DélioPT said:
psychicscubadiver said:
'Unlimited financial resources'?
Neither system is *that* expensive, but thank you for explaining why you made that flawed assumption. You're assuming that not only are people unable/unwilling to buy two systems, but that everyone is an early adopter. Many people wait for a console to gain a significant game library and drop in price. That's why consoles tend to peak in sales 2+ years after release. Switch will be at that point when PS5/Xbox 2 release at full price making it a great buy for those waiting for the new consoles. PS/Xbox owners who are early adopters have likely already picked up the Switch because if they are early adopters, they will have bought it early in its life cycle.
The country with the second largest video game market doesn't change things? That seems like a deliberate choice to ignore things that don't fit your opinion. If the Switch does as well as the 3DS (and it's outpacing it in a launch comparison) that 23 million in Japan alone.
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Neither system is that expensive is a correct statement, but when you have two buy two in a year, plus games and whatever, then it makes less sense to think it's the 2017 PS4/BX1 buyers who rapidly adopted Switch.
"PS/Xbox owners who are early adopters have likely already picked up the Switch because if they are early adopters, they will have bought it early in its life cycle."
If by this you mean early PS4/XB1 adopters, then i agree. I do see them being the main Switch buyers.
"Switch will be at that point when PS5/Xbox 2 release at full price making it a great buy for those waiting for the new consoles."
Isn't a 300$ console with a great concept and 4 system sellers in a year a proposition like we haven't really seen?
To me, what you expect to see in 2019 is what is already happening now.
Adoption rate for PS4 and XB1 surprised even developers.
Consumers no longer need to wait for that specific situation to adopt new consoles. Actually, XB1 is having it's best year in 2018 and PS4 peaked last year.
Will Switch last 8 years or more as 3DS did? Will it get the same support? We don't know.
Last time i checked 3DS was outselling Switch in it's second year on the market.
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Dude, you're proving my point by saying that the PS4 had its peak last year and Xbox One is having its peak this year. That's 3-4 years into their life cycle. Clearly a lot of people wait to buy new consoles. Not everyone will pick up two consoles in a year I agree and understand that, but there is no reason to assume that everyone will be early adopters and it will somehow hurt the Switch's sales.
Also, I have no idea when you checked because Switch has been outselling the 3DS (launch aligned) all year long. Switch is currently at 7.3 million for 2018 and 3DS was only 5.7 million at the same point in 2012. This is despite the 3DS getting a huge price cut early on.
