Global Hardware 15 December 2018

[zorg1000]

colafitte said:

zorg1000 said:

It's clearly trying to downplay when its brought up out of nowhere in a thread that has nothing to do with it.

If this thread was called "Nintendo Switch: Handheld or Home console" or "why is Switch selling so well?" the debate would make sense and it would be hard to justify calling it downplaying since that is the topic of discussion but this thread is about sales for a specific week so saying that Switch is a handheld and not a competitor to PS4 was brought up for no reason other than downplay the fact that it had such a great week.

You're completely right in the fact that this is not a thread about Switch. 100% agree believe me. But it's also true, that these threads are usually used to discuss anything related to PS4, Switch or XBO. Sometimes it's used to talk about what Switch is or if it's going to reach that 20M FY goal and other times it's used to talk about why Sony don't want to give deals for PS4, or if PS5 is going to launch in 2019 or if Microsoft will need to buy more studios, etc...

It was a comment, that received and answer and generated this discussion. I guess, if mods consider it wrong they will tell us. But that doesn't mean people downplay anything. The next time it will be something about PS4 not being that good in some regard related to sales, and for my part it will be fine while mods decide it's fine.

But discussing if the success of the sales of Switch is because if it is a handheld only or not..., it's perfectly legitimate in a discussion about week sales, in my opinion.

And many of those comments are tied weekly sales. How well Switch does in December is a huge factor in whether it reaches its fiscal year goal. Deals/lack of deals affect holiday performance, etc.

If somebody brought up how much Nintendo dominates Sony in Japan in the thread announcing that PS4 sold 91.6 million, it would be downplaying. That is essentially what happened here, Nintendo had an amazing week and everytime that happens there is some sort of "reason" why it doesnt count or shouldn't be compared to PS4/XBO.