With the news that the NS2 price is remaining unchanged in the US (for now), I'd be curious to know which system everyone thinks will sell more in 2025 worldwide (since the US is the biggest market for Nintendo, a price increase would have impacted their worldwide sales negatively).
I personally think it will be really close and I could see them potentially being within 1m of each other. I would give it to NS2 though. 6 months of a new Mario Kart (despite the "controversies") will be huge. MK 8 DX sold 7m in 2017 and was a port (in that first year, being a port likely hurt its sales - I personally didn't buy it until 2019). There's also the potential that they could have maybe one more big exclusive for 2025. Fear of potential price increases in the future could help this year, as well as just general hype because we are finally getting a more powerful Switch.
For PS5, the big question is whether or not GTA VI will still be released this year. I believe it will still make it out in 2025, and probably release around November. As a result, I can see Holiday 2025 being the biggest holiday for PS5, and potentially the first (and last) 10m quarter for PS5.
EDIT: To clear up any confusion, I am referring to Calendar Year 2025 and not Fiscal Year 2025.
EDIT2: Updated to reflect that I am referring to shipments rather than units sold (I always tended to use the word sold when I am actually referring to shipments reported by console manufacturers in their quarterly financial reports).
Last edited by Torpoleon - on 20 April 2025
