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XtremeBG said:
And so was with the DS, and the same was with PS2. Don't you all get it, that by talking what could've been or what could easily be, it is valid for the other consoles as well ? It's like Switch could do it but others don't. They could very easily wait with the 3DS, and cut the price a little more of the DS, and surely it would reach 160 and maybe even 170M. PS2 was selling like 4M for it's last 2 years and it's drops were small year on year, so if they continued to sell it for 2-3-4 more years, it would get to at least 170M for sure. The Switch could also get there if there was a nice 100$ price cut in 2023 or 2024 and maybe launching Switch 2 in 2026. All of the three could sell more, it's not valid only for the Switch. So this saying does not mean " huh look Switch could easily get there and beat the PS2 ". It's not valid since PS2 and even DS would easily do the same if the necessary things happen in their market life too. |
Yes ... and?
Nintendo should continue to sell the 3DS. What would be the problem with that? I would frankly like them to continue to sell the N64 and GameCube older systems too (like the real iterations, not mini-consoles). In the past the valid reason for not doing this was because stores didn't have shelf space to carry software titles for older systems, but that's essentially a moot point today as digital distribution exists.
The only reason the PS2 has this record is not because it was "more popular" it's because it exploited the fact that the PS3 started off horribly and was allowed to sell at a discounted price as a result for several extra years, the Switch is way ahead of the PS2 at this point in its product cycle.
