VGChartz Sales Comparison Charts March 2022 Discussion Thread

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curl-6 said:

PS5 and Switch forming the same double helix pattern and Switch and PS4 followed for the first three years or so, based on their different release times relative to the holiday period.
Will be interesting to see whether Switch breaks away in year 4 as did versus the PS4, or whether improved supply allows PS5 to better keep pace.

This is not like the PS4/Switch double helix pattern.  They traded first place depending on which system had the most recent holiday period.  In this graph the PS5 had the most recent holiday, and it's losing to the Switch.  This was also the Switch's weakest selling period in relative terms.  There was a huge lull in major software releases between Super Mario Odyssey in Oct 2017 and Super Mario Party in Oct 2018.  Switch had basically a full year without major software releases.  Once Switch gets to holiday 2018 it's sales become strong again though.

Basically, PS5 is not going to catch up to Switch again.  It's getting outsold during Switch's weakest software period.