Tuesday, February 2nd 2021
Nintendo Switch On Track To Become One Of The Best Selling Game Consoles Of All Time
The Nintendo Switch was announced by Nintendo in October 2016 before releasing worldwide in March 2017. The hybrid console has been well-received and is now on track to become one of if not the best selling console of all time. Nintendo recently revealed during a financial report that the console had sold 79.87 million units after 46 months on the market. This compares favorably with the PS4 at ~67 million, the PS2 at ~69.5 million, and the Wii at ~75 million units at 46 months after their releases. When compared to Nintendo's other consoles only the DS manages to outsell the Switch at ~83 million units sold 46 months after release. The Nintendo Switch has eclipsed the Wii U in sale numbers which only reached ~13.3 million.
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@ZhugeEX
27 Comments on Nintendo Switch On Track To Become One Of The Best Selling Game Consoles Of All Time
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No surprise that Nintendo is on top with sales. These consoles really are unique in what they offer.
I also haven't seen any Switch in the wild back when I was commuting to university/work. It's a fun concept but I wouldn't touch it unless they'd release an updated one with more processing power (which they probably won't).
Also, 13 Nintendo game series titles already got their best sales for NSW (ports or new) including Animal Crossing, Zelda, Hyrule, Mario, Mario Kart and others, and that's a strong sales point for NSW too. In Greece it's also nowhere to be seen but as an owner I completely understand why it's selling so well.
Hell, I can even hack it and install android and play a million games via emulator, steam from my PC or PS4 or even play native android games using hardware buttons.
It's by far the best gaming console I've ever had. And I also own a PS1, PS2, Gamenoy Color, Advance, Advance SP, 2DS, 3DS, PS4...
It's right on its way to overthrone even NDS.
Imagine what will happen if we eventually get an NSW pro with updated Nvidia GPU that will support DLSS...
Totally exaggerated, nothing ever close to 2000's Sony Playstation 2 in term of console and Nintendo DS in handheld category.Deteriorating price and newly emerged games attracting people to bought one.
I know quite a few people who own them
I'm shocked at the number of people here who don't know someone who has one. I'm related to two people who spent at least half of 2020 trying to get their hands on a standard(non-lite) Switch. My son(18 years old) has one, he loves it.
I don't care for the standard controllers(joycons) they too small and flimsy feeling. I'm really impressed with how much they manage to get from what is essentially a tablet processor. Despite that, I feel both models are way overpriced for what you get in the way of hardware, Nintendo is definitely making fat profits on it. The accessories are also insanely expensive.
Hopefully with rumors going around we actually get a Nintendo Switch 2 with a Zen CPU and RDNA2 GPU similar to the Xbox Series S than it will be a force to be reckoned with. Likely it would be a Tegra X1+ though
I did some googling found out the margins are actually slimmer than you would assume on the Switch. No information seems to be readily available for the Lite version. Apparently, Nintendo makes less than $50 a unit of the standard Switch. This seems insanity to me, knowing what most companies pay to manufacture similar devices. I would guess the Switch costs $100 maybe $150 tops to build, based on build prices for tablets and phones. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that Ngreedia is ripping them off on the silicon. Then again, is it a rip off when no one else sells a comparable chip?
The only complaint I have is, the joycon drift is getting bad on my OG model, I've replaced the joystick on one of the joycon a, but it was a tedious affair, don't wanna do it again for the other joycon, so I had to buy a couple more joycons on sale last black friday.
Other than that, I love the system, I don't think I've put as much play time on any other of my consoles, as my family loves playing multiplayer games while docked, and I can bring it along with me and even play a little when I'm not busy.
It's a fun little console, and it has a fantastic game library, IDK what the fixation with cramming more power into it is, and yes, this coming from someone with a capable gaming PC.
I can wait for Nintendo to update it when the hardware is ready, in the meantime, there's a lot of awesome games on this platform, and at $199 or $299 for the bigger version, trust me, you're doing yourself a disservice by not trying it.
Sony made a big mistake pulling the plug off its PSP.
it would have been a serious contender and a choice for the gamers.
instead of sony making rare smartphones, they need to bring back PSP to compete against Switch.
Sony should be as committed to their portable platform as they are to their home consoles, then they would really pose a threat to Nintendo.
I also read shortly after my posting the other day that Nintendo has recently revised both the Switch and Switch Lite LCDs. They are supposedly considerably better quality than the originals. I only read that though, so it's null as well.