Switch Sales Top 113M, PS4 Tops 117M - Worldwide Hardware Estimates for Sep 11-17

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ShadowLink93 said:

Slownenberg said:

I mean that's not including digital-only games. So Switch is a decent amount higher than that number. So it's not anywhere near double.

And Switch is probably in its most prolific software years at this point, while it is well over 100m and is still very much in the prime of its life. Expect those software sales to leap up by hundreds of millions the next couple years. Most likely Switch software sales will surpass PS4 sales. Switch has a couple years left to sell a ton of software, and a couple years after that post-life to sell a bit more.

Interesting, how much software do you think switch will sell each year in 2022 to 2025? I have organised official shipments into calendar years (below). Personally i think 2022 will be around 225 to 230 million and from 2023 software will decline but at what rate i do not know, it could have a strong tail or it could fall off a cliff.

I believe Switch software sales will only decline gradually YoY for the next several years.  While next year is likely to be the last FY with the release of a 10m+ first party seller, third party titles continue to increase in both quantity and quality.  Nintendo will continue to release small and medium titles for the next several years and third party sales will stay high.