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curl-6 on 14 July 2021
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yo33331 said:
curl-6 said:

Switch and PS4 both sold well in 2017-2018, DS, Wii, 360, PS3, and PSP all sold well alongside each other in different combinations throughout the 7th gen, GBA sold well alongside PS2, Gameboy sold well alongside NES, SNES, and PS1. As a vastly different product, Switch doesn't directly compete with XS/PS5 so I do not see the rise of these systems as having a significant impact on Switch sales, just as sales of a motorbike wouldn't be affected by the release of a new family car.

Yes, well.. not insane numbers coming from every console, only from one at a time.

Switch making 15M next year is very good number, just not insane.

PS4 and switch in 2017-2018, PS4 was making the best out of it's years, and switch was doing just mediocre numbers compared to now.

DS WII were the consoles that were making the insane numbers, PS3 360 and PSP at that time were making just Okay numbers, not insane, and 360 and PS3 not their strongest. They did their strongest numbers when DS and Wii began to drop. PSP was making mediocre numbers all life.

GBA wasn't doing insane numbers, just okay ones. NES SNES also weren't doing insane. Gameboy was doing OKAY.

This is what I am trying to see. Not that the systems sell bad with other one selling great, just not showing their full potential at the same time.

There is no point in time where the one system was doing insane at it's peak, and the other ones too.

Wii and DS only, and that's because one is purely handheld other one is purely home console. And even the Wii was selling not more like traditional home console for home hardcore gaming but more of a casual system to play mom and dads and grandpa with children.

Your example with the cars and motorbikes is not relevant here because there are hundreds of models and manufacturers of cars and motorbikes, and only 3 manufacturers of consoles releasing 1 console per 6-7 years.

No offense, but calling a PSP sales "mediocre all life" when it sold over 80 million, GBA sales "just okay" when it sold over 80 million, and Gameboy just "okay" when its the third highest selling gaming platform of all time just comes off as you downplaying the numbers when they don't support your theory.

Switch rising as PS4 fell can easily be accounted for by their relative age, not direct competition, same for Switch vs PS5 going forwards.

Last edited by curl-6 - on 14 July 2021