The Road to 160m+ for Nintendo Switch

[Soundwave]

Blood_Tears said:

Soundwave said:

The PS2 is a paper champion anyway, it doesn't deserve the title it has. The only reason is has the record is because Sony bungled the PS3 and kept shipping PS2s in developing countries for years afterwards.

If Nintendo did the same thing with Switch or DS, they would easily be no.1, the PS2 needed several extra years of sales to get to 160.

Nintendo could have easily sold 165 million DS' and could do the same for the Switch, the PS3 being a terrible launch isn't something Sony should be proud of.

It took PS2 11 years to hit 150 million (Feb 14, 2011 according to Sony), the DS and Switch are both way above that, the PS2 isn't able to match prime for prime DS or Switch 1 sales, that's simply a fact, it needed to be dragged across the finish line with several extra years of sales. The Switch hit 150 million at its 8th year anniversary, 8 years vs 11 years is a laughable gap, that's not even close. 

Probably the most sour grapes, whiny and pathetic waaa waaa waaa post I have ever seen on this website since i started here in 2007. So cringe..

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So wah wah. Switch hit 150 million sold in 8 years, took the PS2 11 years ... that's total and complete destruction head to head. 

The only reason the PS2 finished higher is because Sony was clearing out a bunch of them to developing countries for like an extra 4-5 years to get an extra 10 million sold. 

That's not impressive at all. 

If you have two movies and they one makes 1 billion dollars box office, and the other 1.1 billion but it needs 5 re-releases to get that extra 0.1 billion, I'm sorry but I consider the first movie to actually be more popular in that case. If Nintendo sold the Switch 2 for like 12 years as the PS2 did, Switch would destroy the PS2's final total. Anyone doubt that seriously? No? Then that's pretty much the definition of a paper champion. 

Last edited by Soundwave - on 11 May 2025