If I had to guess, it's because it comes off as an attempt at damage controlling the news on this thread by boosting up the PS4 (pointing out their games coming out) while shitting on the Switch (saying the Switch has no games this year), which is the type of thing that instigates petty console war arguments.  It seems that when fans of other platforms see news like this, they get shaken up based on how they typically pile on these threads and try to play things down.

What Sony fans have to understand is that when a lot of Nintendo fans see this thread, even though the devs were comparing sales to the PS4 version, we're (at least I am) looking at it through the perspective that a non-casual 3rd party game is doing well on the Switch.  Why that matters is that for decades, Nintendo fans have always been told that 3rd parties don't sell well on the Switch and that the only games that sell well are exclusives, casual games, shovelware and baby games.  So when a 3rd party multiplat that appeals to core gamers sells well, regardless of whether they're indies or AAA titles, it gives a sense of positivity that things are going in the right direction for the Switch.

Its obvious that in the Ps4, there is more competition, but in this particular set of time (august 3), the only competition is Madden 19 which launch 3 days after. from that ,sure you have Guacamelee! 2, Yakuza and DOSII for example but they launched at the end of the month. I Think you are underestimating the switch,  maybe owners of both ps4 and switch would rather play the game on the switch.

Damage controlling? There's no reason to buy Dead Cells on PS4 when there are high profile games coming out in the same window. I was merely saying what I think is the reason for this 4 to 1 ratio of sales. The Switch has had a games drought this year and this is why they are hungry for any game that releases for the Switch, there are not many other choices. Like it'd be a totally different story if say Mario Tennis or Smash released within a few weeks of Dead Cells, I highly doubt the game's sales would have been as high it is. 

Plus Dead Cells or indies, in general, are basically asking for funerals when released on console. There are very few indie games that escape this plight. Also, I have an Xbox and a Switch. You could call me an Xbox fan. MK8 is all I played and will probably ever play on the Switch. 

What games? God of war launched in April and Far Cry 5 in late March

Do you not find it interesting that say... If every single person who owned a ps4 also owned a switch (which obviously isn't the case as there are far more PS4 systems sold) but even in a land where everyone owned both systems, isn't it an interesting statistic that gamers would rather put down the ds4 and extra horsepower in the PS4 and instead buy the title on switch instead.

Just at people pushing a narrative that there's no reason to choose a game on switch over the same title on PS4 this should be pretty telling that that isn't the case in the real world.

Also the "Nintendo switch gamers just buy any title cos of a drought" 2 things about this. 1, the switch currently has close to 1100 games on it, machine is out for around 600 days, math will tell you about the drought I hope. And 2, if a majority of the switch users had a PS4 as well.... They could just put down the switch and buy a title like spider Man this month, that is of course, if 80% of them have not put down the ds4 to enjoy the amazing dead cells on the switch.

Yes. That is also another reason why it sold more than the PS4. But in your original comment, it sound like Switch users will BUY ANYTHING on the eshop. Since as you said "they are hungry for big games". But we know that is not the case. 

All thanks to the IGN review.

I thought we were done with the "switch has no gamez" narrative, but looks like I was wrong...

This is funny considering that Switch is dominating the top 10 or 20 of the software charts these days, and yet "it has no games", and most indie games aren't even recorded on the charts since they are usually download only so hmmmm, reality seems to contradict this guy's view.

It shouldn't even be a point of debate at this stage, like when someone mentions the system lacking things to play it this drought of games I feel like that person has actively gone out of their way to make a post about something they don't know about, it would be akin to me giving my views on period pain based topics.

From wiki

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nintendo_Switch_games

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