Nuvendil said:
Sigh. "Killing it!" is a colloquialism that refers to someone doing excellent at something. The "it" refers to the thing you are doing it. You're completely misunderstanding the phrase and interpreting the "it" as the PS4. A boxer who has won 21 straight bouts is killing it, even if all were by decision. A stock on the market climbing quickly is killing it, even if their competitor's is not falling. Killing it just means doing really well, not necessarily devastating oponents. So yeah, you need to use the correct meanings. And don't challenge the person who studied writing on the meaning of phrases. |
If you say "Switch sales is killing it" I can understand, but this compared to PS4 and even you with "5 months vs 2 months". So on this your killing is in comparison to another thing.
RolStoppable said: I didn't expect Switch to be above the PS4 this month. Probably means that Destiny 2 massively underperformed in shifting PS4 hardware. The first Destiny pushed the PS4 above 500k in September 2014, the sequel probably didn't even push it above 300k. More importantly though, Switch is set to be #1 in the USA most of the time in the future. The PS4 inherits the position of the Xbox One that could only win the occasional NPD month. Xbox One is stuck in the mud. |
Not sure why we should consider the sequel to push anywhere near. I wasn't expecting any significant boost from D2.
And it's possible that Switch keeps winning most NPDs.
irstupid said:
What? If your using a baseball picking analogy, it woudl go more like this. Nintendo as a pitcher has an ERA of 3.2 and his record is 5 wins 2 losses Sony as a pitcher has an ERA of 4.1 and his record is 2 wins and 5 losses. But the Sony pitcher has one no hitter. Sony had one amazing game, but overall the Nintendo pitcher is the better pick. |
Nope if you are comparing the Switch winning more months but PS4 when winning taking all the difference your analogy doesn't make it true.
Miyamotoo said:
Nobody talks about whole year, but about sales until now, and yes, Switch sales are killing it, they are very impressive, Switch outsold PS4 (that is selling great and it is in its best year until now) in 5 of 7 months and done that with big supply problems.
Well said. |
Both you guys come to say the "killing it" isn't compared to PS4 but to Switch success alone, but go again and compare to PS4... zero sense in it.
Saying Switch is doing very good is stating the obvious, saying it is killing PS4 doesn't make sense because PS4 is doing even better than before Switch.
KLAMarine said:
I think the part we need to focus on is the bolded part below: "In September, the Nintendo Switch system was once again the top-selling current-generation console hardware, according to the NPD Group, which tracks video game sales in the United States. (Photo: Business Wire)" This is NPD, an organization that researches this stuff. They would know a statistic like "2/3 of sales". |
So you want to tell me that NPD was the one doing the announcement and gone and cited themselves? Nope, this is a Nintendo PR using NPD as source.
duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363
Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994
Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."