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curl-6 on 31 May 2020
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The_Liquid_Laser said:
curl-6 said:

They're definitely not competing directly if that's what you mean; the sales show that. If they were the arrival and massive success of the Switch would've cut into PS4's sales, but that didn't happen. There's a lot of overlap between the two as well, with millions of people owning both.

The arrival of the Genesis launched around the peak of NES sales in the US.  It didn't cut into NES sales, and their was a lot of overlap between the two with millions owning both.  The Genesis did not compete with the NES.  The SNES on the other hand....

The arrival of the PS1 launched while the SNES was still selling strong.  It didn't cut into SNES sales and there was a lot of overlap between the two with millions owning both.  The PS1 did not compete with the SNES.  The N64 on the other hand....

The arrival of the XBox360 launched while the PS2 was still selling strong.  It didn't cut into PS2 sales and there was a lot of overlap between the two with millions owning both.  The XBox360 did not compete with the PS2.  The PS3 on the other hand....

The arrival of the Switch launched while the PS4 was still selling strong.  It didn't cut into PS4 sales and there was a lot of overlap between the two with millions owning both.  The Switch did not compete with the PS4.  The PS5 on the other hand....

Switch won't compete with the PS5 either simply because the two are too different.

Switch cannot replace PS5 as it cannot offer the same big AAA games, but neither can PS5 replace Switch as it cannot offer Nintendo games or portability.