When Will The Switch Outsell the Xbox One?

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I think some fans are being a little too optimistic here about the Switch. The thing only released a couple months back and there are already some getting upset just because people voted never. Switch is still very new and is still enjoying the fanfare of the hype surrounding a recent release. This is expected and thank goodness for Nintendo after the WiiU failure. However, this could very well taper off once the novelty wears off and I expect that it may very well do so. People have to remember it is a device trying to be a handheld as well as a home console. On the home console front I expect the appeal to not last very long as it is already quite outdated technology – and simply put the price will not justify it. I actually believe the XBOX One S has a slight advantage in the medium (and longer) term as there is a lot more room to cut prices significantly further. No one has even raised this point in this thread yet. Switch by virtue of being a dual piece hardware (console and handheld with display), means the room for a significant price reduction will be considerably constrained – same as WiiU. Also for people to predict that Switch to outsell XONE by 2019 or 2020 – that is way too optimistic. It will have to have PS 4 sales levels (of last couple of years) to achieve this – and we know that’s just not the case with Switch. The Switch will not be another Wii story. By then who knows there may even be an Xbox 4 or whatever they call it. If they decide to ditch generational categories, well than that’s another entirely different story.