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Nintendo is wondering the same thing which is why they are sitting on it until Mario Kart 9 and other megaton bombs are ready. I expect the first two years of Switch 2 to be fucking epic.
It has the potential to sell more because of how many more big third party games Switch 2 will get due to the increase in compute power. The likes of CP2077, ER, RDRII single player wise then Warzone and much better versions of Fortnite and Apex multiplayer wise will help massively too.
They'll be hurt by higher price and no COVID boost, so they'll need to offset that with better third party support and new IP.
Fixed.Handheld console surpass DVD player during the DVD boom.
Still 1 DVD per house.
Same for PS3 right?
And they will be hurt by games taking longer to make. They already had some big droughts with Switch.
The point is the PS2 was revolutionary in pushing multimedia content of that level for the first time on a console during the DVD boom. It's not just a "console" as was said in the post I was quoting. It's the fucking PlayStation 2.
Their first party investments and growth in number of partner studios should somewhat offset the increase in development times.
The novelty of the Switch is over, along with the fact that the market is being flooded with handhelds. Sony and Microsoft haven't even thrown their hats in the ring yet. The Switch 2 will be a huge success, but not as big as its predecessor.
Home consoles outsell handheld consoles all the time though.Handheld console surpass home console.
PS2 launched end of 2000 and was discontinued at the end 2012. So more years than the Switch currently.
honestly that’s always been the case, a fair number of these people aren’t even really fanboys of the other systems as much as they just hate PlayStation (some of them are former Sega fanboys who blame Sony for ‘killing’ Dreamcast)The proxy war through Nintendo now, fam!
I should have used the term you used, slow periods. That said, even with growth, I still see it being slower but not as slow as it could have been.
So they can't let go of their delusions. Weird.
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My prediction is It will surpass 160 million if Nintendo supports it with new Switch titles for a few more years.Mat Piscatella (@matpiscatella.bsky.social)
Lifetime unit sales of Nintendo Switch have now exceeded those of PlayStation 2 in the U.S. market. With its 46.6 million units sold life-to-date, Switch now ranks 2nd in all-time units sold across all video game hardware platforms in the U.S., trailing only Nintendo DS.
Do you think it reaches the WW number or not?
Generally they have released roughly 1 game per month on Switch, and I can see them sticking to that schedule with Switch 2 (maybe a little slower).
The 5 million didn't come from nowhere. They came from 2012.
And even if they did, Switch's success is already worth more. PS2 was sold for many more years, had no serious competition for many years and had huge price cuts while Switch was stable in price.
Yeah, they will say these new ones came from 2012 too.
