super_etecoon said:
I don’t think Jim Ryan or Sony will make any more declarations, as funny as a joke
It is. And at the end of the day neither Sony nor Nintendo is likely to use these numbers as a cudgel against the other.
Where it matters is where it has always mattered…on boards, forums, twitters, and fanboy flame wars. So for those, Nintendo absolutely needs to sell 161 and not a single unit less to have a compelling argument at this point. And that will have to be done organically as Nintendo isn’t going to go out of their way to sell a million more units just so Nintendo fans can claim victory.
To be honest, I have to blink each time I see the sales for the Switch. Whether it surpasses PS2 or not it has absolutely earned itself a place in history, and off the equally impressive disaster the WiiU was, it has the mythology of a great comeback movie like Rocky or Karate Kid. I won’t be disappointed if it doesn’t eventually tackle the PS2, though at this point I don’t see how it doesn’t.
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I don't say (now) it will pass PS2, but if it comes only close to their original FC and their FC for coming FY is at least average, it will happen. I can see Sony pumping it to 165 millon if the Switch surpassed 160 million but no one with a clear mind should believe them. The question will be: Where do we draw the line? Where is the point where we say: No! We do not believe that anymore! What if Nintendo came out and said: Actually we produced 164.353.489 DS systems? Who would believe them? One thing is dead sure: 155 million for the Switch is the absolute (quite low balled) floor.
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