The Road to 160m+ for Nintendo Switch

[PAOerfulone]

TheRealSamusAran said:

eldanielfire said:

I think in that last quarterly report, Nintendo mentioned something about the Switch 1 being open to cheaper markets. But it's gonna have to get cheaper IMO to exploit those markets.

As for your last paragraph, sadly Nintendo never sells at a loss. Whcih is a shame, I genuinely don't think given the direction of tech markets and their increaisng costs and production time of games that they or anyone will ever get so close to topping the 160 million mark again, it's basically now or never for Nintendo to have the world's best selling console forever.

One year ago I thought the same, but then the NS2 hit 10m in record time somehow, so I'm not so sure anymore.

I don't think Switch 2 is going to do it either; In fact, I think Switch 2 will end up selling less than Switch 1.

It's off to a record-breaking start, yes. But that 2020-2022 stretch for Switch 1 was otherworldly. It was selling at levels and rates we haven't seen since peak DS/Wii era. And yes, the pandemic played a substantial role in that as there was nothing to do during that period... except play video games.

And unless something like that happens again, I don't see how Switch 2 will be able to replicate that pace or even maintain its current one.

Last edited by PAOerfulone - on 23 November 2025