NPD: Percentages of US Switch owners that own PS4/Xbone/both/neither

[DonFerrari]

Nu-13 said:

DonFerrari said:
As said Switch doesn't really compete with PS4 and Xbox, it is bought as second console.

And you are wrong on all interpretations. Starting with the fact the switch is a direct competitor in the console market. As for second console: if you mean purchased later, the switch is as much of a second console compared to ps4/x1 as the ps4/x1 are second consoles compared to wii, ps3 and x360. Being of a different generation means that most purchasers will already own a previous gen console.

If you mean the system people mostly play on if they own more than one, the numbers on this topic do not say anything about that. And if you're talking about purchase preference, many prefer a switch and maybe one of ps4 or x1, with precious few owning both a ps4 and x1. As the switch is the common deniminator in that equation, that makes the others secondary. As I said before, this will be observed better during the 10th gen since all 3 will belong to the same gen and the lines won't be blurred.

Won't nurture the 10th or more discussion on the same subject with you. Even Nintendo higher management in one of the latest call have said it isn't a direct competitor, Sony also said the same couple years ago, NPD analyst said the same on topic of PS5 and XSX, etc. But you are right because you know the market better than the 3.