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Miyamotoo on 03 December 2017
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NoCtiS_NoX said:
Miyamotoo said:

But thats point, you can buy Switch for Mario Odyysey, Mario Kart or Splatoon 2 even if you are not Nintendo fan because great reception and popularity of those games, huge Switch hype in Japan, or portability of Switch, and Switch is also home console in same time like PS4. Point that Switch are buying only Nintendo fans in Japan is wrong. If some person can buy only one console for holiday season, its not hard to imagine that they can easily choose Switch over PS4 because things I mentioned, and that wasn't case last year when Switch wasn't on market. Switch definitely affecting on PS4 sales in Japan.

PS4 this year will be well ahead YOY in every market in world, but only in Japan there is chance that will not be YOY.

You cannot steal sales when there's none to steal. When Switch main selling point currently is 1st party games and the other is 3rd party games at the moment and when we all know handheld is a thing in Japan.
Besides even when Switch isn't out yet PS4 is selling good and not Switch level. It didn't light the chart consistently. There are spike here and there but PS4 cannot maintain the sales after a few weeks it will drop again to 15k-25k level and also last year was FFXV, Yakuza 6, slim,  and pro launch we will need to consider that variable as well.
Bottom line is even without the Switch. PS4 never sold amazing even with games like DQ, FF, MGS, RE, Persona and etc. 

Also, when in top 20 in MC is dominated by 1st party games. Your main argument at bold  is invalid already. Currently the main selling point of Switch is the strong 1st party line up. Majority of user of Switch fans of Mario, Splatoon and Zelda or Nintendo gamers in general. We don't have any concrete data yet for 3rd party games because there are only few has managed to sell good and almost are port from older games so if not the strong 1st party line up then what's the main selling point of Switch at the moment then?

"Anyone thinking that the Switch and the PS4 are not stealing sales from one another is just being delusional. There are people out there in the world, or in this case Japan, that are choosing between the two. If both didn't exist, they would get the one that did. But since they both exist, some people are choosing one or the other". Point is simple, PS4 sales in some way would probably be better in Japan also like in rest world where PS4 is notcible YOY up, if Switch isnt so much popular in Japan.

How exactly thats make my argument invalid, fact that 1st party games are best selling Switch games doesn't mean that they are selling only to Nintendo fans. Offocurse that great and incredibly popular games like Zelda BotW, MK8D, Splatoon 2 and Mario Odyssey can be bouth and buy people that are not Nintendo fans. Like I wrote, you can buy Switch for Zelda BotW, MK8D, Splatoon 2 and Mario Odyssey even if you are not Nintendo fan because of great reception (I mean Zelda BotW and Mario Odyssey are one best critically acclaimed games ever, MK8D is one of best MK game ever and Splatoon is strongest new IP in Japan) and popularity of those games, huge Switch popularity and hype in Japan, or portability of Switch, and Switch is also home console in same time like PS4, can easily affect someone to choose Switch instead of PS4. We already seeing plenty of people that saying that Switch is their first Nintendo console in long time (in couple of generations) or even first Nintendo console ever.