VGChartz Sales Comparison Charts December 2021 Discussion Thread

[Mnementh]

The_Liquid_Laser said:

Mnementh said:

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.

To me this looks like the equivalent of owning a SNES and PS1.  Such gamers don't really own more than one console.  They own a system from a competing company in a different generation.  Switch is not really in the same generation as XB1 and PS4.  Instead, they switched over from XBox and Playstation to Nintendo.  What I am more curious about is if they are willing to switch back.  How many Switch owners have a XBS or PS5?

Not many at this point, as PS5 and XBS are pretty fresh. More interesting would be how many of the PS5 and XBS owners also own already a Switch.