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DroidKnight on 03 April 2025
EricHiggin said:

What are the odds that if Switch does manage to hit 160M, that Nin announces that, but then never says another word about future Switch sales, so nobody ever knows if Switch or PS2 sales were the highest ever, leading everyone to basically call it a tie?

Oh hell no!  Tiebreaker: Put the CEOs of each company in a ring and let them fight to the death.



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EricHiggin on 03 April 2025
DroidKnight said:
EricHiggin said:

What are the odds that if Switch does manage to hit 160M, that Nin announces that, but then never says another word about future Switch sales, so nobody ever knows if Switch or PS2 sales were the highest ever, leading everyone to basically call it a tie?

Oh hell no!  Tiebreaker :Put the CEOs of each company in a ring and let them fight to the death.

But Phil wants everyone to play nicely together. Please don't make them fight. Please!

I could however be swayed if it's done in VR perhaps.



PS1   - ! - We must build a console that can alert our enemies.

PS2  - @- We must build a console that offers online living room gaming.

PS3   - #- We must build a console that’s powerful, social, costs and does everything.

PS4   - $- We must build a console that’s affordable, charges for services, and pumps out exclusives.

PRO  -%-We must build a console that's VR ready, checkerboard upscales, and sells but a fraction of the money printer.

PS5   - ^ -We must build a console that’s a generational cross product, with RT lighting, and price hiking.

PRO  -&- We must build a console that Super Res upscales and continues the cost increases.

Shaunodon on 03 April 2025
DroidKnight said:
EricHiggin said:

What are the odds that if Switch does manage to hit 160M, that Nin announces that, but then never says another word about future Switch sales, so nobody ever knows if Switch or PS2 sales were the highest ever, leading everyone to basically call it a tie?

Oh hell no!  Tiebreaker: Put the CEOs of each company in a ring and let them fight to the death.

We already know who has the better trained CEOs:



DroidKnight on 03 April 2025
EricHiggin said:
DroidKnight said:

Oh hell no!  Tiebreaker :Put the CEOs of each company in a ring and let them fight to the death.

But Phil wants everyone to play nicely together. Please don't make him fight. Please!

I could however be swayed if it's done in VR perhaps.

Phil is not the CEO of either Playstation or Nintendo so he wouldn't be fighting.  He could be the ref. 



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EricHiggin on 03 April 2025
DroidKnight said:
EricHiggin said:

But Phil wants everyone to play nicely together. Please don't make them fight. Please!

I could however be swayed if it's done in VR perhaps.

Phil is not the CEO of either Playstation or Nintendo so he wouldn't be fighting.  He could be the ref. 

I meant to say them not him. You got to my reply before I changed it. But yes, this would be popcorn worthy.



PS1   - ! - We must build a console that can alert our enemies.

PS2  - @- We must build a console that offers online living room gaming.

PS3   - #- We must build a console that’s powerful, social, costs and does everything.

PS4   - $- We must build a console that’s affordable, charges for services, and pumps out exclusives.

PRO  -%-We must build a console that's VR ready, checkerboard upscales, and sells but a fraction of the money printer.

PS5   - ^ -We must build a console that’s a generational cross product, with RT lighting, and price hiking.

PRO  -&- We must build a console that Super Res upscales and continues the cost increases.

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Tober on 04 April 2025

During the Switch2 Direct, Nintendo only compared Switch2 to the OG Switch, not the OLED.

Also during the game sharing section only the OG and Lite were shown. The OLED was not mentioned or shown ones during the presentation.

This lets me believe the OLED will be dropped from the line up and the OG and Lite will continue to ship/sell eventhough the OLED was the most sold model the last 2 years.



Pyro as Bill on 04 April 2025

The mere suggestion that modern Nintendo doesn't understand the market better than anyone and can't improve on previous outings is genuinely laughable.



Nov 2016 - NES outsells PS1 (JP)

Don't Play Stationary 4 ever. Switch!

Pyro as Bill on 04 April 2025

Q. Did Nintendo blow away all your expectations with Switch 1?
A. Yes.

Did you think Switch 1 was overpriced at launch?
A. Yes.

Wake up sheeple.



Nov 2016 - NES outsells PS1 (JP)

Don't Play Stationary 4 ever. Switch!

Fight-the-Streets on 04 April 2025
EricHiggin said:

What are the odds that if Switch does manage to hit 160M, that Nin announces that, but then never says another word about future Switch sales, so nobody ever knows if Switch or PS2 sales were the highest ever, leading everyone to basically call it a tie?

Nintendo is actually the company that reports their console shipping numbers very meticulously, even to the very end of a console lifecycle. As long as they ship at least 10k, it will be in the quaterly and fiscal year-end report. On top of it, they always update their total sales number on their "Dedicated Video Game Sales Units" homepage. If the Switch reaches 161 mil the ball will be in Sony's camp to react. If Sony doesn't react, Switch will be the declared winner!

Last edited by Fight-the-Streets - on 05 April 2025

Shaunodon on 04 April 2025
Fight-the-Streets said:
EricHiggin said:

What are the odds that if Switch does manage to hit 160M, that Nin announces that, but then never says another word about future Switch sales, so nobody ever knows if Switch or PS2 sales were the highest ever, leading everyone to basically call it a tie?

Nintendo is actually the company that reports their console shipping numbers very meticulously, even to the very end of a console lifecycle. As long as they ship at least 10k, it will be in the quaterly and fiscal year-end report. On top of it, they always update their total sales number on their "Dedicated Video Game Sales Units" homepage. If the Switch reaches 161 mil the ball will be in Sony camp to react. If Sony doesn't react, Switch will be the declared winner!

Sony would probably hire Indiana Jones to find them another mil PS2s somewhere just to keep the record at this point. I doubt Nintendo are even paying attention.