Do you really want to go semantics on this? TO kill PS4 would be to make it go the N64 and Gamecube route of very low sales and losing the race tremendously. PS4 is having a better year after Switch launched and isn't even to much behind (and WW is still ahead) so how is that killing. Yours, Miyamoto and these other people book need to use the correct verbatim.

Exactly, this guy sounds like a baseball fan from the 1950s: "I don't care if he gave up 10 runs a game! He won 35 games! He killed the league!"

Nope man, winning =/= killing. Or are you using the dictionary like MS does? Does the year also only comprises of Holiday?

To be frank, a system in its launch year beating a system in its peak year is pretty damn impressive.  Yeah the PS4 leads year to date but a huge part of that is January and February sales which pad the PS4's count vs Switch.  So yeah, the Switch beating the PS4 us killing it in many people's books because it's not just by how much you win, it's who you beat.  No one said it's destroying the PS4, which would imy substantial victory margins.

And all this is more impressive when you consider the PS4 is tracking to be one of the best selling systems ever.  And the PS4 had major releases in September that the Switch didn't get.  And only like week was free of supply issues. 

Sigh. "Killing it!" is a colloquialism that refers to someone doing excellent at something.  The "it" refers to the thing you are doing it.  You're completely misunderstanding the phrase and interpreting the "it" as the PS4.  A boxer who has won 21 straight bouts is killing it, even if all were by decision.  A stock on the market climbing quickly is killing it, even if their competitor's is not falling.  

Killing it just means doing really well, not necessarily devastating oponents. 

So yeah, you need to use the correct meanings.  And don't challenge the person who studied writing on the meaning of phrases.

And since when did NPD announces a company selling 2/3 of sales?

Redmond. washington is the HQ of Nintendo of Americas isn't it? Does NPD also have its HQ there? Nope they don't. This release looks much more like company PR than number releases.

Sigh. "Killing it!" is a colloquialism that refers to someone doing excellent at something.  The "it" refers to the thing you are doing it.  You're completely misunderstanding the phrase and interpreting the "it" as the PS4.  A boxer who has won 21 straight bouts is killing it, even if all were by decision.  A stock on the market climbing quickly is killing it, even if their competitor's is not falling.  

Killing it just means doing really well, not necessarily devastating oponents. 

So yeah, you need to use the correct meanings.  And don't challenge the person who studied writing on the meaning of phrases.

What? If your using a baseball picking analogy, it woudl go more like this.

Nintendo as a pitcher  has an ERA of 3.2 and his record is 5 wins 2 losses

Sony as a pitcher has an ERA of 4.1 and his record is 2 wins and 5 losses. But the Sony pitcher has one no hitter.

Sony had one amazing game, but overall the Nintendo pitcher is the better pick.

Nobody talks about whole year, but about sales until now, and yes, Switch sales are killing it, they are very impressive, Switch outsold PS4 (that is selling great and it is in its best year until now) in 5 of 7 months and done that with big supply problems.

Well said.

I think the part we need to focus on is the bolded part below:

"In September, the Nintendo Switch system was once again the top-selling current-generation console hardware, according to the NPD Group, which tracks video game sales in the United States. (Photo: Business Wire)"

This is NPD, an organization that researches this stuff. They would know a statistic like "2/3 of sales".

If you say "Switch sales is killing it" I can understand, but this compared to PS4 and even you with "5 months vs 2 months". So on this your killing is in comparison to another thing.

Not sure why we should consider the sequel to push anywhere near. I wasn't expecting any significant boost from D2.

And it's possible that Switch keeps winning most NPDs.

Nope if you are comparing the Switch winning more months but PS4 when winning taking all the difference your analogy doesn't make it true.

Both you guys come to say the "killing it" isn't compared to PS4 but to Switch success alone, but go again and compare to PS4... zero sense in it.

Saying Switch is doing very good is stating the obvious, saying it is killing PS4 doesn't make sense because PS4 is doing even better than before Switch.

So you want to tell me that NPD was the one doing the announcement and gone and cited themselves? Nope, this is a Nintendo PR using NPD as source.

If technically irrelevant you can just say "Switch have been winning several NPDs. It is doing great", no need to bring PS4 namely to it to then say it have nothing to do with it.

Bro, why are you doing this to yourself? It's embarrasing....

Nothing Nuvendil said is innacurate.

The Switch is KILLING IT

And in fact even if someone said the Switch is "killing it" in relation to the PS4, it wouldn't be totally innacurate