Teriol said:
Turkish said:
Disagree, people have hours of free time after work. They have more free time at home than commuting. When you're 9-5 you have all evening. Plenty of +30 age people I know come home and crave for a plug n play dedicated machine like the PS4 either for games or series/movies. They get married their wives watch netflix, they get kids their kids ask for CoD or Fifa and the cycle continues. Millions of people watch TV in the evening, prime time is a thing. Even if they have only 1 hour, thats an episode or 2 of a show or a decent number of online matches. In fact I think Sony said the +30 group is one of their strongest demographic. I think as long as people have homes and TVs, Playstation will always be a thing. With PS Now and PS Vue they've already covered the long term.
That whole commuting argument was played out years ago, people didn't switch over with the DS/PSP, and then came smartphones that were expected to kill consoles. Switch isn't gonna make a difference to the PS install base. People have more responsibilites as they grow yes, but that hasn't negatively affected the Playstation brand in over a decade. Not many people will need an extra device to play games when they have a mobile. Console type games are not short session games so it's not exactly meant for commuting. If I play Zeruda I'd do it for 2-3 hours, when Im 20 minute commuting I'd play some short iOS game or chess. Dont forget that a lot of people buy handhelds and never take it outside, when I buy a Switch it'll be for home use.
I understand what you're saying but I dont see it happening, I want Switch to be successful by taking market share from smart devices, not eating in to console sales.
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It is eating (NS) playstation sales rigth now, it's a fact, just don't hurt yourself when that becomes undeniable.
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Nah, Switch is selling to the hardcore Nintendo fans right now, it remains to be seen how popular it will remain once they all got their Switches (plural cuz 1 for playing 1 to keep it boxed for collecting). PS4 will be the best selling console this and every year for the remainder of the gen. $199 price cut, bundles, exclusive games, marketing rights to the biggest multiplats. The only thing that can challenge the PS4 is the announcement of PS5, sometimes the truth is hard to accept but it is what it is.
