The Road to 160m+ for Nintendo Switch

[MadDogg]

zorg1000 said:

curl-6 said:

Switch sold over 15 million units last FY, that's hardly "quite poor".

I feel like people tend to judge the Switch's late life sales against it's historical highs, rather than against how most consoles perform at this age.

Yep, to put into perspective, the 15.7m Switch shipped last year was higher than any single year for NES, SNES, 3DS, PSP, PS3, any Sega or Xbox console. The only other systems to ship more in a single fiscal year are PS1, GBC, PS2, GBA, DS, Wii, PS4 & PS5.

And of the list that have shipped more than 15.7 MM in a fiscal year how many have done that in year 7?  Maybe PS2?  Gameboy?

it’s an unbelievable number, and to describe it as poor is completely disconnected from reality. 

that being said, switch sales are primed to drop off significantly.  Will be interesting to see what incentives, or marketing strategies (that they mentioned in their fiscal year end meeting) Nintendo will employ this fiscal to make 13.5 remotely attainable.