Why don't people talk about the Switch as much as Xbox or PS?

[TruckOSaurus]

wohufana said:

TomaTito said:

What is SocMed? Social Medicine? We are discussing your first assertion, "A large portion of Switch owners are below 18 years old and they just want to play games."

The first graph clearly shows how things stood at 2017 in the US:

• 10% 15 and under;
• 7% in the 16-18 bracket;
• 20% in the 19-24 bracket;
• 43% majority in 25-34 bracket;
• 20% for the 35+.

The second graphic only shows from 18 years old onward, so you can take the subsection of adult gamers from the first graph. Even then the change between Q2 2017 to Q4 2018 shows an increase in the 18-24 and 35-44 ranges, the demographics then increased relatively more in between these ages.

A demographic already existed in 2017 with an 83% for the 19+ gamers, you cannot wipe these off when your so defined "kiddie" games release to go inline with your assumptions. The first graph I posted was the US demographics for 2020 for all gamers, and it also has a similar figure of 21% for the kiddos. Sorry to break your assumption that a large portion of Switch owners are under 18 when it is only around 20% which similar to the overall gaming landscape.

You should have said instead that, "A large portion of Switch owners are 30+ years old that don't care about social media."

So you assumed that my "large" argument meant majority? We are talking here about tens of millions of Switch owners. Twenty percent of 67 million is 13.4 million. These owners do not comprise the majority but 13.4 million is a portion too small for you? Do you think a 13 year old gamer would bother himself in a discussion in SocMed (Medicine if that's what you want) about console wars like we usually do here on this site? Maybe a little portion of those who are 16 or 17 do what we do but generally speaking, they do not care.

Now back to the thread, it stated that despite its blockbusters sales, netizens hardlly talk about Switch as much as XB or PS. Don't you think these 13M+ Switch owners can not make an impact in social media if they become active regarding console stuffs and make Switch go neck and neck with XB and PS in terms of internet buzz?

 

Let me see if I follow your reasoning: 

- First, you say the reason why Switch is less present on social media is because a large portion of owners are under 18 years old and younglings don't do social media about consoles. This implies people over 18 do more of the social media talking and that Switch's share of adults is lower the PS/XB for your statement to make sense.

- Then through a series of posts, we get the confirmation that the Switch does have a majority of owner being adults. Those very people you claim do the social media talking so that would mean it should get its fair share of social media activity.

- Now you say that by large portion, you meant the 20% all along, which is a lot of people (it is!) but that's also comparable to the ratio for other consoles so that would make your initial reasoning faulty as an explanation for the lower social engagement.

Last edited by TruckOSaurus - on 30 October 2020