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Nuvendil on 11 July 2017
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Lawlight said:
Nuvendil said:
I do want to make that clear, I'm not putting down the PS4, it has sold exceptionally well. But the two ideas are not a contradiction, that the PS4 is doing remarkably well and the Switch being in higher demand at this time. The Switch is a new console with a strong launch and several promising exclusives on the horizon. I'm not gloating, just calling it like I see it.

And also, I do think that the PS4 and Switch can coexist. It's the Xbox One that I think faces the greatest threat from the Switch, since it deprives it of secondary console sales as well as providing yet another platform with stronger exclusive offerings.

I don't see how you can quantify that the Switch is in higher demand when the PS4 is selling faster this year than any other year. By what metric are you making that claim? Or are you just stating a belief?

Well for one I am not talking about prior months, I am talking more or less about THIS month.  The one this thread is discussing.  Though worth pointing out, PS4 and Switch have split the last 4 months and prior to that...the Switch wasn't launched. 

My basis is that every time stock shows up, it's gone in a flash.  The fact that it is selling competitively on Amazon against he PS4 at $420, 120 over MSRP.  On a global level, PS4 has a strong argument in Europe but in Japan?  They're holding contests to win a chance to purchase the thing, it's selling out even faster than in the States, and Splatoon hype and preorders speak for themselves.

But really, it's that $420 thing that says the most.  The fact the PS4's SKUs struggle to keep up with the Switch SKUs on Amazon despite the PS4 being $260 - $40 off and bundled with a game - while the Switch is $420 - $120 over MSRP and not bundled with anything - is a very clear indicator of the high demand.  If it's matching the PS4 at such an absurd markup, then it is very simple logic to conclude it would very easily pass it.

Will it last?  And for how long?  Don't know.  Will it's demand be this high in the Holidays (proportionately)?  Don't know.  The Switch is hard to predict due to its design but also, obviously, the efect these shortages have on the data.  But I can look at what we have now, and it indicates a very, very strong demand for the Switch that, for the moment, outpaces the PS4.