Global Hardware 16 June 2018

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JRPGfan said:

Mar1217 said:

And we'll talk about this  when we'll have a more clear image after this holiday.

Yeah its too early to tell yet... either of you could be right.

I can understand Intrinsics logic though.
Going by this thread: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=234574

2018 sales so far:
PS4 : 6,516,224 units
XB1 : 2,190,595 units
NSW : 4,804,066 units

The Switch is 1,71m+ down compaired to the PS4 so far, and its going to keep growing most likely up towards the holidays.
The Switch will have to have a monsterous holiday sales, to beat the PS4 in 2018.

I guess it comes down to

PS4 : Spiderman + Red Dead Redemption + Call of Duty/Battlefield + Shadow of the tombraider + Fallout 76 + more.
vs
Switch:  Octopath Traveler + Super Mario Party + Pokemon lets go + Super Smash Bro's + more.

I think the PS4 lineup is stronger towards the holidays, yes thats because of the 3rd party support, but you cant just ignore 3rd party.
They do have a impact.

I agree that the PS4 lineup is stronger though I think we have to factor in the fact that PS4 is a lot closer to saturation point than the Switch.

Of the PS4 games I'm not sure that there's a game that's going to win over huge numbers of fans who haven't already been won over by something similar which has already been released...  Previous entries of Tomb Raider / Call of Duty / Battlefield / Fallout (although I realise the new one will be a change in direction) should have made fans of those franchise's bite already, and I'd say games like GTA, Batman and even God of War will have quite a lot of overlap with Spiderman & Red Dead.

On the other hand I think that Pokemon & Smash will appeal to a significant crowd who haven't necessarily been catered for on the platform up until this point. (I'm not personally looking forward to either tbh)

Even Mario Party might attract a few lapsed party gamers from the Wii era.

That's just my take and I could be wrong but will be interesting to watch!