The Road to 160m+ for Nintendo Switch

[The_Liquid_Laser]

Slownenberg said:

javi741 said:

Tbh we might be getting to that point to where the Switch outselling the PS2 might not even be the most interesting debate/discussion anymore with how the Switch is looking more and more likely to outsell the PS2.

The bigger discussion would be whether or not the Switch could somehow exceed 170M and outsell the combined total of Xbox One+PS4 sales which is at around 175M. Which would be mind-blowing if the Switch could outsell an entire generation in this day and age where every console is competitive in sales.

The PS2 did outsell it's entire generation pretty easily, but the competition was much weaker then than it is now. PS4 & Xbox One sales wise were considered successful systems and to outsell both combined is crazy.

If the Switch were to reach 170M in sales, that would mean the Switch would own 50% of the entire global video game console market, which would be considered a monopoly at that point by definition.

For me right now reaching 170M seems a bit too ambitious, bit if Nintendo keeps supporting the Switch longer then we'd expect and has post-Switch 3DS sales numbers in it's final year's, it could be possible.

175?! Dude where are you coming up with this? haha. Switch will probably be selling like 20k units a week globally by the time it hits 155m. Very much doubt it will hit 160m, 170-175m is not in the realm of possibility, unless they were to drop Switch price to like $100/$200/$250 and market it during next gen as an impulse buy. And pretty dang sure Nintendo isn't going to do that.

Dude, Switch consistently sells 50K+ a week in Japan alone.  It's not going to plummet to 20K per week globally in about a year.  I've been reading crap predictions like this for the past 7 years and it never ceases to amaze me that people still say this stuff.

Last edited by The_Liquid_Laser - on 23 September 2024