Global Hardware 14 September 2019 (PS4 Tops 100M)

[EricHiggin]

SpokenTruth said:

Intrinsic said:

And that right there is my point.

The Nintendo Switch is a hybrid. A device that can be used as a handheld or a home console. But the same device.

The Nintendo Switch Lite, is NOT. It is a handheld, and it even breaks compatibility with some games n the Nintendo library. Yet people call it the same thing. And to suggest that its not that simple is apparently illogical and bias.

No one here with a straight face can Say the Switch lite is the exact same thing as the Switch, that will in its entirety e a lat lie. Because it's not. At least not in the same way that the PS4pr/XB1X is the same thing with the PS4/XB1 respectively. Yes If I buy a switch lite I can play the majority of my games on it. But if I want to be able to play on my TV, then I would need to buy a different version of the "switch". Now, this would have been a mot point if you could just connect a cable to the switch lite and play it on our TV, but you can't.

I propose a question if when the PS5 is released, and for the following 3 years after its release, all its games also run on the PS4 (albeit at 720por less or something)... dos that mean the PS5 will be grouped with the PS4 in sales?

Now to clear this up, I am not saying that the Switch lite sales should be separated, I know that won't happen and personally I don' care enough fr that... I am saying, however, that this is exactly what I predicted will happen before the Switch was even released when it was announced as a hybrid. I literally sai that a few years after that Nintendo will release a strictly handheld version of it. And that how its sales are tracked after that would be interesting.

It's basically the exact same damn hardware.  Same motherboard, same CPU, same GPU, same RAM, same clock speeds.  The differences?  No TV out, more compact screen, smaller battery, joycons built into the chassis. But you want to call it a different console?

Early PS3's before the slims had some PS1 and PS2 hardware in them for years correct? Is there separation between PS1, PS2, and PS3 sales?