PS4 VS Switch lifetime sales, which console will sell the most?

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zorg1000 said:

Soundwave said:

I don't think FIFA or COD are primarily selling PS4/XB systems at this stage. If you're a FIFA or COD fan, you have a PS4/XB1 already, FIFA and COD are selling to FIFA/COD fans that already have a PS4 largely. FIFA might though in Europe as its more of a casual appeal game to some. 

PS4/XB1 continue to get new IP yearly though like Cyberpunk is going to be a big one, FF7 is basically a new IP in the fact that FF7 has notalgia appeal specific to that one title that other FF games don't have (there are lots of fans of FF7 specifically that don't care for FFXV for example), Sekiro is a new IP, Days Gone, Last of Us 2 etc. etc.

But it's not like when FIFA 2020 releases there's some huge boom in PS4 sales anymore, it's an expected title by now. 

They are, I recall Mat from NPD talking about how games like GTAV and the annual releases are still some of the biggest system sellers for PS4/XBO.

Edit: and a game doesnt need to cause a huge boost to be considered a system seller, games that maintain momentum and soften decline are also system sellers since sales would be lower without them. That's what games like FIFA/COD do.

That's not really the same as being a system seller.  It's more that they prevent the competition from getting a sale.  People will keep turning on their PS4 every year for FIFA instead of going over to Switch or PC.  The first FIFA that a person buys sells the system, but most people are not going to buy an extra PS4 every time FIFA is released.  But they won't feel they need another platform either.  A "system seller" is a game that wins new customers.  That would be the person's first FIFA game on the system.

It is kind of like the difference between the BotW game and BotW DLC.  The original game sells the system, but the DLC keeps the customer coming back so they won't need to go to another platform.  The DLC isn't a "system seller".