ManaByte
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It’s official: No Nintendo console has lasted as long as Switch without being replaced | VGC
It’s now been nearly 2,700…
www.videogameschronicle.com
Next up: the PS2 sales record.
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It’s official: No Nintendo console has lasted as long as Switch without being replaced
- Thread starter ManaByte
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www.videogameschronicle.com
Next up: the PS2 sales record.
Magic Carpet
Gold Member
The Switch died on 2/16/2024.
That was the day Mario vs Donkey Kong released. My final Switch buy.
That was the day Mario vs Donkey Kong released. My final Switch buy.
ManaByte
Member
"No Nintendo console"
Gaiff
SBI’s Resident Gaslighter
It says replaced. The GBA was released in 2001. The Game Boy was still going but its successor had already arrived.
See above.
yurinka
Member
Game Boy is a portable console. Like Switch, and unlike the NES.
yurinka
Member
True, I see it. GB was discontinued over 5000+ days after launch, not 4000+.
ManaByte
Member
19 million as of May.
Likely will pass it by the end of the year if not by the time the Switch 2 releases.
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
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Gaiff
SBI’s Resident Gaslighter
You mean 15 million. The PS2’s last official number is 155 million.
Thick Thighs Save Lives
NeoGAF's Physical Games Advocate Extraordinaire
There's also this cool graph from OP's article for a better visualization:
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
If you keep producing something it'll continue to sell without an alternative.
Not sure what the surprise is.
The goal is first to [insert number], not celebrate because you've finally reached what the competition passed years ago and you decide to keep running on your own.
Not sure what the surprise is.
The goal is first to [insert number], not celebrate because you've finally reached what the competition passed years ago and you decide to keep running on your own.
nial
Member
That's still much longer than the Switch's lifespan thus far.
Gaiff
SBI’s Resident Gaslighter
You also had the GBC.
TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
I forgot to say "if it's good"
BouncyFrag
Member
Except for my joycons.
nial
Member
9 years and 6 months later, which means that Game Boy will remain king forever.
graywolf323
Member
yeah but the GBC was basically like the Switch Mini or Switch OLED
Gaiff
SBI’s Resident Gaslighter
No, the GBC has around 400 exclusive games.
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Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
It's really kind of cruel when you think about it.
E-Cat
Member
"Nintendo Color TV-Game"?? WTF, I'd never heard of a Nintendo console before the NES. And I'm old, too.There's also this cool graph from OP's article for a better visualization:
Dacvak
No one shall be brought before our LORD David Bowie without the true and secret knowledge of the Photoshop. For in that time, so shall He appear.
Damn I didn’t even think about that. It really might outsell the PS2 without even a single price drop. That’s actually insane.Fitting for the greatest ever console.
What will be even sweater is when it eventually outsells the $99 PS2 with no price drops.
I bet more individual people have the Switch than PS2 already. This is anecdotal, but most of my friends bought a PS2 Slim when the drive on their original failed. It wouldn’t surprise me if a huge number of PS2 sales were duplicates.
Dacvak
No one shall be brought before our LORD David Bowie without the true and secret knowledge of the Photoshop. For in that time, so shall He appear.
I’m not even sure that counts, cause they released 5 different “consoles” that each had a different game through that time iirc.
Anyway, it was this thing. Each console had one game, and it was like Pong and Breakout and shit.
Muffdraul
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Oh boy, term quibbling my favorite.
Technical definitions aside, it's long since been established shorthand lingo that there are consoles which you connect to your TV, and there are handhelds which have their own screen and are portable.
The Switch is a hybrid of both. In my subjective view, I loath handheld gaming (pretty much always did, but especially as I get older and my near-sight vision gets worse) it's a console that can be played in an inferior handheld mode by weirdos, if they want to.
Loomy
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lol, that's a silly comment. You could play 99% of PS2 games without HDD.
Astral Dog
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You don't need Switch succesor when Emio is approaching
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
honestly at this point what's the point of a Switch successor? I see this thing going for another 6 years. No point in stopping the train
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diffusionx
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Game Boy was replaced twice, though.
Assuming Switch 2 launches next year, Switch won't be discontinued for another 3-4 years. That's still less time.
IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
Although it hasn't had any price drop, Nintendo did release the cheaper Switch Lite, which has been very popular.
I know many people who picked up the lite as a cheap way to access the Switch library.
Futaleufu
Member
Not to mention the Gameboy Color isnt just the same with color, it has better hardware.
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BlackTron
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How I wish it had TV out. Switch is too big to be a really effective portable. But the lite doesn't Switch which is just too massive a tradeoff. Oh well.
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
used market switches can be picked up for 2 pennies and a cardboard box
People lament the death of official price drops in video game consoles but that's really just because eBay prices on a regular weekday will drop further than any Black Friday deal. Lord have mercy if you can find a good one at a garage sale, flea market, or Facebook Marketplace.
Not to invalidate the Switch's success- But let's be real here it's cheap to get these systems, more than ever before
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IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
The OG and OLED Switch is a hybrid, but the Switch Lite is a pure handheld.
Considering Switch Lite sales are tallied up with the OG and OLED sales, I don't think it's too out there to compare the Switch to handhelds and home consoles.
Dr. Wilkinson
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Doesn’t matter to Nintendo. It’s just a date on the calendar for them. Switch is still selling and they’ve never been more profitable.
There’s definitely no rush to get the next system out.
There’s definitely no rush to get the next system out.
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Muffdraul
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I basically agree with that. I was more interested in addressing the total b.s. that a device like a Game Boy would be considered a "console" for the purposes of this discussion.