PS4 and Switch sales comparison: some things to consider

[Shiken]

Train wreck said:

Shiken said:

The PS3 was better than the PS2 in everyway, but did it even break 100 mil?

You seriously need to have a logic check, because you just described the difference between console generations and tried to relate it to guaranteed sales lol.

Everyway?  Last time I checked, the PS2 definitely had a more appealing price point world wide, I don't know about 2013 but back in 2001, price was a huge determining factor in console sales.

I was talking about the console itself.  If we are going to talk about price point, once again MS dropped the ball.  You can claim that had MS priced more competitively and did not make the X1 a PR nightmare that the PS4 would have still sold more, but you have zero evidence to back it up.  For the majority of its first two years it got mostly cross gen games and had no major exclusives until Bloodborne over two years later.  This is something that has been proven true by even Sony fans calling it the indie station 4 and what not.

What is also fact is that before the X1 reveal, the majority of people on the net were more hyped about the next XBox than they were for the PS4.  Once MS botched the reveal, and in turn the launch, it was only then that the tide would eventually shift in favor of the PS4.

I am not saying the PS4 would do worse than PS3, but I am saying the X1 would have heavily cut into its sales.  But due to the competition shooting themselves in the foot, the race was over before it began, making it extremely easy to sell as well as it did.

At the end of the day, Switch is selling great and PS4 is selling great.  All this pointless debate of why or who had it easier is dragging on way longer than it needs to, so unless someone can actually give me decent point worth debating, I am done diving down this rabbit hole any further.