By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
flashfire926 on 03 November 2017
Edit Thread
DonFerrari said:
flashfire926 said:

Well, the Caribean and Central America are still considered to be North America, if I'm not wrong. Switch has sold 209k in Canada, and its not a stretch to assume the Mexico, a country with five times the population of Canada, has bought a further 191k Switches to push that total past 3M for North America as a whole. So in the end it probably doesnt even matter if you take the other countries into account or not.

And on the second point, thanks for the clarification. I see what he meant now.

Since when is Central America and Carribean Island part of North America?

flashfire926 said:

How do we know that these Pro customers werent just gonna buy a regular PS4, had the new option not been available? Many people are first time PS4 owners, and they just chose to buy the pro over the slim. Those sales would have gone to normal PS4, had the Pro not existed, leading to little to no difference in sales.

Yes you do have the hardcore fans who would upgrade to the pro from standard, but thats only like a relatively small fraction of people in the bigger picture.

The fact that they could have bought the PS4 for 3 years before the Pro launched, so it's valid to think they were enticed to buy the Pro and that drove the sales up. Unless you think the revisions of Nintendo handhelds and sony/ms slims didn't move the needle.

We don't really know how many bought a second time or wouldn't buy Pro. But you said it didn't move the needle, so you have the burden of proof.

Its not neccessary that the pro enticed them to buy a ps4. Life happens. Maybe its a gift for someone's growing son or daughter. Maybe someone had developed an interest in gaming just now. Maybe its a long-time Xbox fan who is enticed by the PS first-party games. By your logic, I could ask, "why are people still getting a PS4 in 2017? They had three years to do so, why now?"

And since when is Central America its own continent?



Bet with Intrinsic:

The Switch will outsell 3DS (based on VGchartz numbers), according to me, while Intrinsic thinks the opposite will hold true. One month avatar control for the loser's avatar.