Barkley on 21 March 2018
| RolStoppable said:
Some may say that the presented data is skewed because handheld consoles are included, but since Switch is the successor to both Nintendo's home console and handheld console lines, it is mandatory for handhelds to be included. Otherwise it would be impossible to make any sort of competent and credible analysis of the European market. |
The inclusion of handheld consoles isn't an issue for the purposes of using the data in relation to the Switch, the inclusion of 9 Nintendo systems in comparison to 5 PlayStation systems certainly does skew the data however. The Switch is a single system.
Average EU Sales per Sony System: 31.1m
Average EU Sales per Nintendo System: 21.2m (not including Switch)
Now only taking the 5 BEST systems from Nintendo (DS, 3DS, Wii, GBA, GB/GBC) we get an average of 30.2m, still lower, and with advantages in Nintendo's favour such as the PS4 still having a lot of sales to come, and Nintendo's mistakes and failures being wiped away, unlike the remaining Vita.
If everyone that bought a handheld and a home console in previous Nintendo Gens was a unique person then this wouldn't be an issue, as it stands however the data is skewed.
