The Road to 160m+ for Nintendo Switch

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MadDogg said:

zorg1000 said:

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. 

PS1, GBA, DS, Wii, PS4 were all dead/dying by their 7th full fiscal year. PS2 did 14.2m so not far off from Switch.

That just leaves GB which ironically was on the verge of death in year 7 before Pokemania & the Color revision gave it a second life causing it to peak about a decade after launch.