Switch is selling better than PS4, PS2, PS1, PS3, X360 launch aligned

[DonFerrari]

AngryLittleAlchemist said:

DonFerrari said:

Sorry to but in. But I find it very hard to believe it was a harmless and unintenional mistake on "PS4 had 2 pricecuts and Switch not".

It seemed much more like he was trying to downplay the sales of PS4 in comparison. Both are selling at a similar pace and without pricecuts on the period shown. Anyway Switch may get a pricecut in the near future or possibly lose a little the pace compared to PS4.

That's certainly possible. Not going to defend Mandalore, I have no idea if there was some further malicious implication. I only kept referencing him because he was the user the original reply from Archangel was to. I probably shouldn't do that because it puts too much of a reliance on what Mandalore does or didn't mean, and I don't really care, lol, hence I didn't reply to him but to the other user. But if that's what Mandalore was doing then that's not good, lol. However I can see where he's coming from, I often get confused between temporary price cuts and permanent price cuts when I look at old news articles. 

You're right though that to an extent he was making a point against the PS4 in the comparison. I don't think that can be denied. Whether or not it was meant to be malicious, I don't know. 

I think a much better argument is the one which you yourself state. They're selling very similarly. The PS4 was also pricier at launch, which should be expected given the fact that it was a high-tech home console. But still. It was selling at a higher price than the Switch was even with a price cut, which should be noted. Also, the fact that they launched at completely different months means these graphs are almost meaningless. They will keep swinging one direction every time a holiday comes up. 

Long term it could mean that PS4 would have more space for further pricecuts, but since Sony have been holding the price on 299 (I believe we have had 2 official pricecuts of 50 right?) that argument of pricecut could become a burden for switch in the future considering that after the total of 100 USD pricecut it gone to sell like 18-20-18M and that is quite hard to achieve.

But while both trade the lead aligned this will remain interesting to see, and I think it may take possibly 24M for PS4 to not be passed again by Switch (I firmly believe Switch will end 80-100M Total).