"The Nintendo Switch Is Selling Exactly As Fast As Sony's PS4" - Forbes

[DonFerrari]

ArnoldRimmer said:
Switch surely had a great start, but I expect Switch sales to considerably go down once the holiday season is over.
Because Nintendo decided to publish almost all the typical first-party-system-sellers (Mario, Mario Kart, Zelda) during the same year that the Switch released.

That surely led to great Switch sales in 2017 - but what about 2018 etc.? I don't see another superhit like Super Mario or Zelda come out anytime soon. All games that make me really really want to own a Switch (=Super Mario and Zelda) are already released, and there's currently not a single other first-party Switch game that I'm really looking forward to.

The sales will go down after the Holiday season because no other month sells as good as holiday anyway.

So all games that make you want to own a Switch were released, so have you bought them all? No love for Pokemon, SSB, MK and other big games?

SpokenTruth said:

roadkillers said:
No way Switch will sell as well as Playstation. Sony keeps their stuff on the market for years.

Demand keeps their stuff on the market for years.

If Demand for a Nintendo console maintains for years after launch, Nintendo will keep the console on shelves.

It has nothing to do with Sony just keeping them on shelves that long just because.

Eeeeeeeeer don't just make it a chicken or egg situation. Nintendo abandoned the support for N64, GC and mainly Wii before it was discontinued or out of demand. They abandoned to start developing for the new system and that helped the sales plummet, very simple concept. Sony and Nintendo have different choices on how to support their console.

Nintendo have their biggest IP showing earlier and Sony have its spread over several year but mostly later. This contribute for one having earlier and higher peaks and the other having latter peaks and bigger tail. The release price point also helps on that (besides the console release schedule).

zorg1000 said:

DonFerrari said:

Are we again at the consider Switch one or the other depending on the situation?

 

Note that i said nothing about Switch

So it was a point for the sake of a point?