RDCWorld has released a hilarious skit about PlayStation and Xbox being upset that the Nintendo Switch 2 sold 3.5 million copies in just four days.
In the skit, Mark Phillips plays a representative of Playstation as he and someone from Xbox talk to a hitman about eliminating Nintendo as if it were a person. “We need you to kill Nintendo,” says Phillips.
“We ain’t never did numbers like that and we’ve been grinding for years,” adds Phillips when explaining why he wants Nintendo dead.
The video also doubles as a chance to make fun of the companies, with Phillips making a joke about Xbox only releasing remasters of existing series.
After the mysterious hitman reassures the two videogame company representatives that he’s real and has a few thugs with him that’ll help with the job, he asks them to verbally confirm what they want done to Nintendo. “Follow Nintendo, see if they lying,” says Phillips. “And even if they not lying, switch them ni**as down!”
The skit ends with the assassin taking off his jacket to show that he actually works for Nintendo. The thugs he’s surrounded by pull what appears to be weapons out of their pants, only to reveal that they’re holding Switch 2s. Go figure.
To say the Switch 2 has been a success is an understatement. It’s already become the fastest-selling console in the history of Japan, overtaking the combined lifetime sales of the entire Xbox Series family and the PS5 Pro in Japan.
At launch, the Switch 2 sold 947,931 consoles in Japan, overtaking the record set by Sony’s PlayStation 2 with 630,552 units. The Xbox Series X sold 320,762, followed by its Series S with 337,811. The PS5 Pro also sold 221,181.
Though sales of the system have been great, third-party video game developers for the Switch 2 have reported that the sales of their games have been “below our lowest estimates” as people flock to first-party games like Mario Kart World.
