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Norion on 14 May 2025
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Norion said:

People should stop being quite as over the top optimistic about the Switch 2 now. It having nearly half the votes in the poll is ridiculous, the PS5 is obviously massively favoured due to having an extra 5 months so June onward would've been a better comparison. Sony's initial PS5 shipment forecast for the next fiscal year should be higher though it will have an extra couple months which reduces that difference and I expect Nintendo to have a better shot of beating their forecast than Sony.

RolStoppable said:

This thread has always had the vibes of a BOLD tbone51 prediction, because it didn't only require Switch 2 to become the fastest-selling console ever, but also shatter the previous record by a huge margin.

But I have no idea what Xbox prices you are talking about in relation to tariffs. The USA is the only country worldwide that is stupid, but Xbox prices are seeing increases globally. That has nothing to do with tariffs, just like Sony's recent increase for PS5 prices in many countries outside of the USA had nothing to do with tariffs either.

Daniel Ahmad said it's cause of the tariffs due to them wanting to soften the price increase in the US which does make sense to me since if they just did a gigantic price increase there they would be completely killing the brand in the only major region where it still has some relevancy. Even then the US got a relatively big increase since they can only spread it out so much.

It turned out to be exactly the same so less than expected though not by a lot so the overall picture isn't changed much. It should be at about 5m shipped by the end of June so should have a lead heading into the 2nd half of the year unless there's 5m Switch 2's shipped for launch so with the launch just three weeks away and all the information known the PS5 is a clear favourite. If it was June onward the Switch 2 would also be the clear favourite though not by quite as much.

Last edited by Norion - on 14 May 2025