RolStoppable said:
Switch was only ever behind due to the different holiday timings of the two consoles. There's no perfect comparison for two consoles that launched during different times of the year, but I maintain that 12-month-intervalls remains the best way there is, because that gives each console all available months of the year exactly once. This then means that Switch always led with a clear trend of growing its lead. Year 1: ~2m ahead Switch vs. PS5 comparisons will look very similar. The differences will be that the PS5 is a bit more frontloaded than the PS4 and then won't peak as high as the PS4 because Microsoft is putting up more of a fight this time around. |
It´s important to understand this. Sony up the market in this gen, laser focus in AAA cinematographer experience. This has consequences. And if continue losing Japan and partially East Asia is another. Now, in long term, you have Microsoft, because of its defensive strategy, buying key third parties to avoid Sony exclusive deals.
We need to see the software sales ( for PS5) and compare them with PS4 software in the same time frame. But sony doesn´t give for us.
Japan shows an abysmal decrease in software and Europe, in physical media some signs too. But in Europe digital adoption is increasing at a high level.
So all these factors contribute to a more frontloaded console. The other thing we need to know it´s the price cuts strategy.
