The Road to 160m+ for Nintendo Switch (EDIT: See mod note in first post for new rule).

[angrypoolman]

ireadtabloids said:

I think they wanted it to overtake the DS and made sure they didn’t miss that milestone.
I suspect they don’t think going for 160 million serves their business unless things have changed for them internally already.

Why would they care about passing DS? I feel like it would make sense to go for 160 if you were interested at all in passing something. 

I have to say, I do think Nintendo "cares" the question just is how much? Probably not a large amount. But i do think they care enough to do something to make it happen if they think they are within striking distance. The problem is that their hands are somewhat tied in a sense. The moves they are obligsted to make as a company are moves that are going to maximize profits, not moves to chase a record. So its tough. 

I think ultimately, if they did care enough, they can sell the switch as they have been per usual for this year. In 2027 they can discontinue the home console but keep the lite as a cheap option, say like $100 portable device that plays switch 1 games. I can see that surviving on the market for a few years since its not something that is really directly competing with the switch 2. If they handled it that way, i think they could get to 160m with relative ease.