According to Mat Piscatella "Next Gen consoles sales will not have a major effect on Switch sales"

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RolStoppable said:

zorg1000 said:

They have overlap but they are aimed at different demographics.

PS/XB are aimed primarily at the 13-35 year old male demographic that plays online military shooters, sports/racing sims & open-world/cinematic action games.

Nintendo aims for a more broad demographic which includes children, females & families with things like platformers, turn based games, arcade style games, local multiplayer games, puzzle games, fitness/rhythm games and social sims.

So while they compete in the general sense that they are video game devices aimed at video game players, they are not direct competitors because they do not compete for the same demographics.

I think the real problem is that the words "don't compete directly" are the typical gateway to put Nintendo in a different market and claim that Nintendo isn't winning against Sony/Microsoft.

That's probably true, just like how people would argue Wii didnt count because its "casual".