Analyst: Switch Tracking Ahead of PS4 and PS2, Slightly Behind Wii - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 July 2020 / 4,119 Views
Senior analyst at Niko Partners Daniel Ahmad via Twitter says that after 34 months on the market and 52.48 million units shipped, the Nintendo Switch is currently tracking ahead of the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 2, and is slightly behind the Wii.
The Switch is currently tracking inline with the DS after 34 months, which also received a boost in sales due to the release of a new model. The Switch is also tracking ahead of the 3DS.
Ahmad reported the Switch has surpassed their estimated lifetime shipment figures of the Xbox One during the holiday quarter. We reported sell-through units of the Switch outsold lifetime sales of the Xbox One in December.
Nintendo earlier released their quarterly financial report. Nintendo shipped 10.82 million Switch units and 0.25 million 3DS units during the quarter, as well as 64.64 million Switch games and 1.12 million 3DS games.
Nintendo increased their forecast for the Switch from 18 million to 19.5 million for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2020.
Here is a look at cumulative global console shipments, launch aligned.
After 34 months on the market the Nintendo Switch has achieved cumulative sell in of 52.48m.
Due to the strong holiday period, the system is currently tracking ahead of PS4 and PS2, slightly behind Wii. pic.twitter.com/MT1iXXwyX0
— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) January 30, 2020
Here is a similar chart as above, but focused on Nintendo consoles.
The Switch is currently tracking inline with the Nintendo DS, which had also received a boost due to the release of a new model.
Notably ahead of the 3DS and just behind the Wii when launch aligned. pic.twitter.com/jXI24izs6d
— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) January 30, 2020
Also worth pointing out that according to our estimates the Nintendo Switch passed the Xbox One in hardware shipments during the holiday quarter last year.
The Xbox One is not too far behind, but it has only taken Switch 34 months to achieve what the Xbox One did in 74 months.
— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) January 30, 2020
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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The Switch is coming for you PS4...
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I doubt it'll end up outselling either Playstations, but I'd love to be proven wrong. Outselling Wii is a much more reasonable outcome. Nintendo really cleaned up their act after the Wii U. Merging their Hardware and Software teams has really worked out for the better.
The PS2 i don't think so but i wouldn't be counting out it outselling the PS4. Switch still has no price cuts and momentum is still going up. It's looking to have multiple 20+ million years. With the full price and the lite not appealing the same crowd it shows that it has the potential to easily outleg the Wii atleast.
It will easily outsell at least PS3.
Notice how this graph includes several months after. I really don’t know why VGC graphs aren’t doing the same. It is much more informative and encourages discussion about trends.
I have an agreement with trunkswd. I am his buddy and in return he doesn't add a future outlook to the gap charts, because the common ignorance of the average viewer allows me to look incredibly smart by merely pointing out what the future will look like.
Fantastic graphs. Isn't ZhugeEX one of our boys?
Congrats Switch.
Amazing how the Switch has kept up with the DS for this long! We generally assume that the Switch has no chance of selling anywhere near what the DS did lifetime, and I don't disagree, but are we taking this assumption for granted?
In the next 15 months or so (Launch aligned), the DS will sell more than 40 million units.
Do you see the Switch doing those numbers??
I never liked these global launch-aligned comparisons, because they never tell a complete and accurate story. Systems usually don't launch simultaneously in all three major regions (though some do launch in all three within a very narrow time frame), and in the case of PlayStation & Xbox consoles there is often an offset release of a few months in at least one region (e.g., the PS2 came out in Japan on March 4, 2000, but wasn't released in NA & Europe until Oct. 26 and Nov. 24, respectively). The Switch is lagging behind the PS2 in the U.S. and Europe, and is about on par with the PS2 in Japan. However, it's ahead of the PS4 in the U.S. and Japan, but it's lagging behind the PS4 in Europe.
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As it is essentially a replacement for the DS/3DS, Pokemon is on the Switch now, that is Nintendo's handheld and home console. That's the point, it has not only the home Nintendo audience buying it but the handheld people too. I expect nothing less than it sell loads when it's tapping into 2 markets.
My curiousity is still towards how well Switch does after peak year, with the PS5 being out.
If someone is able to explain why the Frankfurt stock in € has lost 3% today....I give up to understand this after more than 2 years observing the evolution of the stock.
