When will the Switch pass 160M?

[Soundwave]

Xxain said:

Soundwave said:

PS2's status as the "most popular console" is bullshit, largely, how can you can be the most "popular console" when another console has outsold you head to head for 8 years straight (lmao) and is *years* ahead in sales pace? The Switch is kicking the PS2's ass every year it gets to go head to head and that continues right to this day.

Again this is like having two athletes, lets say two home run hitters, Player A (Switch) has outhit Player B (PS2) head to head in their prime years every year head to head. Not a single season has Player B managed to out hit Player A. Now Player A may retire after 10 years not because he can't keep playing, but because he wants to go home and be with his family. So Player B needs several extra years to catch up to Player A's pace. Player B (PS2) is no freaking way the better home run hitter in that case. No one would consider him so in the world of sports. 

The only reason the Switch 1 is not going to rout the PS2 is because Nintendo may call off the dogs and not give it a chance, but it's kicked the PS2's ass every year in sales. That's not "sour grapes" or "making excuses!!!", that's the facts. If the Switch 1 was allowed to sell through 2031, which would be the equivalent of how long the PS2 was allowed to sell it would cross 170 million+ easy, everyone knows that. This is not even factoring in that Switch 1 has no price drops and even has a price increase. PS2 wouldn't even have sold 130 million in that case, it relied heavily on being massively discounted to sell those last few years. 

Is that really fair though? We are in a much bigger industry than the PS2 days. Popularity is not limited to who sales more. Here's a non gaming example; Michael Jackson vs Drake. Drake will most likely beat all MJ's achievements by the time he is done, but MJ is still more globally known and he's been dead for 10+ years.

EDIT: Another example is Michael Jordan vs Lebron James.

Michael Jordan outscored LeBron James in a per game basis, and Jordan has 10 scoring titles, LeBron has 1 despite LeBron playing like 6 years more than Jordan. People consider Jordan the better scorer because he was the better scorer. 

If there's an artist that comes out and blows out the sales numbers for Off The Wall, Thriller, Bad, and Dangerous .... yes, they are bigger than Michael Jackson. 

The Switch kicks the PS2's ass in sales at year 8 and has outsold the PS2 virtually its entire product cycle, which is not a short product cycle either skewed by a small sample size. We're talking 8 freaking years here already. Switch 1 could sell 170-180 million, everyone knows this too, if Nintendo allowed it to stay on store shelves and maybe even gave a price cut it would get there easy. 

The only reason the PS2 is even in this race is because of a technicality ... it needs like 3-4 extra years to be able to match the sales the Switch 1 will end up with, which is laughable if you're the "more popular console". No you're not. The "most popular console" should never be *years* behind the sales pace of another system at year 6/7/8 ... no way. That's a full generation worth of sales, you shouldn't be getting your ass kicked by another system if you're really the "most popular".