The Road to 160m+ for Nintendo Switch

[XtremeBG]

Phenomajp13 said:

I'm taking it that way because that's what it looks like. You are straight up cherry picking one time in history and then refuse to do the same for the home console market in that same generation. You are using a fluke generation to prove the Switch has an entire, inflated market to itself. You are doing this to back up you claims of Switch having advantages that other platforms did not have. This is all obviously an attempt to downplay because your PS2 prediction is in trouble. Anyone can cherrypick data to form made up reasons/excuses. This is your attempt to explain why Switch is on the verge of matching MS and Sony combined and you simply know how bad that sounds about the so called market leader (Playstation).

You are exaggerating and being delusional here. I am not cherry picking anything, I am simply giving an example that the handheld market has already been bigger than what it is for the last 7 years. It's simply that. I am not excluding the periods with lower sales, I am saying that because the handheld market has reached greater numbers, it's not mind blowing that now it can reach 170M. For that I need to give example with a case of more sales and not less. It's not comparing Switch vs anything or trying to downplay it or whatsoever. If that was the case I would try to do it much more often and with much more bigger and explaining posts for example. Also this has nothing to do with proving. It's known fact that Switch has the generation for itself. And this fact only helps it. And yes Switch has advantages other consoles don't. PS2 is another console with such advantages. This is not downplaying this is simply stating what the facts are. The sales are sales no matter how they happened, and no one can deny them. There is reasons of course. There are reasons for anything in life. And no I don't attempt anything. And no Switch is not on the verge of matching MS and Sony combined, first of all this example is not with consoles launching and selling at the same time how it should be if we take it to straight battle. Second the generation the example was given by @javi741 was about generation before in a different period and different factors. And third Switch is not on the verge, it's still full 30M+ behind. Switch may very well die before reaching 155M. It all depends on Nintendo now, when they will announce and launch the new system, how will they market it, what price they will choose, and how they will continue to support and market the Switch 1 as well. Also this has nothing to do with PlayStation, and the only place where PS is leader is the traditional home console market. Unless they beat Nintendo on the handheld front too, they are not leaders.

Edit: One more thing, my prediction as of recently if you follow my posts, is adjusted, for the two recent things I talked about 2 posts earlier (the delayed launch of the successor alongside the price things) and in the latest thread with predictions I wrote 155-160M for the Switch, therefore my prediction is no more putting it under PS2, it is putting it right around PS2, and I am no hiding it, and don't have a problem saying it. Update yourself on the matter and look your calendar when you write posts like these, please. PS2 number is in trouble (for me personally) since earlier in the year and I said it few months ago when the report of delaying the Switch 2 got out. Also I don't mind if it passes the PS2 or not, everything is just opinion and predictions. With the new things we learned out this year it's way more likely now that Switch may reach PS2 numbers, compete against them, and even pass them, it all depends from Nintendo. Some of the work is done (like delaying it till next year, and competitors announcing higher than expected prices, and at the same time no price cuts for the current models, which may have result on Nintendo strategy going forward as well.)

Last edited by XtremeBG - on 24 September 2024