Switch overtakes total PS4 sales in Japan, in less than half the time

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curl-6 on 15 May 2019

Took 2 years 2 months to overtake what PS4 sold in 5 years 2 months.

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/65941/nintendo-switch-outsells-ps4-japan-half-time/index.html

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estebxx on 15 May 2019

This is so sad...

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curl-6 on 16 May 2019

And this before any price cuts, any revisions, before core Pokemon, Animal Crossing, Dragon Quest...

Lifetime it should more than double PS4's JP sales.

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Wow, people just hate Sony over there.

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curl-6 on 17 May 2019

RolStoppable said:

26 months vs. 62 months. A weird half.

EDIT: I see you edited the title, but you should also edit your OP. Currently it implies that the PS4 was the previous market leader, but that isn't true at all.

Edited. I really shouldn't post threads before my morning coffee, I am a zombie before I partake of the bean.

At a lot of the places where this has been posted the excuse of "of course it did, it's a portable" has been bandied about a lot, but I feel this is an oversimplification. After all, Vita being portable didn't stop the PS4 outselling it in Japan.