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

[zorg1000]

quickrick said:

zorg1000 said:

I feel like you dont pay any attention.

Ill try taking you through this step by step.

 

PS4 is at 8.7m & Switch at 7.0m launches aligned.

 

They released at different times of the year so at this point in time PS4 had a holiday season already while Switch does not.

Once Switch's first holiday sales are added then it will likely be ahead of PS4.

Once PS4 2nd holiday numbers are added than it will retake the lead over Switch.

Depending on how Switch sells in the next year or two, this flip flopping could continue.

 

Does that make sense to you now?

OMG the stupid holiday excuse ps4 was sold within 24 hours in north america, the holiday didnt help it, because it had no stock. just like the wii, just like the 360. people forget that these consoles with out the holidays would sell 1.5 million in 2 months just based on launch demand.  example if super nes classic launched during the holidays, it would have made 0 difference, because it sold out right away.

It absolutely makes a difference.

 

A user on this site, Shadow1980, who is known for his charts/graphs has data that shows every single console that launched in Nov had similar sales in Dec while every console launched outside of the holidays had a sharp drop in the 2nd month.

 

Youre right that PS4 1st month sales would have likely stayed the same but its 2nd month sales would likley have been very different if it launched outside of the holidays because people are far more likely to spend hundreds of dollars on gaming in Dec compared to April.