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curl-6 on 07 January 2022

Adios Wii, you fought like the champion you are, but your grandchild has carried the mantle beyond what you reached. 

Next up, PS1.



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ShadowLink93 on 07 January 2022

So Switch Sell through Passes the Wii according to Vgchartz estimates, also the first 100m Nintendo system since the Wii about a decade ago and the fourth Nintendo system to do it. Here are Official shipments, i'm expecting 10.5m or slightly more for Q3 21-22. Next up is PS1 then PS4.

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PAOerfulone on 07 January 2022

All Time Video Game Hardware Sales List:

1) PlayStation 2 (PS2) - 157,680,000 (155,000,000+ according to Sony) Mar. 31st, 2012

2) Nintendo DS (DS) - 154,900,000 (154,020,000 according to Nintendo) - Mar. 31st, 2021

3) Game Boy (GB/GBC) - 118,690,000

4) PlayStation 4 (PS4) - 116,798,524 (116,600,000+ according to Sony) - Sept. 30st, 2021

5) PlayStation (PS1) - 102,500,000 (102,400,000+ according to Sony) - Mar. 31st, 2012

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6) Nintendo Switch (NS) - 101,875,838 (92,870,000 according to Nintendo) - Sept. 30th, 2021

7) Nintendo Wii (Wii) - 101,640,000 (101,630,000 according to Nintendo) - Mar. 31st, 2021

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Wii = Surpassed.



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Sogreblute on 07 January 2022
trunkswd said:
Alex_The_Hedgehog said:

Can PS4 still outsell the Game Boy?

Unless shipped far more PS4 consoles to retail this holiday than we are seeing, there is pretty much no chance the PS4 outsells the Game Boy.

PS4 sales have been so low the last year I bet Sony will discontinue it this year.



Kakadu18 on 07 January 2022

The Wii reached 101mil at a crawling pace while the Switch just flew past it with no brakes.

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archbrix on 07 January 2022
trunkswd said:
Ninten78 said:

How long of a life do you see the console having?

I think it's safe to say Nintendo won the 9th gen.

Pretty much no chance the PS5 or Xbox Series X|S will outsell the Switch. Combined PS and Xbox sales have been relatively stable for the past 3 generations with combined sales of around 170 million. I'd expect Xbox to eat into PS sales this generation due to its far stronger first-party lineup than the last generation.

As for how long of a life do I see the Switch having? I wouldn't expect a Switch successor until March 2023 at the earliest. Holiday 2023 or 2024 for the Switch successor seems to be the most likely window for it to launch. 

At the end of 2023 I can see Switch sales of around 135-140 million. Sales of 20-22 million this year and 15-18 million next year.

My thoughts exactly,  That's why when people assume that the PS5 will reach PS4 sales because of its stellar start, I feel that they aren't looking at the bigger picture.  I don't see any way that Xbox Series doesn't outsell the XB1, so unless people expect some massive growth of the PS/Xbox ecosystem over the last few generations, I see the PS5 falling a bit short of the PS4's lifetime sales.

I could be wrong though, since we obviously don't know exactly what will play out yet; maybe Sony goes with PS5 for 10 years before its successor, but not likely.  I think Switch's sales by the end of this year will be beyond what the PS5 will reach.



Dulfite on 07 January 2022
archbrix said:
trunkswd said:

Pretty much no chance the PS5 or Xbox Series X|S will outsell the Switch. Combined PS and Xbox sales have been relatively stable for the past 3 generations with combined sales of around 170 million. I'd expect Xbox to eat into PS sales this generation due to its far stronger first-party lineup than the last generation.

As for how long of a life do I see the Switch having? I wouldn't expect a Switch successor until March 2023 at the earliest. Holiday 2023 or 2024 for the Switch successor seems to be the most likely window for it to launch. 

At the end of 2023 I can see Switch sales of around 135-140 million. Sales of 20-22 million this year and 15-18 million next year.

