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Will Switch 2017 be ahead of 3DS 2012 for the whole year?

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StarDoor on 14 July 2017

We all know that the Switch is ahead of what the 3DS was doing in 2011 at $250.

But did you know that the Switch is also ahead of the 3DS in 2012 when it was $170?

EDIT: Turns out, the Switch is ahead of the 3DS no matter which year you look at.

  3DS 2011 3DS 2011 Cumulative 3DS 2012 3DS 2012 Cumulative 3DS 2013 3DS 2013 Cumulative Switch 2017 Switch 2017 Cumulative
Jan     1,033,720 1,033,720 1,059,545 1,059,545    
Feb 374,164 374,164 750,718 1,784,438 716,974 1,776,519    
Mar 1,377,252 1,751,416 842,592 2,627,030 778,535 2,555,054 2,460,838 2,460,838
Apr 563,785 2,315,201 620,049 3,247,079 592,770 3,147,824 1,028,043 3,488,881
May 321,962 2,637,163 501,778 3,748,857 478,651 3,626,475 625,844 4,114,725
Jun 421,233 3,058,396 720,203 4,469,060 770,421 4,396,896    
Jul 311,184 3,369,580 685,583 5,154,643 568,760 4,965,656    
Aug 897,606 4,267,186 919,746 6,074,389 611,691 5,577,347    
Sep 855,701 5,122,887 934,346 7,008,735 1,266,898 6,844,245    
Oct 750,427 5,873,314 784,659 7,793,394 1,578,507 8,422,752    
Nov 1,847,746 7,721,060 1,579,873 9,373,267 1,951,868 10,374,620    
Dec 4,761,117 12,482,177 3,910,270 13,283,537 3,573,520 13,948,140    

Do you guys think the Switch can stay ahead, or will the stock problems prevent it from winning?

Side note: Adding up all the months in the YoY comparison tool gives 13.28 million for the 3DS, even though the 2012 yearly chart says 14.11 million. Does anyone know what's up with that?

Side note edit: This is the case for every single year.



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AngryLittleAlchemist on 14 July 2017

Damn. Those hardware numbers look impressive! 4 million in about 3 months.



curl-6 on 14 July 2017

Well Switch is a vastly superior product to 3DS.

If it weren't for supply constraints, it would be a total bloodbath.



Green098 on 14 July 2017

Huh, you know one thing I always wondered about the 3DS was even though it was selling great, was getting phenomenal games, even still was, if the cheap plastic build, low resolution, the fade of the dual screen concept holding it back. I guess we will find out with the Switch, (that is Nintendo can actually make enough).



TheBraveGallade on 15 July 2017

thats actually interesting.
this means the only way switch will lose out to this is if they don't have like 4 million switches availiable for holiday.



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Farsala on 15 July 2017

Nintendo expected 10m for the year right? Or was it Fiscal Year?

Either way they could maybe do 12m max with the stock problems so still much less then 3DS 2012.



jonathanalis on 15 July 2017

4m in december, wow.
no way switch gonna have supply for that



UltimateGamer1982 on 15 July 2017

Kinda weird to think that Switch could possibly sell half of the XB1's total in its first year. Craziness!



Keybladewielder on 15 July 2017

That's really impressive. Hopefully they have good supply for the holiday.



Miyamotoo on 15 July 2017

Good numbers for Switch, but hardly will beat 3DS numbers in 1st year at end, 3DS had huge price cut and Switch still has huge stock problems.