The Road to 160m+ for Nintendo Switch

[firebush03]

XtremeBG said:

Let's first get to 160M, then we will discuss. There are 3 scenarios that might happen in the end.

• Switch doesn't even reach 160M, in which scenario it will be pointless to discuss the exact final PS2 number.
• Switch reaches 160M, and even succeeds in passing the 160.63M production number, to remove every chance of PS2 final number being higher.
• Switch barely passes 160M, with it's last or second to last quarter on the market, before discontinuation, and the debate will forever live, unless Sony then comes out and confirm exact number which is 0.1/0.2/0.3M more than what Switch does (I am saying more, cuz if Sony decides to come out and announce a number, it will surely be more than the Switch, cuz if it's less they won't even come out and announce anything). Or the Switch with it's last breath ends up at exactly 160.0M or between 160.0 and 160.1M, in which case the debates will be fired up even more, than if it finishes anywhere between 160.1 and 160.63M.

I feel like if we hit case (iii), then it’s reasonable to just say Switch and PS2 tied. (That or Nintendo continues pumping out Switch units until they simply pass the 160.63mil mark.) The difference of potentially less than 100k seems trivial enough that it shouldn’t make any difference. At that point, Sony and/or Nintendo could just haphazardly ship out 100k extra systems and “(re)claim” the title of “best selling video game hardware.”

(that or Nintendo could finish Switch production by announcing “Switch sold more than 160.01mil units,” which is technically more than Sony’s “more than 160mil” figure.)