The PS4 Won The Console Generation By Being Boring: Can The PS5 Do The Same?

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chakkra said:

The_Liquid_Laser said:

The problem with your imagination is that you think most people want an upgrade.  They don't.  Most people just want a new set of fun games to play.  Almost every generation a weaker console wins.  That is because most people are not looking for an upgrade.  A cheap console is the easiest way for them to play a new set of games, and that is why a weaker console wins.

And the problem with your reasoning is that you think that for a Nintendo console "to win" it needs to take consumers from the others.

Yes, the Switch MIGHT have a chance of outselling the PS5. But if it does, is not gonna be at expense of PS5 numbers. Meaning: PS5 is gonna sell what is gonna sell regardless of how much the Switch sells.

This should have been obvious to you when PS4 sells didnt slow one bit after the Switch came out. In fact, the year when Switch came out was actually PS4's peak year. That right there should tell you that they are selling to two totally different demographics.

Switch didn't affect the PS4 in the same way that the Wii didn't affect the PS2.  PS2 kept selling very well even while the Wii was selling out.  That is because the PS2 released about 6 years earlier.  The Wii did take a chunk out of PS3 sales though.  Switch is going to do the same to PS5.