Global Hardware May 17 to 23

[The_Liquid_Laser]

kenjab said:

The_Liquid_Laser said:

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.

I think the reasoning here is that the Switch won't compete directly with the PS4 or PS5 because it offers a different gaming experience, namely the portability aspect and first-party lineup.  Did the DS compete with and take sales from the PS3 or X360?  The 3DS from PS4/XB1?  I don't think so.  Likewise, the Switch can co-exist with Sony and Microsoft's consoles with very little sales effect either way.

This is a decent argument.  I don't agree with it, but it's a decent argument, because there is at least some historical precedent there (on the surface).  It has it's own problems though which I won't get into here.

This wasn't curl-6's argument.  I only bring this up, because a person can't just argue whatever they want and hope to be right.  Sound reasoning leads to sound conclusions.  If a person wants to actually reach sound conclusions, then they need to be able to examine their own reasoning.