Nintendo Switch sales surpass 89 million, has outsold both the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3

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Nintendo continues to dominate in terms of sales, as the Nintendo Switch has hit yet another sales milestone. The latest financial report shows that the Switch family of systems has officially shifted 89.04 million units since the console's launch in March 2017. Last time we checked in on the Q4 2020 fiscal report, the Switch had sold 79.87 million units, which means in a matter of a few months, the Switch was able to surpass the sales figures for the PlayStation Portable, the Game Boy Advance, the Xbox 360, and the PlayStation 3. Despite such success, Switch hardware and software sales are noticeably down from 2020, with the former having decreased 21.7%, and the latter going down by 10.2%.

With the launch of the Nintendo Switch OLED on the horizon, as well as major first-party and exclusive releases set to arrive before the year, Nintendo is keeping its outlook positive. The next milestone for the Switch would be overtaking the Nintendo Wii, which sits at a respectable 101.63 million units sold.

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I'm not surprised.
Video games are becoming more and more common
Of course older systems would eventually be outsold
There is not much that is "of course" about this. 10 years ago the market and even the specialized press was convinced that smartphones would eat the mobile market entirely. A few years ago, there was genuine doubt as to whether the current generation of consoles would even be produced vis a vis the gaming PC boom.

The thing that the Switch is accomplishing is actually incredible, especially once you consider what a shit console it is, with low power, broken thumbsticks, inane OS without basic features, a drought of relevant games, and so on.
 

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Imagine if this was made with better specs to start it would last a lot longer on the market :( but since this is most people’s dedicated Nintendo machine / indie player it will continue to do well especially since most fans tend to collect multiple units like they did for the 3DS. I can see this heading towards PS2 numbers at the end of its life as long as the games keep coming for it and people don’t start using cloud devices to play their consoles :yayswitch:
 

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The Switch has only been out for 4 years. PS2 came out in 2000 and was discontinued in 2013. DS came out in 2004 and was discontinued in 2014. For the Switch to reach 89 million in just 4 years is a pretty big achievement.
Not saying it isn't. Just questioning if it can top the best selling gaming system in its life or not.
 

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Still has another iteration on the way (probably) and another Zelda II going to pump those numbers over 100mil IMO.
 

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I like the fact Nintendo is still doing things old school. Huge console sales.. cartridge based games.. it's all very nostalgic compared to the progressive direction of Microsoft with gaming as a service.
 

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The Switch has only been out for 4 years. PS2 came out in 2000 and was discontinued in 2013. DS came out in 2004 and was discontinued in 2014. For the Switch to reach 89 million in just 4 years is a pretty big achievement.
That makes it among if not the fastest selling console in gaming history.
 

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I just wish the switch had more features in its system software. that's about the only thing that kinda makes me mad or sad. Nintendo said that they wanted ease of use with the switch mostly, so that may be the reason for that. though, I wonder if they're just afraid of introducing a software bug that can be exploited? who knows really?
 

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Definitely on pace to surpass 100 million. Don't know if it'll be able to touch DS or PS2 numbers though.

The Switch has only been out for 4 years. PS2 came out in 2000 and was discontinued in 2013. DS came out in 2004 and was discontinued in 2014. For the Switch to reach 89 million in just 4 years is a pretty big achievement.

Maybe Switch sales will loose steam once Steam Deck heats the market.
 

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Doubtful, Nintendo thrives on kids and casuals.

Noted, weird thing is the 64gb steam deck would be a better deal than any switch, better than the unpatched switch coz since it's a pc the ability to run emulators is guaranteed.

I for one can't wait for next year to get me a Steam Deck.
 

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Definitely, the switch had so much potential
I'm starting to agree with @p1ngpong

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Maybe Switch sales will loose steam once Steam Deck heats the market.

The Steam Deck ain't gonna do nothing. Nintendo lives on with its stans. Setting up YuZu is difficult for the average consumer
 

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