Switch 2 Sales Predictions: Next PS2 or Wii U Disaster?

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XtremeBG said:

killer7 said:

Switch was outpacing even the PS4 launch allinged before Covid even started. I don't think Covid was the reason for Switch doing well because it was sucessfull before. Also there was inflation during the war in ukraine. If anything, sales would have catered wich did not happen. In 2019 (before Covid) Nintendo promised a 10 years lifecycle for the Switch. In a bit more than 2 years this promise will be fullfiled!!

Not exactly. The moment Switch started selling more than the PS4 every month, was exactly with the Covid boost in 2020. And the moment when Switch passed it was in the 2021 holiday season. If we don't holiday aligned it, they were going on top of each other for the first 3 years, until Switch pulls ahead with the Covid boost.

Do you have a table for the launch aligned numbers? (Or rather, would you be able to share? Knowing you, i have no doubt you’ve got them somewhere lol.) To me, it looks like NSW started closing in on PS4 right around the start of 2019, with the gap really starting to close with NSWLite [Sept 2019] and later COVID.