Nintendo has forecasted just 2 million more sales for its aging Switch 1 console over the coming financial year, leaving it still several million short of PlayStation 2's record-breaking total. PS2, first released in Japan on March 4, 2000, followed by North America on October 26, 2000, and Europe on November 24, 2000, officially remains the best-selling console of all time, with Sony's count placing it at 160 million units sold. Switch 1, meanwhile, now stands at 155.92 million lifetime sales, with its annual total increasing at an ever-slower pace each year. In its latest financial results, Nintendo revealed it had sold 3.86 million Switch 1 consoles during the past financial year. Switch 1 console sales have been falling every year since 2021, and this latest total marks a further decrease of 64% on the 10.80 million units that Nintendo shifted in 2024. All of this places Switch 1 currently at 4.08 million consoles shy of the PS2, and still 2.08 million short even in a year's time. Could Switch still beat PS2 in 2028? While technically possible, the console will then be well over a decade old and Switch 2 will have been launched for several years. Nintendo, however, has shown no
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Nintendo has forecasted just 2 million more sales for its aging Switch 1 console over the coming financial year, leaving it still several million short of PlayStation 2's record-breaking total. PS2, first released in Japan on March 4,…
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Nintendo has forecasted just 2 million more sales for its aging Switch 1 console over the coming financial year, leaving it still several million short of PlayStation 2's record-breaking total. PS2, first released in…
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