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The_Liquid_Laser said:
curl-6 said:

SNES and Megadrive were similar traditional consoles competing for the same audience.

PS5 and Switch are totally different.

Both PS5 and Switch are both competing for the home audience.  The type of games selling the Switch are not that different from the N64 and Gamecube: 3D Mario, 3D Zelda, Smash Bros, Animal Crossing, etc....  The core games on the PS4 and PS5 haven't changed much since the PS1 and PS2 era either.  Sony and Nintendo were competing then, and that is why they are competing now.

There will be overlap with many buying both, just as there is now, but not direct competition, because Switch can never offer all the big AAA games and therefore cannot pull that audience away from PS5.

If the two competed, they would be competing now, with Switch pulling sales away from PS4. Nothing will change when PS5 takes over because the situation will still be the same, with all the big AAA games on Playstation.