Wow, the Switch outsold the Wii this month and it was a November for the Wii. I think Switch is going to always be ahead of the Wii going forward.

Yep, Switch is now ahead of where Wii was at the end of its last big holiday, which is insane considering the former's numbers are for March.

This is November for DS, so it is understandable that Switch lost some ground.  It will be interesting to see how they compare 2 months from now.

Next month NDS will be at ~93.4 million units. Seems the lead then will be bigger than ever before.

A month later NDS is at ~95 million units.

Month 54 NDS will cross 100 million, which is August 2021 for NSW.

Yes next month the gap will be ~8 million again, Switch will probably gain 500k-1mil the 2 months after that, then probably hold steady while they both go through non-holiday period.

DS is a tough nut to crack for sure, but month 50 is the end of its peak period, and Switch is just about keeping up with it (only 244k down past 12 months).

You mention DS will cross 100 million in month 54, but Switch won't be too far behind as it might pass 100m in November which is its month 57, and if it doesnt quite manage it in November it will blow past it in month 58 & probably be within 1m of DS again. If Switch can hold some momentum into 2022 then it might be able to mitigate DS's last big holiday (month 61&62 aka this time next year) so the gap never gets back to 8 million.

Just keeping within spitting distance of the second highest selling gaming system of all time is a hell of a feat.

Unless PS4 and Xbone get a defibrillator charge to arrest their decline, it looks like PS3 and 360 got this, and frankly they deserve it more too.

I don't think that would make much difference for the Xbone as it has gotten steep discounts for years now without it helping sales much.

The reason a price cut doesn't matter is because Sony and MS seem to have essentially stopped producing PS4/XB1 consoles since the pandemic started and have already started focusing on the new gen.  They can make them $99 if they want but if they don't make any more then they won't sell any more.

Impressive hold for Switch given this month was aligned with one of PS4's biggest holiday seasons.

And when you put it like that, 32.38m behind PS4's lifetime sales, at the rate Switch is selling and with PS4 having slowed to a crawl, the result is almost guaranteed.