I don't want to sound mean. But.. it's like.. it's the xbox series x. 

Nobody like... well, you know... cares....

(i) How is Xbox relevant to the current discussion? (ii) Yes, I can speak on behalf of everyone in saying that it is upsetting that Microsoft refuses to report precise hardware figures. Would be good to know if XBSXS has shipped 20mil or 60mil.

Fine switch will be number 1 after it passes 158.7

Which "switch" version thou?

The handheld only variant who can't "switch" or the console/handheld hybrid?

If anything,switch numbers are shady and unfair since it includes a handhel only variant.

I guess psportal will be counted towards ps5 sales since ya know..

Its a ps5 handheld.

This thread reminds me of how happy I was when the Switch passed the 120 million mark with enough momentum
to one day reach 150 million. Then when it was clear to be a 150 million seller like the two greats of what felt a long ago era.
Then earlier this year as I realised it was passing the DS, which I felt for so long was a slim possibility.
I enjoyed that.

Yes Sony’s behaviour bothered me, but I was happy enough with what the Switch has achieved.
It’s a big winner of its own time that didn’t always seem possible.

I have enjoyed that journey, and I appreciate the opportunity to remember that.

Are you saying that the Lite version is not a video game console? The conversation is about the best-selling video game console, whereas it being a home console, handheld or hybrid

Anyways, Nintendo does reveal the numbers for each version of the Switch, so, no, the numbers are not shady. You can play around taking Switch's total number and subtracting the Lite version if you will, but I don't see the point of it

Who cared deeply and found it to be a major concern as to PS2's exact sales in the distant past, prior to SW1, or even prior to this thread?

Nothing is a concern, until it's deemed a problem. Not every problem, is deemed to be a concern.

…has this not always been a major concern? I know for me it’s been irksome seeing “Over 155mil PS2 systems sold” instead of a precise figures as has been given for almost all commercially successful gaming hardware.

Not a big enough concern for enough people that SNY didn't do anything about it. Until recently anyway, when that changed, and because of that, we now know it's 160+ million. Is that information not acceptable now for some reason? Would it be acceptable from MS in the future if they also decide to give updated XB hardware figures? Would that information be ignored or treated as made up and false by some in a future thread, comparing XB console hardware sales to another brand?