The Road to 160m+ for Nintendo Switch

[Norion]

CourageTCD said:

Norion said:

I mostly agree though there is a point to be made about just how long the lifespan of the PS2 was even if a big factor in that was them screwing up the PS3. Its peak popularity is lower than the DS and Switch but it retained popularity for much longer than the DS and will retain it longer than the Switch will even with its successor platform coming out years sooner compared to the Switch so I do think it counts for something if it remains the best selling despite the Switch having years longer to itself before being replaced.

There's also other factors like how the Switch benefited a lot from covid and gaming being significantly bigger now compared to PS2 days though it did never get a price cut so was never really cheap like the DS and PS2 after they got price cuts. In terms of hardware sales I'd actually argue that the most impressive one of the three is likely the DS, it was such a behemoth during its peak period when gaming was smaller. If software sales are included then the winner is probably the Switch though.

I would add to this comment that nowadays we have so much competition for our attention if we compared to the PS2's time. That's one thing in favor of the PS2

That is another good point yeah. Compared to 20 years ago there is gonna be an increasing number of kids in developed countries growing up without ever having a console cause browsing sites like Tiktok for hours on end on a phone provides more than enough stimulation for them.