| torok said: The Switch is basically exactly what Japanese gamers wanted all the time. Spot on. I think if Sony had a console like the Switch, they would just end up being destroyed by MS. I'm starting to believe that the consumers for Sony and MS consoles are quite different. MS competes for the same crowd as Sony, but Nintendo seems to be selling to a completely different market. And this is a great thing, it shows that we had like a big dormant market that nobody was trying to satisfy. I'm not sure Sony could create a console that would appeal to Japan without risking losing the rest of the world. And that's risky. The Sony market demands 3rd party games, while the Switch crowd doesn't seem that much interested. This is also pretty interesting because Nintendo has a broken relation with 3rd parties dating from the 90s, so they figured out the situation by creating a business where only their own games matter (TBH, they always cared only about their own software). |
Starting to believe? Lol
But yes PS/XB primarily fight over the same crowd. We can get a pretty good idea of that based on the fact that the biggest games on each platform tend to be similar (shooters, sports, open world) and the fact that this looks to be the 3rd generation in a row where PS+XB sales are about the same (170-180m).
We can see that Nintendo doesnt fight directly against them based on the fact that their big sellers are not typically in the same franchises or genres and their sales fluctuate while PS+XB remains quite stable. Nintendo's success comes down to how well they are able to appeal to various demographics such as woman, children & families that PS/XB many times neglect.
As for 3rd parties on Nintendo, they can and have been successful, they just arent the typical shooter/sports/open world games that dominate on PS/XB. Indies, Japanese and kid/family 3rd party games have had success on Nintendo.
When the herd loses its way, the shepard must kill the bull that leads them astray.
