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Otter on 29 February 2020
Nu-13 said:
Otter said:
Secondary console confirmed?

Even though I still believe in Nintendo's ability to compete against MS/Sony if they again decided to release a power focused console (their last was the gamecube). I think them co-existing in this form is far healthier for the industry and brings more diversity.

Nice try. If switch is the common deniminator, it is a primary console. This comparison will be even clearer during the 10th gen, since the switch 2 is likely to release only 2 years after the ps5 and xsx instead of 3.

Its the common denominator because the statistics are looking at Switch ownership. There is nothing to be defensive over, this doesn't discredit the sales of the switch of the quality of Nintendo's titles. All it means is Ninetndo doesn't need big third party support. 

71% percentage of Switch owners have another console. Almost half of Switch owners have a PS4. Some will for sure play their switch more than any other console, but we can also see that Switch sales are more concentrated in a handful of titles each year whereas PS4's are more spread and it has a much higher attach ratio.



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curl-6 on 29 February 2020
Nu-13 said:
curl-6 said:

This seems to me a pretty strong indication that Switch coexists rather than directly competes against PS4/Xbone.

No, it just means there is more sales potential for the switch.

71% of US Switch owners having another current console seems like coexistence to me; if it was direct competition there would be far less overlap as most would choose just one or the other.



HollyGamer on 29 February 2020
jason1637 said:
HollyGamer said:
We need PC percentage as well, how many Switch owner has PC, ( I am just saying before someone else said)

I'm sure most Switch uses have a computer. 

That's why we need percentage number 



HollyGamer on 29 February 2020
Jranation said:
HollyGamer said:
We need PC percentage as well, how many Switch owner has PC, ( I am just saying before someone else said)

Why stop there when you can include smartphones as well! The numbers might suprise a lot of people. 

Wel Duh, ofcourse . Why not. 



Pemalite on 29 February 2020
Nu-13 said:
Otter said:
Secondary console confirmed?

Even though I still believe in Nintendo's ability to compete against MS/Sony if they again decided to release a power focused console (their last was the gamecube). I think them co-existing in this form is far healthier for the industry and brings more diversity.

Nice try. If switch is the common deniminator, it is a primary console. This comparison will be even clearer during the 10th gen, since the switch 2 is likely to release only 2 years after the ps5 and xsx instead of 3.

There is zero confirmation that a Switch 2 is happening. Nintendo might not go down that path, Nintendo does what Nintendo does after-all.

It's a primary console if it's the primary device that is being used, it's impossible to tell if that is the case from these statistics.



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Cobretti2 on 29 February 2020

well makes sense. PS4 ONE come out before the switch.

Had to have something during the dark days of Wii U



 

 

JWeinCom on 29 February 2020
Otter said:
Secondary console confirmed?

Even though I still believe in Nintendo's ability to compete against MS/Sony if they again decided to release a power focused console (their last was the gamecube). I think them co-existing in this form is far healthier for the industry and brings more diversity.

How is that confirmed by this data?  I have a PS4 but Switch is definitely my primary console.

If you wanted to find out which is the primary console, I suppose you'd have to find out the attach rate for each console with multi-system owners to even get a start.



Nu-13 on 29 February 2020
curl-6 said:
Nu-13 said:

No, it just means there is more sales potential for the switch.

71% of US Switch owners having another current console seems like coexistence to me; if it was direct competition there would be far less overlap as most would choose just one or the other.

No, it seems like many who purchased a ps4 or x1 early on decided to buy the switch after many years. Next time, with system releases being closer and much less hardware acumulated between ps5 and xsx by the time switch 2 is out, the numbers will be way more telling of this competitve scenario.



curl-6 on 29 February 2020
Nu-13 said:
curl-6 said:

71% of US Switch owners having another current console seems like coexistence to me; if it was direct competition there would be far less overlap as most would choose just one or the other.

No, it seems like many who purchased a ps4 or x1 early on decided to buy the switch after many years. Next time, with system releases being closer and much less hardware acumulated between ps5 and xsx by the time switch 2 is out, the numbers will be way more telling of this competitve scenario.

Switch and PS4/Xbone have sold alongside each other for the past three years, almost as long as those two were out before Switch arrived. An overlap this big won't be just people who bought a PS4/Xbone before the Switch came out.



Nu-13 on 29 February 2020
Pemalite said:
Nu-13 said:

Nice try. If switch is the common deniminator, it is a primary console. This comparison will be even clearer during the 10th gen, since the switch 2 is likely to release only 2 years after the ps5 and xsx instead of 3.

There is zero confirmation that a Switch 2 is happening. Nintendo might not go down that path, Nintendo does what Nintendo does after-all.

It's a primary console if it's the primary device that is being used, it's impossible to tell if that is the case from these statistics.

Just like there was zero confirmation of a ps5 happening before sony announced it.

It's a primary console for being the common denominator. As most would prefer a switch and maybe one of the others. Just like gen 7, where most got the wii and maybe a ps3 OR x360, but precious few chose both a ps3 and x360. Once again, this will be better visualized during the 10th gen, since all 3 of switch 2, ps5 and xsx will belong to the same gen.