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curl-6 on 18 July 2017
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Azzanation said:
curl-6 said:

Switch doesn't really need AAA third party blockbusters like GTA or Destiny, just like 3DS and Wii didn't need them.

It's simple; Halo Reach sold less than 3, then 4 sold less than Reach, now 5 is selling less than 4. That's a constant sales decline for the last 10 years and three entries.

And Switch is $300 USD, Xbox One X is $500. XBX is likely not going to being a big hit at that price when people can get a PS4 Pro for less. Third party support similarly won't help Xbone much cos pretty much every third party game you can get on it you can also get on the more popular PS4. Switch on the other hand doesn't really need AAA third party support, it's selling on its first party lineup. Exclusive games sell systems, and Xbox One can't match Switch in this department.

Xbox One's trajectory is pretty much set at this point in its life. The system is a well known quantity, consumer perception of it has solidified, and its major cards have mostly been played already. (Removing Kinect, price cuts, hardware revision, Halo, Gears) Nothing from now on is going to massively change its sales curve.

Switch on the other hand is tracking well ahead of Xbone already and still has many powerful cards to play, from solving its supply issues, to hardware revisions, to price cuts, to big system sellers like Pokemon, Splatoon 2, and Mario Odyssey.

And Switch won't be a hard sell in 4 years at all; the average consumer cares less about specs than you think, and by 2021 Switch will be much cheaper than it is now, and have a massive library of killer exclusives under its belt.

Halo 4 is the 3rd best selling Halo game in the entire franchise. I wouldn't say selling 10m is in decline haha.

Also the earnings from Halo alone increases with every new entry from Halo 4 setting a record of $220m to Halo 5 setting another record in earning $500m. So decline? Far from it.

Halo also proved it can sell 5m+ on a bad game (bad being a figure of speech) in Halo 5.

Shot yourself in the foot when comparing system prices. X1X is more expensive however did you choose to ignore the Standard and S models? Interesting.. The S model isnt going anywhere. Switch will set you back a total of $400 if you want the Pro Controller which is a must have for home console users so its not a cheap platform. Set me back $589aud with Zelda, Pro Controller and Console. More than my $579aud launch X1.

You assume nothing can save Xbox like its in the need of saving haha. Its doing just fine and you never know when the next big hit is. PS3 turned its fortunes around so can X1.

Also what are you going to say when X2 is still a X1 which will only build on the current sales? Good chance it wont be a generation platform.

WiiU sold really well in its first year based off its fanbase etc. Switch hasnt past that stage yet.

Iike i said before, i enjoy both platforms which i own both of them. However again Nintendo will make a Switch successor in 5 years while MS will continue extending there platform foundation. Its my prediction doesnt have to be yours.

The last three Halo entries have all sold less than their predecessor, that is by definition a decline.

And the weekly sales charts clearly show that Switch is selling much better than the Xbox One S despite being more expensive, which demonstrates that consumers see far more value in the Switch than in Xbox One.

The "Wii U had a good start too" excuse doesn't work any more, Switch is not only significantly outpacing Wii U, but also Xbox One, and it hasn't even had its supply issues solved, price cuts, hardware revisions, and most importantly, the one thing Xbox One almost totally lacks; killer exclusives. Pretty much everything on Xbox One you can play on PS4 and PC, so there's no need to buy the console for them, while Switch will be the only place to play Splatoon 2, Mario Odyssey, next gen Pokemon, etc.