Switch Ships 146.04 Million Units as of September 2024

[JRPGfan]

killer7 said:

JRPGfan said:

The thing is they make more of them, than they sell.
So even when its discontinued, they have a stockpile just laying around, incase of need of repairs and trade in and such.
Overtime (many years lateron) they are still selling from these stock piles, and pitiful small numbers (since there is newer tech out there).

So by the time, they stopped production, it might not have sold through 160m yet.
Flash forwards 10years time, and the last million or so, they had stockpiled, have just barely sold enough to push it over 160m.

At that point, who cares? They mention it in some random podcast or interview, and we have a quote of it.

What comes of that? We get people like you going "I don't believe it, doesn't make sense".



"I know it sounds like hate but is Sony where we do not know the final number of some systems. I smell like Sony could do the same with the PS4 wich was discontinued in 2022. Printing a fantasy number on it wich make it seem like it outsold the Gameboy."

I don't think they do that sort of stuff.

They do not do that. A fiscal report is no paper for fanboys to sadisfact themselfes or to start a console war. Its a paper for tax return that every company has to do. Everyone that works self dependend needs to do. Also a company like Sony. You HAVE TO REPORT what you sell. I am self dependend and do this as well. I cannot just hide 5 million + (!) consoles and 11 years later say "oh yeah we sold 5 million more than we reported." If i tell them 10 years later "Hey i earned an extra 50.000€ they would sue me to hell. Of course this is a much smaller amount of money. That would be a tax crime. I am sure Sony does not do that. This would be tax evasion. This is the reason why its save to say PS4 was discontinued in march 2022 because hardwarenumbers where not reported anymore. Its the same when Nintendo came out and tell us they sold 160 million DS all of a sudden. I wouldn't buy it as well. In 9½ months the PS2 did not ship 5- 7 million. No way in hell without even an announcement. See what i mean? They did not ship PS2 till 2024. There would have been games along with it to sell through stock. And 5- 7 million is a damn huge stock to sell for a 13 years old+ system. In other words the PS2 cannot have 160 million, let alone 162. You understand what i am trying to explain?

The last official sale through number was abit over 155m units back in 2012.

They didn't just stop selling them though, back in 2012.
It still had newly released games in 2013....
Repaired them until 2018.

They probably had units shipped, that just slowly sold over time? I don't know what else to say.

Last edited by JRPGfan - on 05 November 2024