| Norion said: The biggest reason this is very unlikely to happen at this point is the Switch post Switch 2 is selling worse than the DS did post 3DS so far when it needs to be doing better. The DS was at 151.52m shipped by the end of March 2012 and only shipped another 2.5m after that so assuming the Switch is at 156-156.5m by the end of March next year it has to suddenly go from doing worse to doing significantly better than the DS post successor to reach 160m. |
March 2012? Didn’t 3DS release March 2011? And 3DS sold well over ten million post-NS1 launch… granted that was a very special scenario.
Pulling the numbers from March 2011: DS was still at 146mil. So… that strengthens NS1’s case for catching up to 160mil, no?
edit: Also, a very important detail pertaining to DS after the launch of 3DS— the 3DS was not selling well from March through September 2011 due to the $250USD price tag. Once the price dropped in Fall 2011, so too would DS sales fall off a cliff. Switch maintaining close pace with DS currently suggests it’ll likely be well ahead of DS pace in the not-too-distant future. And so, if DS could pull 6mil post-3DS, then there’s no reason for Switch to fall short.
Last edited by firebush03 - on 06 November 2025
