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Will the Nintendo Switch become the best-selling console ever? (fedia.io)

submitted 2 weeks ago by ryujin470@fedia.io to c/gaming@lemmy.ml

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It's just behind the PS2 and Nintendo DS right now with 143 million units sold.

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[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Let's see how many units are sold during holiday season. Also if the new Nintendo console gets out, then the old Switch will get (hopefully) a discount and it sells a lot more. Keep in mind the PS2 and DS sold even after their successor came out. Wikipedia lists the numbers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_game_consoles

PlayStation 2       Home        Sony        2000    >155 million
Nintendo DS         Handheld    Nintendo    2004    154.02 million
Nintendo Switch #   Hybrid      Nintendo    2017    143.42 million

And just for fun, people call the Xbox One a failure, but look and compare to some legendary consoles:

Xbox One            Home    Microsoft   2013    ~58 million
Super Nintendo      Home    Nintendo    1990    49.1 million
Nintendo 64         Home    Nintendo    1996    32.93 million
Nintendo GameCube   Home    Nintendo    2001    21.74 million

[–] BumpingFuglies@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

To be fair, the Xbone released after gaming had made its way into the mainstream. Those old Nintendo consoles are from an era when gaming was still considered by most to be a child's pursuit, so they had much smaller audiences.

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 5 points 2 weeks ago

I know, but its still funny that the XBOne sold more than iconic N64 and Gamecube combined. I know this has to be seen in context, that's why I said "just for furn". Also this brings into perspective how insane the PS2 sold, where gaming was in less mainstream position than today. It was Sony with the PS1 and 2 who made gaming mainstream. The PS3 came out 6 years after the 2, while the Switch has a longer period of time without its successor (currently 7, we enter in 8th) and still could not catch up. It's crazy how the PS2 sold.