The Nintendo Change has been an simple powerhouse of a console, however it’s simply made an unexpectedly large stir within the realm of online game {hardware} gross sales. Market analysis firm Circana’s government director and online game trade analyst Mat Piscatella has confirmed that the Nintendo Change surpassed the PlayStation 2 “in US lifetime {hardware} unit gross sales” in November 2024.
The console that’s nonetheless within the primary gross sales spot within the US is the Nintendo DS. The Nintendo Change’s sturdy begin has given it the momentum to surpass the PlayStation 2’s US gross sales, however the Change’s general gross sales have been on the decline in keeping with Piscatella, so it’s not clear if it will possibly go the space to catch as much as the DS. When requested by a BlueSky person how shut the Change is to the gross sales of its handheld grandparent, Piscatella responded with “A number of million away. So, not very.”
As Change gross sales begin to dwindle, partly as a result of {hardware}’s age and partly attributable to its extremely anticipated follow-up console, it’s additionally unsure if the Change can catch as much as and make it previous the PlayStation 2’s worldwide gross sales. As a part of Sony’s thirtieth anniversary for the PlayStation console sequence, the corporate launched the assertion that the PlayStation 2 offered over 160 million consoles “worldwide since 2000.” Nintendo, however, unveiled in its current monetary outcomes that the Change has offered over 146 million models worldwide. The PlayStation 2 launched 17 years forward of the Change, so the truth that the system may catch up within the US is spectacular all the identical.
All of the whereas, the Nintendo DS acts because the barrier between the Change and the PlayStation 2, with over 154 million models offered worldwide. Whereas it’s unlikely however potential for the Change to proceed to interrupt information after the discharge of the “Change 2,” we’re much less fascinated with if the Change can outsell the DS and PlayStation 2 at this level, and extra fascinated with if the “Change 2” will be capable of fill the large footwear of its predecessor.