If it's easier to find that means there's a little bit of stock no? Unless it's as dire as the next gen twins I reckon switch is probably selling not far from what the demand requires. I'd be shocked if nov/dec demand was much higher than 2019 given there was no holiday game vs Pokemon, and it's been about the same in YoY comparisons in other countries too
Switch is still supply constrained in the US, there's no real gauging true demand given that despite the large supply being delivered. PS4 and One are supply constrained too but those are way down supply side for strategic reasons.
Thats not the case, as you cant just buy a Switch right now - its out of stock in most places, they only difference is that Nintendo is able to ship much more units than Sony/MS. They arent meeting demand yet though. Its news worthy when the system is on stock at Amazon like once per week...or as Oregano posted here via GameStop
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Does it make a difference of the Lite is regularly in stock? The normal edition also seems to be widely available around here.
Never ceases to amaze me that despite all the blunders they made along the way, XB1 remained surprisingly competitive in the US. Goes to show how great a job MS did with enshrining the Xbox ecosystem as the place to be for several key genres, as well as the continuing strength of Live as an online service.
Thanks! Surprisingly close for all 3.
With most people clearing preferring the standard Switch, yeah, it does make a difference
If public backlash ever influenced them about giving out information we would've had a proper PS5 reveal much earlier. Them not giving out these numbers is common for them. They had a decent holiday stock but outside the launch numbers, which was a really thin advantage, they don't feel like they got any noteworthy milestone.
Thanks!
PS4 basically did that anyway. I think it's doable for both consoles since Xbox One would have had similar supply levels to PS4 but had worse sell though rates. December numbers show XBS and PS5 can have similar levels of supply, and over a 3 month period I think they can be roughly equal.
If Switch have another very very strong year there is a chance it could pass PS4 total sales in US during 2021 (passing XB1 LTD is a sure thing).
Switch is on a trajectory to pass 40m US. Previously only PS2, DS (over 50m!), Wii and Xbox 360 have managed that per NPD iirc (did any pre-2000 systems? Maybe PS1 or GB overall?). PS4 won't either.
I'd say > 8.5M could be enough, PS4 should be on its last leg.
Even though they started tracking before, NPD consider only consoles from 1995 on ward when talking about past consoles (so since the Saturn and PS1 launch in US).
