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It seems that Switch is currently selling better than PS4, PS2, PS1, PS3, X360 launch aligned
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Switch and PS4 look like a poorly drawn double helix together lol
I guess they will be continously trading places in being ahead launch aligned until one definitively falls behind, if that even happens.
I guess they will be continously trading places in being ahead launch aligned until one definitively falls behind, if that even happens.
I'll do the honours: Switch will fall behind PS4 again after March due to PS4 having had a holiday.
And no, there never is a truly straight comparison, so maybe don't have the exact same argument of "but PS4 had an extra holiday", "but launch holiday"
/grumpy
And no, there never is a truly straight comparison, so maybe don't have the exact same argument of "but PS4 had an extra holiday", "but launch holiday"
/grumpy
Yeah it's hard to compare PS4 and Switch this way because they launched in different periods so every few months the comparison will see-saw the other way.
The better way to compare I think is to compare the Switch's 2nd full year to the PS4's 2nd full year ... I believe the PS4 shipped between 16-17 million, so Switch is right in line with that or perhaps a bit better.
The better way to compare I think is to compare the Switch's 2nd full year to the PS4's 2nd full year ... I believe the PS4 shipped between 16-17 million, so Switch is right in line with that or perhaps a bit better.
Nah. My console better be selling better than the other console otherwise it doesn't count.
Comparison might be off because of different launch periods BUT the very fact Switch is more or less in line with Wii and PS4 is per se amazing.
The PS4 and Xbox One gets compared. The PS3 and Xbox 360 did. Did I miss something? This is normal
I just happened to click this thread the moment I got a notification haha
(I waited a minute before writing this reply lol)
Truth, and people were predicting this gen would be worse off than last before it started.
Glad to see my consoles will be sticking around for some time yet :D
I still see people trying to claim it's gonna fall short of 3DS LTD or that it's merely doing "ok".
But I could be fighting windmills here.
Because it's being sold at a home console price. The 3DS was almost half the price of the Switch at this point in it's lifespan ($169).
But it is worse off. Even with Nintendo having a mulligan and Sony/MS having Pro versions adding to double dip sales.
Last gen almost 500 million consoles including handhelds were sold. Home consoles alone was 265+ milion.
Don't worry, it's outselling both of those combined too.
3DS after 8 quarters: 24.77m
Wii U after 8 quarters: 7.29m
Combined: 32.06m
Switch after 8 quarters: 32.27m
How does it compare to GB, GBA and DS? Seems only fair that a hybrid console would be compared to portables as well.
I only use mine as a normal console, not portable.
I only use mine as a normal console, not portable.
It's bizarre when it's ahead of 3DS and hasn't had its big price cut yet
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So whats your point, we should compared to WiiU+3DS, Wii+DS, GBA+GC, PS3+PSP, Vita+PS4?
Despite Switch is hybrid in nature, its still one platform, and Switch hardware and Switch software have home console price points,
and Nintendo is pushing it like portable console.
To think that if Nintendo just hadn't suddenly dropped Wii support, it could have been the best selling console of all time.
I hope the curve is different than 3DS though. 3DS sold best in its first two years, then kept declining after that. I hope Switch to grow in its third year and do very strong in its fourth year too, for the 100m dream to become realistic :P
It starts to matter if Nintendo discontinues the 3DS, because then Nintendo is dependent on the sales of one platform rather than two. That said, they clearly made the right decision to consolidate, as these numbers prove.
Bought mine this month. :-)
I hope that publishers like EA and Ubisoft will develop more games for Switch in the future. Mario + Rabbids: Battle Kingdom from Ubisoft Milan is really nice.
I hope that publishers like EA and Ubisoft will develop more games for Switch in the future. Mario + Rabbids: Battle Kingdom from Ubisoft Milan is really nice.
When there's good news about the Switch, it's a handheld.
When there's bad news about the Switch, it's a console.
I think that's the logic that's used around the place.
When there's bad news about the Switch, it's a console.
I think that's the logic that's used around the place.
Yeah, I've seen people still trot out the "Switch is only selling to Nintendo fans and once they all buy in the sales are gonna drop" argument not that long ago on ERA.
You'd think we're past the expiration date for such arguments, but what do I know.
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Actually based on graph, PS4 with other 3 months sales (so including March) will be somewhere around 35m, and Switch also should be somewhere around 35m in 3 months.
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I mean Sony also ditch Vita very early and focused only on PS4, but I didn't saw anyone brought that argument.
I'm saying that a graph comparing it with older consoles should also include handhelds. Since it is also a handheld. Nothing more.
But given the replies i have received, people seem to have a hard time to not think immediately about console wars, which is stupid.
I've been hearing this about them for more than 15 years on the internet now.
they have always been more popular than hardcore players believe.
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But again, like I wrote, Switch hardware and Switch software have home console price points, and Nintendo refer to its like home console (portable console).
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Literally every time they speak about it they refer to it as a home console.
It's also home console priced and has home console software prices and home console software sales rates.
Yeah okay pal.
Good to see Switch doing well; I might still buy one myself eventually if it gets enough games that interest me.
It's still bizarre to me how the Wii was so badly neglected for so long before the Wii U was even announced, despite the Wii's huge success. Like seriously, did Nintendo just expect everyone to sit there just waiting for two years without any games and not jump ship to a competitor? Honestly, it was bad enough that it puts me off buying another Nintendo console. Having huge gaps between one generation and the next isn't good enough.
Don't worry with these guys my friend, it is clear they are a little bit salty.
I think they have already discontinued the New 3DS, I can only find 2DS bundles in local stores. If Nintendo can reduce the production costs of the 2DS even further, they can sell the console to new target groups.
I've always assumed it was more wishful thinking from people who dream of playing Nintendo IP on other systems
Nintendo have at times done poorly, and at times done well, but to a certain group of people they've been Doomed since about 1994
That said, I didn't see them following up the Wii U with such a titan of a system
Remember when people were claiming that Nintendo franchises weren't relevant anymore.