PS4 VS Switch lifetime sales, which console will sell the most?

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Kyuu said:

RolStoppable said:
Switch is going to take this.

People still make the mistake to consider Switch either a home console or a handheld depending on what best suits their argument at any given time. But since the market reception clearly points towards the best of both worlds, sales projections should be made in accordance to that. The home console and handheld market combined are bigger than the home console market alone.

What if Sony makes a portable version of PS4 by 2019/2020? (assuming PS4/Xbox4 are launching in 2021.. and Switch 2 in 2022/23) How much impact can we expect that to have?

Considering what happened with the Vita, i fear not much impact at all.

Oh, and you surely meant PS5 for 2021, right?

By the way, I don't think the Switch will end in just 4-5 years as some seem to point at. The Wii dropped fast, so the Wii U came basically as an emergency (hence why the internal hardware was still based on the GC chip) and when it failed, it got cut short as soon as Nintendo could. But I don't see anything like that happening with the Switch, for several reasons:

1. Unlike the Wii U, the Switch is a great success, so there's no need to cut it short.

2. I'm sure there will be several versions in the future, a bit like with the 3DS/XL/New/2DS. In the next 2 years I'd see a Switch XL coming and by 2020 a hardware revision. Instead of a Switch mini, I'm expecting a Switch phone (Switch from Handheld to Smartphone, to keep the "switching" theme up) with the upgraded hardware but clocked down to reach the original's power to save on battery life