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curl-6 on 11 August 2021
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yo33331 said:
curl-6 said:

You miss the point though; in summer 2018 nobody was gloating about PS4 being doomed when it was selling near 200k, so you acting like Switch is doomed when its selling closer to 300k is jumping the gun and betrays your bias. Acting like 284k in summer (with a new model announced and no big games recently) is a sign of a system nearing collapse is absurd.

Because normally Nintendo consoles do fall of a cliffs .. and big, see wii see ds, see other nintendo consoles. As I already said their consoles peak periods are the strongest however after that most of them fell hard. PS consoles are not doing so strong peaks however are not often dropping so hard. PS4 and PS3 did yes. But first they did in their later years, when the successor was on it's way (nintendo consoles often fall after their peak periods and not like sony consoles when the successor is coming out soon) , and secondly they did so because Sony choose to not price cut them. The same Nintendo I think will decide for the switch.

But yes, no one was talking for PS4 will go down from 200k because it's normal for Sony consoles to sell many many years at steady pace, even their peak period is a few millions above their normal sales levels, and not so trough the roof as nintendo consoles are.

As I said Nintendo consoles normally do sprint, and PS consoles do marathon. Nintendo consoles start 1-2 years at good level, then 3-4 year peak period and then go downhill like a rock. PS consoles go steady steady, a little peak in years 4-5-6 and then steady decline.. normally. But with PS4 and PS3 Sony didn't give a chance for those consoles and the price told it's word .. 

The Switch isn't bound to follow the patterns of past Nintendo consoles though, as it's unlike any of them in its hybrid nature. It already has shown a later peak than most of their prior systems, and none of the circumstances that led to Wii's collapse are happening now with the Switch.

Last edited by curl-6 - on 11 August 2021