Switch overtakes total PS4 sales in Japan, in less than half the time

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NathanSSSS said:

MasonADC said:

You can think the games and the system is overrated, but how is it possible to think sales are overrated? They are fact

I do think the system is overrated, but not the games, on the contrary I can say I enjoyed some first party games on the system, and I never said the sale is overrated, but as you mentioned, the sale is a fact, so u can understand what I mean is actually because I think switch is overrated, so the system doesn't deserve the sale, which was also contributed mostly by Japanese market. I admit switch is a successful system with good games pushing its sale, but the console itself isn't good enough to me, so much compromise done on the system limited the potential of it, I looked forward to switch from the day it was announced, but was then just disappointed by the what I really got.

That's factually untrue; Japan does not make up the majority of Switch sales, in fact it doesn't even account for a quarter of global Switch sales.

You have every right to think it is overrated, but clearly the market does not agree as it is one of the fastest selling systems in history.

It makes no sense to claim that because you personally think it's overrated, any newcomer is a threat to it. Sales trends show that Playstation and Switch sales don't directly eat into each other.

dharh said:

curl-6 said:

Switch is on track to more than triple Vita sales in Japan. Vita is also portable. So why is the Switch selling so much more than the Vita when they are both portable?

Because the Switch is a better one with better games.  Japan loves its portables but a bad portable with not enough good games ain't gonna sell as well.

Exactly; being a portable does help, but this one factor alone is not enough secure a win, you still need a strong library of appealing software, which Switch has.

Last edited by curl-6 - on 18 May 2019