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thismeintiel on 23 October 2016
Alkibiádēs said:
thismeintiel said:

Not saying it's impossible.  The way you stated it was acting like the Nintendo vid was doing much better, just wanted to put it in the correct perspective.  The PS4 vid was close to 27M after a week.  Probably only took 2 weeks or so to hit 30M.  After that, it's kinda just slowing been racking them up.

The Nintendo Switch video has 16.9 million views, 463.000 likes and 20.000 dislikes. Meanwhile the PS4 reveal trailer has 32 million views, 74.000 likes and 4.800 dislikes. The PS4 trailer's views are likely inflated by bots, perhaps even on the order of Sony to make it seem more popular than it actually was.

If that makes you feel better.  Of course, the PS4 did a great job of turning those views into sales.  Let's see if the Switch can do the same.



 

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Alkibiádēs on 23 October 2016
thismeintiel said:
Alkibiádēs said:

The Nintendo Switch video has 16.9 million views, 463.000 likes and 20.000 dislikes. Meanwhile the PS4 reveal trailer has 32 million views, 74.000 likes and 4.800 dislikes. The PS4 trailer's views are likely inflated by bots, perhaps even on the order of Sony to make it seem more popular than it actually was.

If that makes you feel better.  Of course, the PS4 did a great job of turning those views into sales.  Let's see if the Switch can do the same.

Low likes-to-view ratio is a big red flag that most of the views came from bots. I fail to see how anyone can argue otherwise.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILJmufDh-Mg

Oh, look at that! Mario Party is 3 times more popular than the PS4.



"The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must" - Thoukydides

KLXVER on 23 October 2016

Are we arguing the amount of views the consoles are getting on YouTube now? lol you guys crack me up.



Alkibiádēs on 23 October 2016
KLXVER said:
Are we arguing the amount of views the consoles are getting on YouTube now? lol you guys crack me up.

If nobody knows a console exists, it can't sell well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4ymVr4v9AM

Here's the oldest Wii U vid that was uploaded on Nintendo's channel. Obviously it's not quite the same, as the Switch was first revealed during a trailer uploaded on youtube and the Wii U wasn't, but the difference is still very telling.



"The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must" - Thoukydides

KLXVER on 23 October 2016
Alkibiádēs said:
KLXVER said:
Are we arguing the amount of views the consoles are getting on YouTube now? lol you guys crack me up.

If nobody knows a console exists, it can't sell well.

So if a Youtube video does good, it means the console will do good?



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Alkibiádēs on 23 October 2016
KLXVER said:
Alkibiádēs said:

If nobody knows a console exists, it can't sell well.

So if a Youtube video does good, it means the console will do good?

Nope, but it is a promising sign at the very least. If it had terrible views or a big dislike to like ratio then Nintendo would be in serious trouble right about now. Because there's no way a console would go on to sell well if it can't get at least a decent amount of views on its reveal trailer.



"The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must" - Thoukydides

KLXVER on 23 October 2016
Alkibiádēs said:
KLXVER said:

So if a Youtube video does good, it means the console will do good?

Nope, but it is a promising sign at the very least. If it had terrible views or a big dislike to like ratio then Nintendo would be in serious trouble right about now. Because there's no way a console would go on to sell well if it can't get at least a decent amount of views on its reveal trailer.

and both the PS4 and Switch has many views and many likes. What is the argument here?



Knitemare on 23 October 2016

I stopped reading the at "prediction:NS..." There are not enough info on the thing (besides good looks and the excitement of ppl, including me) for even pretending to have something close to a prediction.



                          

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Lawlight on 23 October 2016
Alkibiádēs said:
KLXVER said:
Are we arguing the amount of views the consoles are getting on YouTube now? lol you guys crack me up.

If nobody knows a console exists, it can't sell well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4ymVr4v9AM

Here's the oldest Wii U vid that was uploaded on Nintendo's channel. Obviously it's not quite the same, as the Switch was first revealed during a trailer uploaded on youtube and the Wii U wasn't, but the difference is still very telling.

As you said it's not comparable.



Alkibiádēs on 23 October 2016
KLXVER said:
Alkibiádēs said:

Nope, but it is a promising sign at the very least. If it had terrible views or a big dislike to like ratio then Nintendo would be in serious trouble right about now. Because there's no way a console would go on to sell well if it can't get at least a decent amount of views on its reveal trailer.

and both the PS4 and Switch has many views and many likes. What is the argument here?

Merely raising a valid red flag at the high view numbers of the PS4 trailer. Do you disagree with it? How come the Switch trailer has more than 4 times as many likes despite having only half the views?



"The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must" - Thoukydides