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killer7 on 02 February 2025
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XtremeBG said:
killer7 said:

PS4 was considerably down in 2019 from 2018 and that was before Covid. The pandemic only strenghtend that trend. If the Switch benefitted from Covid, why not PS4? I mean the PS4 sold what? Around 5 million in 2020?! No one can tell me that Sony was not able to produce more, Covid or not. Why was Nintendo able to produce 28 million Switch systems at the same time despite it needing more components like the LCD screen? And Nintendo is a way smaller company ghan Sony. Sony wanted to move on quite fast that also shows PS4s discontinuation in march 2022... Xbox one was axed as early as the end of 2020 shortly after the XSX and the XSS launched.

I agree with everything. But what I started discussing was about launch aligned since you wrote it that way. PS4 and XB1 too benefited but they were about to be replaced so they didnt had so much potential for growth in 2020 as the Switch. PS4 sold 8.5M in 2020 and 14M in 2019. Switch started outselling it from 2019 onwards, but if we launch or holiday aligned it then 2020, since in 2019 it was more of a tie until the holidays. If we dont aligned it then the Switch started beating the PS4 from 2019 onwards

Sorry my bad, but still considerably down. Yes in 2020 it started it outselling it launch allinged, but since 2019 Switch was ahead clearly. Covid sure did much for the Switch no doubt, but the Switch was sucessfull long before Covid even started. The strange thing is: Why PS4 and Xbox one/ PS5 and Xbox SeX/SS did not benefit from Covid?

First: PS4: If Nintendo (a much smaller company than Sony) is able to ship/ produce 28 million+ Switch systems, wich require LCD screens as well and are harder to produce than PS4 an already established plattform, why is Sony not able to ship more than 8,5 million PS4s? Yes the console was on its way out but 8,5 million is really low. And the system started to be down YoY in 2019, before Covid.

XboxOne: No further explaination needed!

Xbox Series: Same

PS5: The so called "supply castrained" myth i do not buy. Nobody can tell me that Sony was not able to ship more PS5s than Switch systems in 2021 (the year it started being down YoY- of course on a high level). After its peak in 2023 PS5 started being down YoY in 2024. Sony as a biggrr company than Nintendo should have been able producinge more to begin with.