, not to mention all of the money that Nintendo is raking in from software from this thing. Upon its launch I knew Switch would do well, but I never would have anticipated this kind of performance.
