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Farsala on 30 November 2017
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SpokenTruth said:
Farsala said:

Switch cannibalizing PS4 sales would imply PS4 being down. When in fact PS4 is selling just about as much as it always has and probably the same for 3DS (which is an aging console)

The true losers are Wii U and Vita being very much down YoY.

Not exactly.  It only has to slow any growth to be considered cannibalized sales. You can still have sales up but if the up is less than it would have been, it's applicable.

For example:

2016 - 10 sales.
2017 projection - 15 sales.
2017 actual - 13 sales.

Granted that's very difficult to prove and usually rests in the realm of sales analysts.  I'm only pointing it out to show that sales don't have to be down YoY, only impacted against what could have been sold.

It's a good point but I don't think anyone expected 3DS to be doing so well as it is, DQXI and revisions certainly helped.

As for PS4 it had its time with DQX1 as well, and now people must wait for MHW in January. If sales seem pretty bad in January then we might be able to say it is affected.