kenjab said:
This is a very interesting comparison. The Switch has been far more consistent year-to-year than DS was, though DS had higher highs in '06/'07. I'm very curious how Switch will perform after the successor releases now, as the DS's sales absolutely plummeted once 3DS released in 2011. Think of this way: The DS was at 32.15 at the end of 2010, coming off a nearly 3M year. Yet it still finished BELOW 33M! If the Switch finishes like the DS did, it will finish below 36M. Doesn't that seem impossible with how well it's been selling to date? |
I feel like this dependents entirely on (i) pricing difference btwn systems, and (ii) whether Nintendo chooses to ship out millions of NSW units after having launched the successor. (Can’t be having the predecessor cannibalizing successor figures, like how SNES ate away at N64 in JP during the 90s.) I wouldn’t be totally shocked if a DS-style drop occurred in JP, if I were to be completely honest. However, anything can happen…maybe NSW will be the exception (as it tends to be).
