The Road to 160m+ for Nintendo Switch

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Mar1217 said:

curl-6 said:

Thinking the Switch will drop off quickly after it is replaced isn't really "The Cliff".

The Cliff, and specifically what made it so notoriously silly, was the prediction that Switch would suddenly collapse prematurely, either early or in the prime of its life, in a similar manner to the Wii U after holiday 2012.

The original prediction was never "there will eventually come a day where sales drop off rapidly" but first "Switch will drop off a cliff in 2018" which then morphed into "Switch will drop off a cliff in 2019" and so on and so forth.

Those sure were the funniest times on this site ... 

As for the "Cliff"moment, even now it would be hard to declare anything of the sort considering since the achievement of it's peak, the Switch has arguably one of the softest downward trend in console history.

Especially considering the evolution of the debate over the elusive 150M-160M milestone. 

What began as a dream/wish-fullfilment on the part of dreamers back when it released, only truly gained traction during the boom of the COVID years and successive years when the sales didn't curbed down as people expected at first.

Also, important to point out how most had the expectations of a newer system to release by 2023 or this year, which would've also curbed the sales. 

It didn't happen too, therefore here we are !

Yeah I often wonder what Quickrick would say now if he were still around.

Back then when Nintendo announced that their goal for the Switch was to reach 100 million consoles sold, 90% of people laughed their arses off as basically said "keep dreaming, absolutely zero chance of that happening". Yet here we are 7 years later and 100 million turned out to a massive lowball.

Earlier in the system's life, many also expected it would be replaced in 2022 or 2023, yet here we are.

Really goes to show, you never know how things might turn out. Sometimes reality is stranger than fiction.