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colafitte on 10 January 2019
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zorg1000 said:
colafitte said:

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.

If there is a post saying Switch success this week doesn't count compared to PS4 and XBO because is not a home console, then you're right (i did not read every post, but what i read i did not find anything like that, so if i missed it, then i'm sorry).

But what i said is still true, these threads are the ones that attract more people here each week (and even more in holiday season) and many posters want to add something related to sales that not exist in other threads (and don't want to create a thread or don't know how to do it just for that comment).

In short, if someone here said, "Switch success is irrelevant because it's not a home console like PS4 or XBO, so in reality the mighty PS4 is the winner" or something similar like you protest, you are right and you should report the post to mods if you consider it necessary. If not, let the mods decide.