Switch 2 Sales Predictions: Next PS2 or Wii U Disaster?

[XtremeBG]

curl-6 said:

You could also say though that "Switch started outpacing PS4 every month since Animal Crossing released" which was also March 2020. The release of one of the biggest games of the generation can't be discounted as a major factor.

We aren't discussing the factors of why Switch started outpacing the PS4 but from which point exactly started to do so. And the pandemic was the first one. The Animal crossing was after that, and other reasons after that. But only the first reason is important here, since we are talking from a point in time. I haven't go on to list all the reasons, only since when. Also I didn't chose the pandemic to use, @killer7 did. So I answered to him with the same date point. And by coincidence it also happens to be the exact point from which Switch skyrocketed and begun outselling PS4 every month (if we are looking launch and holiday aligned, if it's not aligned, then of course Switch started outselling it 2019, but he said launch aligned in his post, that's why I intervene). So why choosing other, when he already chose one ? (also it's a lot more easier to just thought of the pandemic, than it is to go and check the exact release date of the game). So all the extra information was not needed. I haven't doubted the reasons, or what helped and what didn't, or why.

killer7 said:

Yes, sure Covid helped but remember: The Switch was sucessfull even before Covid. The thesis that the so called "Lockdowns" helped the Switch is a myth. At least in Austria there where basically no lockdowns.

So no! Lockdowns where not the reason Switch did so well, otherwise Xbox one and especially PS4 should have been on the rise (PS5 and Series where not out when it started) but they where on the downfall. PS4 was even discontinued when the pandemic ended in march 2022! Xbox one stopped being produced even as early as the end of 2020.

It was successful, but it wasn't outpacing the PS4 constantly. That was my only point. Not if it is the reason, or if it helped others. Also about the XB1 and PS4, the pandemic helped them as well. If you don't know they were starting the year worse than 2019, but once the pandemic hit, they both got boosted for a few months and at one point were even up year on year or flat, I remember that. However that resulted in weaker than what otherwise would've been second half of the year. So the pandemic helped all the consoles in the first half of 2020. It helped PS4 and XB1, and it helped the Switch as well.

Last edited by XtremeBG - on 01 February 2025