*NSW numbers have been till March 2023 (125.62M) since the chart is by fiscal years.

This graph really highlights the PS2s remarkable legs.

I got my PS2 in 2010, and it was still popular in my country.

I would like to see this with 128mil switch

Gameboy is probably as close to a sleeper hit video game system as has ever been. While it wasn’t a weak launch, the initial 5-7 year general lifespan of a system was only a moderate success, coming in below the level of the SNES… At year 6, PS4 more than doubles Gameboy. Then Pokémon comes out and not too long after Gameboy rockets into the high tier and surpasses PS4.

Sad to see the DS basically screech to a halt after Year 6. Wish they didn't announce and release the 3DS so early. Hopefully they don't repeat that mistake with Switch. Switch is holding up pretty well, all things considered. A revision in early 2023 would help bridge the gap between Switch & DS. Didn't DS only manage about 5 million in Year 6? Could definitely see Switch do far more than that in Apr 2023 to Mar 2024.

Yeah 7 onwards is gonna be interesting.

Oh she's taking it !!
Switch is not soon to be replaced since they kept saying it was in the middle of it's lifecycle last year. I do expect atleast 2 other good years of support for it.

At the end of 2022 : 123 millions
2023 with Zelda, less manufacture problems, Mario movie and maybe a game, don't see it doing less than 18 millions : 141 millions
2024, Probably last good year, Metroid Prime 4 etc etc maybe around 12 millions : 153 millions
They can sell another few millions if they want to phase it out and make it cheaper.

I know we didn't get a price drop yet, and i feel like some expect the Switch to never have one. Nintendo probably won't release the successor at higher than 400$ and it would be weird having OLED 50$ cheaper than the new model. So as long as they can keep the price to the actual Switch at 300-350$, there is literally no reason to release a new one. Nintendo mainly likes to have a new console when the other one isn't interesting the public or has reached the barrel as far as price point can be. So i do expect Switch to get it's cheaper moment some day. I have plenty of people in my entourage that are still on the fence of getting one just because it is too expensive for casual gamers.

I wonder if that's more because of the shortening generation cycles, or real interest. I still think the PS4 could have lasted a couple of years more, there's really nothing really pushing for moving to PS5 in my opinion, especially with software/hardware bottlenecks caused by the pandemic.

Just imagine a bunch of Switch Lites running around for $99 for several years after 2025. It will become the defacto dedicated handheld for Nintendo and could in fact have those GB legs. Granted, we could argue until we're blue in the face whether that is indeed a "Switch" but they will play the Switch software.