“Sony shipped 17.8 million consoles between April 2018 and March 2019, which is the best performance among all home consoles. The Switch shipped 16.95 million units in the same period.”
Now ain’t that some shit. Sony’s aging console still performed better in its fifth fiscal year than Switch did in its second fiscal year.
Don’t ever underestimate the power of PlayStation indeed.
“We also get the forecast for the current fiscal year. Sony expects to ship 16 million units between April 2019 and March 2020, meaning that if they achieve their goal, the number of shipments will reach 112.8 million by March 31, 2020.
By comparison, Nintendo expects to ship 17 million units this fiscal year, which would bring the Switch to 52.74 million units.”
Wouldn’t that be ridiculous if PS4 actually did end up only shipping one million less in its sixth fiscal year than Switch did in its third fiscal year? It’d just further demonstrate the substantial staying power of the brand.