| trunkswd said: Nintendo HAS to reach the 2 million shipped number to have any shot at this point. Given they've missed their forecasts recently for Switch 1 that isn't a great sign. |
Yeah I was actually just about to edit my initial post (didn’t see that they had missed their previous target): I’m thinking that hitting 160mil is kinda a lost cause at this point, though I think 159mil would be a neat milestone to keep an eye out on.
The way I see it is that Nintendo is likely holding off from dropping their mega releases for the casual crowd until the Lite model release in 2027. That’s when we’ll start to see the traditional Nintendo tentpoles like 3D Mario and mainline Pokémon hit the system, with the budget system no longer be the NS1 but NS2Lite, at which point Nintendo will either hike NS1 prices even further to incentivize consumers to enter into the NS2 ecosystem or flat out discontinue the system— just look how soon they discontinued DS after 3DS (and DS 2012 is selling stronger than NS1 2026).
Last edited by firebush03 - on 08 May 2026
