Global Hardware May 17 to 23

[The_Liquid_Laser]

curl-6 said:

The_Liquid_Laser said:

Are you going to keep giving me this obviously wrong argument?  If you are going to keep repeating yourself, then I suppose I will have to as well:

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....

SNES/Genesis/PS1etc have nothing to do with Switch/PS4/PS5. You're too focused on trying to force past historical patterns onto a situation where they are not relevant.

Looking at the past for patterns is the basis of all of science and really education in general.  I mean, why even look at sales data?  Everyone on this site who studies sales data is looking for patterns.

You are now trying to argue some weird solipstic world view where we can't know anything based on studying patterns, and science is an illusion.  No one really believes this, even when they make this kind of argument.  It's the type of argument a person makes when they stay to themselves, "I know in my gut you are wrong, but I just have no idea why."

Perhaps you need to examine your own thinking?  Because you insist that a system (the Switch) either competes with both the PS4 and PS5 or competes with neither.  Can you give an example like this?  Do you think the XBox360 competed with both the PS2 and PS3 at the same time?  Can you give any example of one system that competed with two generations at the same time?  I can't.  That is why a system, the Switch, which doesn't compete with the PS4 can still compete with the PS5.