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Otter on 05 March 2020
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Pyro as Bill said:
DonFerrari said:

1 - Yes, and since GC most 3rd party haven't gone to Nintendo. On the other hand PS4 and Xbox 1 that compete directly receives the same games.

2 - Yes, but very few own both PS4 and X1, they do Switch because they compliment instead of compete.

3 - Yes, that is why they can be said indirect competitor. Because in the end you also have cellphones and other devices that indirectly compete with console for your gaming or entertainment budget but we don't count them as direct competitor (even when we have seem smartphones as one of the big reasons to diminish sales of 3DS).

4 - They also have a lot of other items on shelf, that doesn't mean these other products directly compete with one another.

Secondary, something you own as complimentary. And sure there are people that have Switch as primary (or WiiU before, etc) and PS/Xbox as secondary. The main point is that since Wii they don't directly compete.

Switch is a very sucesfull HW, have done good sales of SW as well, I own one even though I don't play much because I like other type of games and big screen. Most consumer may not even think on primary or secondary, but they will have a preference.

Not allowed to consider higher ups strategies =p

Just out of interest, what would Switch have to be/do for you to consider it a more direct competitor?

More power? More AAA software? No portability? Steal sales?

Steal notable sales of the same game. The only place the Switch seems to compete is indie games.