Apparent Nitnendo said they sold nearly half, of the consoles in April. Saw on Neogaf.

"Switch + 68K DS, so 348k is 'nearly half'. " - kyser73

Which means PS4+XB1 are abit higher than 350k.

My guess is PS4 put up a fight with the switch sales (240k range).... Xbox One had a very slow month.

So despite everyone saying otherwise, it seems launching in the Holidays does infact matter!

Well problem with Wii U was they had to many stocks that didn't sell and they couldn't lower price later. On other hand Switch is selling better than they thought but increasing production requires time, I hope they will not have stock issues for Splatoon 2 launch (espacily in Japan).

Well we dont know how much Switch could sell if it was launched in holiday season, it logical to assume better in any case.

Not that impressive, ps4 sold 1mill week one.

What did ps4 sell week 2?

What would happen if switch hw stock didnt go to japan and instead went to West?

What if Switch was available with out being supply restraint?

What if Switch launched during the holidays?

What if trump wasn't president?

What if i told you that didnt matter and this is a marathon and not a sprint?

Switch numbers don't factor into what I'm getting at. The 3DS being a far more desirable product than the Wii U could ever hope to be sold half as much in it's two months, that can only be attributed to releasing outside of holidays.

"Sony shared the news over the weekend that in the space of 24 hours, over a million PS4s were sold in North America, putting Sony well on track for the most successful games console launch in recent history, if not all time."  - IGN.

They could try that air shipment method again and take another small loss. Though even that, I think, wouldnt be that wise to do since there's still demand and it doesn't appear to waver for now so the immediate need to ship in the air probably isn't necessary at the moment.

I get what you're saying, but the 3DS wasn't a desirable product at all until Nintendo hit it with that $80 (or $70, I can't quite remember which) price cut. At its original launch price of $250, a lot of people were calling it a bit of a launch flop.