My thoughts exactly,  That's why when people assume that the PS5 will reach PS4 sales because of its stellar start, I feel that they aren't looking at the bigger picture.  I don't see any way that Xbox Series doesn't outsell the XB1, so unless people expect some massive growth of the PS/Xbox ecosystem over the last few generations, I see the PS5 falling a bit short of the PS4's lifetime sales.

I could be wrong though, since we obviously don't know exactly what will play out yet; maybe Sony goes with PS5 for 10 years before its successor, but not likely.  I think Switch's sales by the end of this year will be beyond what the PS5 will reach.

On top of this, with each passing generation, games get easier to access with more ways to play. There will be people buying a Steam Deck in 2022 that would normally have bought a console. There are many people gaming with Xcloud, Stadia, Amazon, that would otherwise have bought a console. Home console sales are doomed to decrease over generations, but their respective companies profits will only increase.

Hardware sales will one day be meaningless in regards to which company truly dominates.



Alex_The_Hedgehog on 07 January 2022
archbrix said:
trunkswd said:

Pretty much no chance the PS5 or Xbox Series X|S will outsell the Switch. Combined PS and Xbox sales have been relatively stable for the past 3 generations with combined sales of around 170 million. I'd expect Xbox to eat into PS sales this generation due to its far stronger first-party lineup than the last generation.

As for how long of a life do I see the Switch having? I wouldn't expect a Switch successor until March 2023 at the earliest. Holiday 2023 or 2024 for the Switch successor seems to be the most likely window for it to launch. 

At the end of 2023 I can see Switch sales of around 135-140 million. Sales of 20-22 million this year and 15-18 million next year.

My thoughts exactly,  That's why when people assume that the PS5 will reach PS4 sales because of its stellar start, I feel that they aren't looking at the bigger picture.  I don't see any way that Xbox Series doesn't outsell the XB1, so unless people expect some massive growth of the PS/Xbox ecosystem over the last few generations, I see the PS5 falling a bit short of the PS4's lifetime sales.

I could be wrong though, since we obviously don't know exactly what will play out yet; maybe Sony goes with PS5 for 10 years before its successor, but not likely.  I think Switch's sales by the end of this year will be beyond what the PS5 will reach.

Yeah, Microsoft kinda screwed up Xbox One from the start. Xbox Series will have many more exclusives, deals, and we have Series S as a cheap alternative to next-gen gaming.



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BonfiresDown on 07 January 2022

PS+Xbox sales will grow from previous generations. Sony is supplying almost as many PS5s as they did PS4 but they are nowhere close to satisfying demand. And Xbox will obviously grow. Neither will reach Switch numbers of course.



Norion on 07 January 2022

The Wii has been overtaken and there's probably still at least 40 million switches left to be sold, very impressive.

archbrix said:
trunkswd said:

Pretty much no chance the PS5 or Xbox Series X|S will outsell the Switch. Combined PS and Xbox sales have been relatively stable for the past 3 generations with combined sales of around 170 million. I'd expect Xbox to eat into PS sales this generation due to its far stronger first-party lineup than the last generation.

As for how long of a life do I see the Switch having? I wouldn't expect a Switch successor until March 2023 at the earliest. Holiday 2023 or 2024 for the Switch successor seems to be the most likely window for it to launch. 

At the end of 2023 I can see Switch sales of around 135-140 million. Sales of 20-22 million this year and 15-18 million next year.

My thoughts exactly,  That's why when people assume that the PS5 will reach PS4 sales because of its stellar start, I feel that they aren't looking at the bigger picture.  I don't see any way that Xbox Series doesn't outsell the XB1, so unless people expect some massive growth of the PS/Xbox ecosystem over the last few generations, I see the PS5 falling a bit short of the PS4's lifetime sales.

I could be wrong though, since we obviously don't know exactly what will play out yet; maybe Sony goes with PS5 for 10 years before its successor, but not likely.  I think Switch's sales by the end of this year will be beyond what the PS5 will reach.

Yep, the sales of them are very highly linked to how well the other does so unless people buying both becomes more common it'll be difficult for the PS5 to outsell the PS4.