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Forums - Sales Discussion - Global Hardware 11 August 2018

fedfed on 03 September 2018

Now we just need Europe to convert!



Switch!!!

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Miyamotoo on 03 September 2018
quickrick said:
zorg1000 said:
The 5 year old console argument makes no sense. PS1, PSP, PS3 & PS4 all peaked in year 4 or 5, it's normal for PS consoles to do their best around this time.

i think the better argument would be pricing, ps4 is 5 years old and 299$ which is the same price as the switch. the fact that ps4 is selling this good at this price after 5 years is the amazing part because if it had xbox like deals which what the norm  the late in the gen, it would have destroyed the competition.

No, pricing argument dont make sense also too much also because they are not same devices, don't have some power difference and capabilities. PS4 selling so good so long is relly amazing and we talking about console that will become second best selling home console ever, but there is no reason to downplay Switch success ("PS4 is five years old more or less, it should not even be close"), actualy fact that Switch in its second year is selling similar even better with one of bests years of console that will become second best selling console ever, tells us how much impressive Switch sales are, especially when Switch is still selling without any official bundles at cheaper price point with launch price and without big game until now this year.



ZODIARKrebirth on 03 September 2018
Mbolibombo said:
ZODIARKrebirth said:
switch still ahead, think this will change in september

Oh yeah definately, I think we might see a big PS4 boost soon.. Pro back in stock, the celbration SKU and then comes the Spiderman SKU.

So possibly from next week, but definately the week after that we should see PS4 on top for some time at least.

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Jranation on 03 September 2018
quickrick said:
zorg1000 said:
The 5 year old console argument makes no sense. PS1, PSP, PS3 & PS4 all peaked in year 4 or 5, it's normal for PS consoles to do their best around this time.

i think the better argument would be pricing, ps4 is 5 years old and 299$ which is the same price as the switch. the fact that ps4 is selling this good at this price after 5 years is the amazing part because if it had xbox like deals which what the norm  the late in the gen, it would have destroyed the competition.

"Software sells hardware". Obviously PS4 is high because they are able to gather lots of games in them 5 years. While Switch is only 1.6years. 

 

And there is also the different models (Slim and pro) While Switch only have 1. 



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Kerotan on 03 September 2018

Ps4 doing very good



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Medisti on 03 September 2018
CGI-Quality said:
Medisti said:

Aren't the majority of sales usually in the first two to three days of a release?

For a game, yes. Console sales usually spike throughout the week, however. Madden won't that big of an impact on it anyway, but I imagine a small spike.

Ah, thanks for the reply. I haven't really studied how new releases affect hardware as much, so I'll take you at your word. You've got way more experience than I do.



DonFerrari on 03 September 2018

the gap was minimal this week, within margin of error. And soon we will have some series of weeks with PS4 at top.



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Mnementh on 03 September 2018
Random_Matt said:
PS4 is five years old more or less, it should not even be close.

You're right, PS4 so close after peak should stomp the Switch.



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Mnementh on 03 September 2018
xMetroid said:

Probably the last week Switch will win before later this year but tbh i wasn't expecting (as credible as these numbers are) 5 weeks on top.
This isn't boost from any release tho, PS4 is the one getting new games that week. Switch momentum is just increasing on it's own.

Yeah, that's incredible. This shouldn't be Octopath anymore, should it? Maybe Octopath changed the perception of Switch getting only ports and additional new infos regarding Smash and a flood of Indies vitalizing Switch momentum.



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zorg1000 on 03 September 2018
quickrick said:
zorg1000 said:
The 5 year old console argument makes no sense. PS1, PSP, PS3 & PS4 all peaked in year 4 or 5, it's normal for PS consoles to do their best around this time.

i think the better argument would be pricing, ps4 is 5 years old and 299$ which is the same price as the switch. the fact that ps4 is selling this good at this price after 5 years is the amazing part because if it had xbox like deals which what the norm  the late in the gen, it would have destroyed the competition.

I get what you're saying but at the same time PS4 is much more powerful, has much more storage and multimedia capabilities so I think the price thing kinda cancels out.

With that said, PS4 is doing amazing regardless of age/price.



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