VGChartz Sales Comparison Charts December 2021 Discussion Thread

[Mnementh]

The_Liquid_Laser said:

Mnementh said:

Well, I obviously don't think that Switch and PS+Xbox aren't competing at all. There will always be some overlap in the customer base. But Nintendo has less and less overlap with the other two. The Switch base recruits of former players who haven't played for a while, of handheld gamers (DS/3DS, but also importantly Vita players), former Nintendo customers, including form the Wii era and new players. Sure, some convert from PS and Xbox, but most of them are more likely multi-console owwners, so that the success of the Switch barely makes a dent in the PS and Xbox userbase. This was visible with the launch of the Switch - it didn't lead to a collapse of the PS4. PS5 launch also seems mostly unchanged to prior gens. In Japan the demise of Playstation is based on Sonys decisions, Nintendo hasn't a lot to do with it. But here we can see the only Playstation console Switch actually siphons users in bigger amounts: Vita.

If multi-console owners in the future decide they don't need PS or Xbox anymore that may change. But currently Switch isn't eating much into the market of the other two.

Are there stats showing what percentage of gamers own one system vs. multiple systems?  Or is there an assumption that no one owns one system and everyone owns multiple systems?  The best statistic would be "X percentage of Switch owners also have a PS5 or XBS."

Well: "Nintendo Switch owners are the most likely of all to also have another one of the big three. 60% of Switch players also have a PlayStation 4, and 51% have an Xbox One. Either Switch owners don't care about the console wars, or they're all minted."

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/12/switch_owners_most_likely_to_own_a_rival_console_2020_study_shows

This is for UK console ownership, sourced by this infographic, which itself sources to Ampere Analysis. Although it is only UK and that may differ in other countries, this gives a good insight, that a big portion of Switch players has another console.