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quickrick on 17 November 2017
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StarDoor said:
DonFerrari said:

ok, whatever, we won't ever make you agree on it, so have your way. Switch would sell 10M if launched on Holiday and PS4 just 500k if launched in March.

 

quickrick said:

not even sony shipped that much ps4' for November so stop. they shipped 4.2  million for the entire holiday, despite knowing that the ps4 would be a sure hit and knew it huge demand, it had a million preorders 4 months before launch in north america alone.  they had to launch in japan 6 months later, because they didn't have enough stock.  you keep bringing up the same point, why didn't nintedo launch with much bigger supply for wii? they knew it was the holidays right? why didn't 360 launch with much bigger supply? why didn't the ps3 have enough supply to launch in europe? why didnt the ps2 have enough supply, you keep bringing the holidays they would have made sure to have more units, most of the times it just impossible. you act like launching during the holiday is perfectly planned when its almost never the case, and nintedo was coming off the wiiu, i doubt they would gone crazy with shipments.

http://www.vgchartz.com/article/270259/switch-vs-dsvgchartz-gap-chartsseptember-2017-update/
VS DS: Switch lost more ground in the 2nd month than all other months combined, even excluding the months in which Switch was ahead.

http://www.vgchartz.com/article/270258/switch-vs-wiivgchartz-gap-chartsseptember-2017-update/
VS Wii: Switch lost more ground in the 2nd month than all other months combined.

http://www.vgchartz.com/article/269849/switch-vs-wii-uvgchartz-gap-chartsaugust-2017-update/
VS Wii U: The 2nd month is the ONLY month in which Switch ever lost ground at all.

 http://www.vgchartz.com/article/270277/switch-vs-ps4vgchartz-gap-chartsseptember-2017-update/
VS PS4: Switch lost more ground in the 2nd month than all other months combined, even excluding the months in which Switch was ahead.

http://www.vgchartz.com/article/270278/switch-vs-xbox-onevgchartz-gap-chartsseptember-2017-update/
VS XOne: The 2nd month is the ONLY month in which Switch ever lost ground at all.

I wonder what all of the consoles had in common? Could it be that they all released in November?

Well, clearly that's just a fluke. Let's look at a console that didn't launch in the holidays.

http://www.vgchartz.com/article/269850/switch-vs-3dsvgchartz-gap-chartsaugust-2017-update/

Oh, that's odd. Switch was ahead in the second month by the same margin as in the third month, and the fourth month, and the fifth month. And you're telling me that 3DS launched in nearly the same week of the year as Switch? Must be a coincidence.

Man, if you guys hadn't been here to share your wisdom, I'd almost think that consoles sell more in December than April!
  • 2013 (PS4 Launch) = 4.2M 
  • 2014 (just a normal holiday period) = 8.06M
  • the point is holiday launches don't get the full benefit of the holiday when the product has high demand, and the only reason those consoles caught up  is because switch was sold out. so saying those consoles had a huge holiday advantage is not true.