The Road to 160m+ for Nintendo Switch

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Shtinamin_ said:

Wrong

PSP: 8 years

and those are just the life cycles. I haven't even gotten started with the total shelf time

Xbox One: 9 years
3DS: 10 years
Wii: 10 years
PS4: 10 years
WiiU: 11 years
DS: 12 years

The trend (but is not always the case) is that any console that sells over 10 years is surpassing the 100M unit mark.

Corrections:

First of all PSP was replaced on it's 7th year not 8th, it launched december 2004, vita launched december 2011.

Then the other ones market life (the time they've been in production, not actual time when the last unit was in the store cuz .. we had 1 wii u sold this year, therefore it would be difficult to name every console how much time it was on shelf as that data can't be really collected.)

Xbox one: 7 years, Microsoft announce they discontinue it in 2020, so after 2020 no more units have been produced.

3DS: 9 years, discontinued officially in 2020

Wii: 7 years, discontinued by the end of 2013

PS4: more than 10 years, as outside of Japan the system is still being produced at least officially.

Wii U: - 5 years, discontinued back in 2017, I don't know why you are giving 11 years.

DS: 9 years, discontinued sometime in 2013

Also it is not a trend, since half of the consoles that are being sold for 10 years, or close to, are not reaching 100M, PS3, XB360, PSP, 3DS. Trend means something that is 9 out of 10 cases.. not the half of them ..