Zombie9ers
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Debate we were having over on PushSquare.com after they (along with countless other gaming websites) posted an article about the Switch passing the Wii and the PS1 total lifetime sales - my question is - did it really?
Why are the Switch & Switch Lite sales numbers being combined?
Because Nintendo calls the Lite a Switch? (even though it doesn't "switch" from anything).
Because they look similar?
One is a home console / handheld hybrid, the other a dedicated handheld.
One replaced the Wii U on the home console side, the other the 3DS on the handheld side.
Nintendo itself lists the Lite as a dedicated handheld on its website.
Because VGChartz says so?
VGCharts- the source of the sales figures - has a chart specific to Nintendo handhelds. The Switch Lite? Nowhere to be found.
Now before the Nintendo legions come out of the woodwork - no one is debating that the Switch is a massive success and a complete turnaround from the disaster that was the Wii U. We're debating the combining of sales of the two different types of consoles.
It would be one thing if they played the same games - but they don't. There are several games you can't play on the Lite due to the functionality they removed from it.
Had there been a single game that could be played on either the PS4 Pro or Xbox One X that you couldn't play on the base consoles - would those sales have been allowed to be combined together? I highly doubt it.
And no - it's not the same thing as Pro/Xbox One X. Those systems played 100.00000000% of the games as the base units- and they certainly didn't change form factor from home console to handheld.
If either Sony or Microsoft released a handheld today that played 99.99% of the games that the PS5 and Xbox Series did - would those sales be combined together? Not a f@%king chance!
So why does Nintendo get away with it?
Seems to me that they're allowed to get a 25-30 million bump whereas the others would not.
Why are the Switch & Switch Lite sales numbers being combined?
Because Nintendo calls the Lite a Switch? (even though it doesn't "switch" from anything).
Because they look similar?
One is a home console / handheld hybrid, the other a dedicated handheld.
One replaced the Wii U on the home console side, the other the 3DS on the handheld side.
Nintendo itself lists the Lite as a dedicated handheld on its website.
Because VGChartz says so?
VGCharts- the source of the sales figures - has a chart specific to Nintendo handhelds. The Switch Lite? Nowhere to be found.
Now before the Nintendo legions come out of the woodwork - no one is debating that the Switch is a massive success and a complete turnaround from the disaster that was the Wii U. We're debating the combining of sales of the two different types of consoles.
It would be one thing if they played the same games - but they don't. There are several games you can't play on the Lite due to the functionality they removed from it.
Had there been a single game that could be played on either the PS4 Pro or Xbox One X that you couldn't play on the base consoles - would those sales have been allowed to be combined together? I highly doubt it.
And no - it's not the same thing as Pro/Xbox One X. Those systems played 100.00000000% of the games as the base units- and they certainly didn't change form factor from home console to handheld.
If either Sony or Microsoft released a handheld today that played 99.99% of the games that the PS5 and Xbox Series did - would those sales be combined together? Not a f@%king chance!
So why does Nintendo get away with it?
Seems to me that they're allowed to get a 25-30 million bump whereas the others would not.