noumenon@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoWorld's Best-selling Video Game Consoleslemmy.worldimagemessage-square94linkfedilinkarrow-up1306arrow-down160cross-posted to: dataisbeautiful@lemmy.world
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minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·5 months agoAgreed, the steam deck belongs on this list or the switch doesn’t.
minus-squareTacoSocks@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·5 months agoThe steam deck has unfortunately sold a tiny fraction of the sales of the consoles listed in the image. I can’t find any exact numbers but the steam deck has sold between 4 to 6 million units.
minus-squaregilokee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down10·5 months agoHandhelds aren’t technically consoles.
minus-squarezikzak025@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down2·5 months agoPlus the Switch is a handheld, which makes it a weird distinction to make.
minus-squareGoodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·5 months agoThe Siwtch is not a handheld, unless you count the Switch Lite into those sales. You can perfectly use a Switch as a home console.
minus-squarezikzak025@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-25 months agoI count it as a handheld because every switch can be used as a handheld, while not every switch can be used as a home console. So I guess why wouldn’t the Switch Lite be counted in those sales? It’s the same device, sans detachable controllers and docking capabilities. It’s like calling a phone that you can plug into a monitor with peripherals a “desktop”
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Agreed, the steam deck belongs on this list or the switch doesn’t.
The steam deck has unfortunately sold a tiny fraction of the sales of the consoles listed in the image. I can’t find any exact numbers but the steam deck has sold between 4 to 6 million units.
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Handhelds aren’t technically consoles.
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Plus the Switch is a handheld, which makes it a weird distinction to make.
The Siwtch is not a handheld, unless you count the Switch Lite into those sales. You can perfectly use a Switch as a home console.
I count it as a handheld because every switch can be used as a handheld, while not every switch can be used as a home console.
So I guess why wouldn’t the Switch Lite be counted in those sales? It’s the same device, sans detachable controllers and docking capabilities.
It’s like calling a phone that you can plug into a monitor with peripherals a “desktop”