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Nu-13 on 05 March 2020
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Otter said:
Pyro as Bill said:

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.

That has nothing to do with competition but even if it did, the switch versions of multiplatforms mostly have an easy time outselling the x1 counterparts and some even rival the ps4. That was from when vgc still tracked software and many of those were late ports on a much smaller installed base. You have nothing.

DonFerrari said:
curl-6 said:

I actually agree that Switch isn't directly competing, in the same way that a motorbike isn't competing directly against family cars for sales even though they both drive on the road.

Heck, in a lot of cases there may not even be a clear-cut primary or secondary, some folks might use both fairly equally.

Yep, in the case of portability of Switch versus extra power on Xbox and PS, it may be totally common for some folks to use Switch for all portable needs (and the person do it quite regularly) and all home sessions played on Xbox or PS.

I don't know why some think as something negative that Switch isn't competing directly. There is a reason not only Nintendo but a lot of analysts and vgchart people say Nintendo goes by its on rythm, they don't react to what MS or Sony is doing, they do what they are planning and that is it.

Quite simple: BECAUSE IT'S NOT TRUE. And it certainly doesn't help that it is the go to excuse used to downplay nintendo's success.