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[Unknown Soldier]

Would now be a bad time to bring up that legendary GAF thread where everyone predicted Switch would flop and Nintendo would go bankrupt

 

[Muddy]

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.

Ah yes the PS2 wasn’t seriously competing with the Dreamcast, Gamecube and OG Xbox.

The Hybrid Switch had massive competition in its market and the Discounted Switch Lite doesn’t exist.

 

[Cakeboxer]

Ah yes the PS2 wasn’t seriously competing with the Dreamcast, Gamecube and OG Xbox.

The Hybrid Switch had massive competition in its market and the Discounted Switch Lite doesn’t exist.

You mean that serious competition where all 3 combined didn't even sell one third of the PS2?
You mean that Switch Lite that has to compete with smartphones + tablets + Steamdeck + other handhelds and that still has double the price of the 99 Dollar PS2?

 

[RomanceDawn]

PS2 successor released 5 years into its lifecycle. Also PS2 didn't have a WW release in 2000. It released in in RoTW way later.

Switch will never reach same sales if Switch 2 released in 2022

Oh I see! Right on and good to know.

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

Skimming through the thread, people are too emotionally invested into pieces of plastic.

That veing said, congrats to Switch. Wonky and cheap hardware (at least wth my 3 NSW consoles) with terrific games. And the thing that matters is games, so fully deserved, I guess.

 

[Muddy]

You mean that serious competition where all 3 combined didn't even sell one third of the PS2?
You mean that Switch Lite that has to compete with smartphones + tablets + Steamdeck + other handhelds and that still has double the price of the 99 Dollar PS2?

The Dreamcast, GameCube and Xbox were direct competition to the PS2 yet only sold one third.

Smartphones, Tablets and even the Steamdeck are not direct competition to the Switch.

Completely different markets. What are you even on about.

 

[Cakeboxer]

The Dreamcast, GameCube and Xbox were direct competition to the PS2 yet only sold one third.

Smartphones, Tablets and even the Steamdeck are not direct competition to the Switch.

Completely different markets. What are you even on about.

Lmao. I could ask you the the same thing, but it obviously doesn't make any sense. So i'm done here.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Correct, 160 million HW and 1537 million SW means an average of 9.6 games per console. This is pretty high and slightly higher than PS1's 9.4 per console.

If one wanted to look at that cynically, for the average European PS2 owner who bought a PS2 when it became affordable and replaced it when PS3 became affordable, that’s basically just every yearly edition of FIFA/PES, plus a Harry Potter game or two thrown in for kids.

This isn’t to shit on the PS2. Just to point out that sales of a product happen in a context. Switch may have benefitted from lockdowns, and PS2 benefitted from other contextual situations. This is why comparing the two in a vacuum of sheer numbers means little, and also why statements like “handheld sells more than home console, hurr durr” should be regarded as way beyond moronic at this point.

 

[deriks]

I think it will be the king

Even with Switch 2 next year, 1 still will be bought here and there

 

[pulicat]

Okay so it what went from 300 to 200 in 2 years. the climbed down in price from there. That is still a price decrease of time cause sales to spike.

the switch only went UP in price with the OLED version costing $50 more. lol still very impressive

PS2 price history
2000 - $299 (launch price)
2002 - $199 (-$100)
2003 - $179 (-$20)
2004 - $149 (-$30)
2006 - $129 (-$20)
2009 - $99 (-$30)

Nintendo Switch price history
2017 - $299(Base model)
2019 - $299(Base model), $199(Lite model)
2021 - $299(Base model), $199(Lite model), $349(Oled model)

Operating profits
PS2 $2 billion
NSW ~$22 billion( more than the entire PlayStation division profit since its creation)

 

[ArtHands]

Man, this is crazy. Nintendo Switch is truly a success

 

[spons]

Holy hell did Nintendo make a lot of money from this shit.
And is Europe still the only region with an official price drop (30 euros down)?

 

[crazyriddler]

It's funny how this thread has triggered a lot of people, looking for data ‘ackchyually’