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Volterra_90 on 27 November 2017
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DonFerrari said: 
Volterra_90 said:

I actually think so. Black Friday moves people because of the deals, so no deals is a huge disadvantage. I'll honestly be pleasantly surprised if the Switch wins the BF. Everything points out that every console did pretty well, so that's good new for everyone.

EDIT: Well, I think so if the console is actually popular. I mean, a 4 years old WiiU wouldn't stand a chance xD.

Errr sorry about that... PS4 and X1 released and had no deal on 2013 BF and still sold plethora and had WiiU nowhere to be seen (even costing much more), and in 2014 PS4 hadn't any significant deal and wasn't that much outsold by a X1 with aggressive deals.

Yeah, I'm not saying that consoles without deals don't sell well in BF. But I'm pretty sure that the same console will sell even better with a strong deal. That's a given. I mean, do you think that this BF's 199$ PS4 would sell the same than a hypothetically 300$ PS4? Not a chance, unless the stock is really limited. The example you mentioned about 2013 is not surprising since PS4 and X1 were always more popular consoles than the WiiU, that's for certain. The WiiU could cost 1$ and it'll probably sell less XD. And I'm pretty sure that if Sony made some more aggresive deals on 2014, they'd have won BF easily.

I think that the PS4 and the Switch are somewhat similar in terms of popularity in the US, so a more aggresive deal on the PS4 will give it the win. If it's the contrary... Well, that'd be an amazing win for the Switch. I really don't think that'll happen. Despite some sources predicting that the Switch can win. I have a hard time believing that. But, well, all the fanbases can be certain that all the consoles did well, so in the end we'll be all happy .