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Nuvendil said:
Megiddo said:

You left out the full list I see. Here it is in completion.

Super Robot Taisen T - 103,000 (PS4); 51,000 (NSW)
Dragon Quest Builders 2 - 73,000 / 237,000 (PS4); 110,000 / 275,000 (NSW)
Tales of Vesperia Definitive Edition - 65,000 (PS4); 41,000 (NSW)
Chobobo Mystery Dungeon: Everybuddy! - 37,000 (PS4) / 46,000 (NSW)
Atelier Lulua - 32,000 (PS4) / 17,000 (NSW)
Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists - 25,000 (PS4) / -* (NSW)

Even then, among those only DQB2's numbers are particularly impressive. But that list leaves out all the other recent 200k+ third-party software titles like:

Ace Combat 7
Judge Eyes
God Eater 3
Resident Evil 2 Remake
Kingdom Hearts III
Devil May Cry V
CoD Blops IIII
Sekiro

That's 8 titles (can also add DQB2 to that list) that had at least 200,000 retail software sales for a full priced third-party published game on PS4 in the past... what, 8 months I think? That's an average of one game a month. The PS4 dominates third party software sales in Japan and will continue to be the focus of third party software publishers/developers.

Listing off PS4 titles that never came to Switch is irrelevant to a discussion of Switch vs PS4 sales of third party games.  Most games that release on both are within the same neighborhood in sales.  But that assumes honest analysis is your goal, rather than confirmation bias being your guiding principle.

Irrelevant? You think third party software publishers see them as irrelevant? If you do then honestly, let me just laugh directly at you. Because you'd be so naive that I couldn't help myself from laughing. The success of third party titles on PS4, whether or not they are available on the Switch, is why it will continue to get more third party titles. The PS4 is an ecosystem where there the audience has many different tastes and are not completely focused on one sole publisher. That is its huge advantage when it comes to third party software. When or if the Switch reaches that point, when large-scale projects such as Yokai Watch aren't abject sales failures, then there would at least a starting point to discuss whether or not the Switch will overtake the PS4 in terms of third party coverage.