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LGBTDBZBBQ on 15 December 2019
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RolStoppable said:
zorg1000 said:

Fair enough on price but your 57.1m figure is shipments and PS4 was very overshipped at the end of 2016, they had 3.7 million on shelves/in transit which is much higher than normal so it's not really the most accurate comparison.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2017/01/05/the-ps4-has-now-sold-53-4-million-units-worldwide-with-6-2-million-sales-over-the-2016-holidays/#4c22aa6c7b41

NSW shipments should be 54-55 million at the end of March with sell through over 52 million so about a ~1 million difference.

I want to add that the PS4 is only ahead during comparisons where it had an additional holiday quarter over Switch. Anytime the number of holiday quarters is equal between the two, Switch is ahead of the PS4.

Switch's lead has also been growing over time.

Through 4 fiscal quarters - 14.86m vs. 13.5m (Switch leads by 1.36m)
Through 8 fiscal quarters - 32.27m vs. 29.3m (Switch leads by 2.97m)
Through 12 fiscal quarters - 52.00m* vs. 47.4m (Switch leads by 4.60m*)

*Projected figure of 9.33m for Switch's 12th quarter. Switch shipped 9.40m during its 8th quarter.

Very comfortable lead so far, and the gap will be much bigger next year.