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JSG87 said: 
The_Liquid_Laser said: 

http://www.vgchartz.com/article/271115/switch-vs-3dsvgchartz-gap-chartsnovember-2017-update/

Look at the second chart.  You'll see the shape of the curves is quite similar.

 

I also 👎 that this means it is selling like a handheld. It may like that way but it's just a coincidence. It's also selling between the xbox and ps4 every month worldwide so by your logic that also means it's following the sake sales trends ad a home console.


Here is a more complete version of my logic, which I put a few posts ago.

The_Liquid_Laser said:
Nautilus said:

Where did you take this from?What kind of reasoning have you used to reach this conclusion?Because as far as I see, there is zero evidence supporting this.

This is my hypothesis.  It is taking into account 1) total Switch sales curve vs. total 3DS sales curve, and 2) more importantly Switch sales in Japan vs. 3DS sales in Japan.  Switch is selling like a more popular version of the 3DS.

Switch is definitely selling like a handheld in Japan.  That should be clear by how much it outpaces PS4 (and every other platform) in the sales charts every week.  Only handheld platforms sell like that in Japan.  But if you look at how Switch sells in the rest of the world, NA has PS4 and Switch close to the same each week, and Europe has Switch selling decent but PS4 is ahead by a good margin each week.  That is also how handhelds sell.  In NA Nintendo handhelds usually sell about the same as the leading home console (sometimes more, sometimes less), while in Europe the leading home console tends to sell more. 

In every region Switch is selling like a handheld platform.