PS4 vs Switch: Launch aligned, who hits 100 million first?

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zorg1000 said:

This is a bit baffling.

Its tracking on par with 3DS which had an $80 price cut to $170 after 5 months while Switch is still at $300 with more expensive software & accessories.

3DS is not at 72m and growing. 3DS level sales really should be the minimum, not the max.

https://www.gamespot.com/forums/system-wars-314159282/3ds-outselling-ds-in-aligned-hardwre-sales-in-nort-29230177/
The 3DS was doing as well as the DS two years in but that didn't mean it was going to do DS sales.

https://eshopstation.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/nintendo-3ds-sales-performance-matches-that-of-the-nintendo-ds-and-gba/

The WiiU proved there is not much demand for a home Nintendo console.  The 3DS compared to the DS shows the continuing shrinking of the handheld market.  I see zero evidence of this trend reversing.  A strong launch does not mean a strong finish as we saw with the Wii quicker decline compared tot he PS3.

 

You see no evidence that Switch "launch" was massive worse than what it could have been when it had stocks problems for literally all 2017 and cost more than any Nintendo consoles the first year? ( Even Wii U was at ~300$ after 1 year)

 

You just ignore facts:

Switch cost ~300$ ( actually more in some country, like Europe which is ~330€ )

At that price, Nintendo had stocks problem for all 2017, which mean the 2017 numbers, aka ~15m , were less than the actual demand.

 

First Nintendo still has to sell Switch at ~300/330 to all people who want a Switch at this price, and looks like there is still much to go, then they can even drop the price, at 250$, and will be still bigger than any others Nintendo console.

Oh, did i even mention Pokemon and all the line up?