I mean .. if we're using internet logic, March, so that PS5 can "destroy" Switch and we can make an easy launch-aligned graph.
If we're talking real world data, then obviously holidays. People have tried to claim that March had big benefits for Switch, but all it really does in it's favor is make holidays come at a different interval than other consoles, which makes it look like a net-positive on a graph. It also had to launch then because the Wii U was dead and the 3DS was dying.
But if you look at something like shipments, you see that the Switch took a long ass time to catch up to PS4's launch sales in shipment numbers. PS4 sold through 4.2 million consoles from late November to the end of December, Switch didn't even ship 4.7 million till late June, and that's a period of 4 months vs 1 month and a week and a half.
Edit: To make this fact even more relevant, the PS4 didn't even launch in Japan till February 2014, and it still beat the Switch's first two months that badly.
Last edited by AngryLittleAlchemist - on 03 February 2019
