Black Friday Week USA. PS5 #1, Switch 2 #2, Nex Playground #3

[XtremeBG]

Zippy6 said:

PS and Nintendo continue to have little impact on each others sales. The Switch 1 didn't hurt the PS4, the PS5 didn't hurt the Switch 1 and the Switch 2 wont hurt the PS5, vice-versa.

I have said it before, and I will say it again. We can't know exactly what is the impact, and we can't be sure and know how much exactly one is hurting or is not the other. Since to find out we should have a scenario where the one is simply not on the market, and some alternate reality where is. We can't be sure how much the PS4 would sell during 2017, 2018 and 2019, if the Switch 1 wasn't a thing. We also can't be sure how much more the Switch 1 could've sell in those years if PS4 wasn't a thing, or how much more could've sell in 2022, 2023, 2024 if PS5 wasn't a thing. and vice versa. The fact they all do well, and can co exist and do well at the same time, doesn't mean that they don't have impact, or that they wouldn't do better if the other wasn't on the market. And we also can't say how big would this difference be, 500k for the year, or 2M for the year, or 4M for the year. The fact that neither have dropped much doesn't mean it couldn't be even higher from the point it actually was. Doing okay, doesn't mean it couldn't be better. Yes they have differences between, yes one maybe bought more for handheld use (or not), however many of the families and people even in general have tight budget and wants only one system, and when they go to the store they choose only one. So even if they have differences at the end of the day they are all gaming devices. And as such, they are competitors when it comes to people's wallets. And big portion of the people choose only one. Not both. This makes the impact between each other a thing. How big impact ? We can only speculate. Disagree anyone who wants, but I have worked 3 years in a video game store, and I have seen it with my eyes. (and this is not the only source from which I reach to this conclusion).

p.s. @Zippy6 this is not directly to you only, but to everyone. Just picked your post as an example to quote.

Last edited by XtremeBG - on 07 December 2025