Was the DS ever hit with the kind of shortages in its peak the way the Switch is now?

The 300k+ streak for the Switch continues!

345k with no major release and with supply constraints is fucking insane.
Did PS4 ever pull these kind of numbers outside the holidays and without a big game or new model?

Again, thanks for the work on these posts.

The Switch hitting 15 millions by September! That's insane, what other consoles have done this outside of the DS and Wii?

Jan-Aug using VGChartz (Final YTD in ())

07 NDS 15.1M (29.3M)

08 NDS 14.2M (29.5M)

09 NDS 13.8M (27.3M)

08 Wii 11.9M (24.1M)

09 Wii 8.4M (21.1M)

20 NSW 14.7M (???)

Considering all of Nintendo's quarterly data has resulted in adjustments up for VGC data so far this year, it's quite possible that actuals for NSW right now are above 07 DS.  We'll see come Q2 results.

Bloody hell, so it's tracking ahead of DS's peak year in YTD.

Switch is pulverizing almost every estimate and prediction made of it.

Yup.

2007 NDS was ahead earlier in the year because of Japan.  NDS from June 2006 - June 2007 was burning hot fire, sold like 10M in 12 months.  US/EUR DS stepped up bigger in 2008 vs 07 and then peaked with crazy numbers in 2009 (close to 12M in both markets I think), but by then Japan had dropped off.

NSW 2020 looks like its targeting the same 28-30M that NDS pulled in those three years.  NSW 2021 will challenge 2009 DS numbers in Europe/US IMO and top any DS year.  Pro-model + better supply + better SW lineup + price drops on OG/Lite -- there's just enough potential for growth to counteract the pandemic boost (which may still be a factor next year).

Nintendomination again, NS up.
PS4 slowly waking up from Summer slumber.
XBOne not waking up.
3DS taking its former mini-competitor PSV place in teh realm of teh undead, while the latter finally rests in peace since last year.

Wii never even got close to that feat.

Insane numbers! Who knew the Switch would pull numbers that the DS have done.