potato_hamster said:
This argument is so dumb. Like it or not, the Switch is competing directly with the PS4 and Xbox One for sales. There will be millions of prospective buyers that will likely be choosing between a PS4 (or Xbox One) and a Switch. Do you think when they go to Best Buy and see the PS4 demo booth right next to the Switch demo booth, and notice the games on the PS4 look much, much better, they're really going to care that the PS4 is three years old? Do you think when they go to the games section and see Skyrim for the switch selling for $60, and 1-2 Switch selling for $50, and then look through the PS4 game section, and the Skyrim special edition for PS4 is in the discount bin for $20, along with a dozen other games like Tomb Raider, or the Uncharted collection for $20 or less, they're going to be excited about those prospects? DDo you think when they are making their choice, do they think to themselves "Well the PS4 is a much better deal now, but it would be a worse deal if I bought it three years ago, so even though the Switch will cost me hundreds of dollars more right now, it's just as good of a deal!". |
If you really think the same people that are going to buy the ps4/xbox one are trying to determine between one of those and the Switch, there is no point continuing this discussion, because I refuse to agree with that. The Wii U clearly appealed to different types of gamers. And the Wii was a 2nd console to the ps3/xbox360, as is indicative by how well all three console sold (most people double dipped in the market that cycle, hence why the numbers are overall so much worse "looking" now for video games, because people haven't been double dipping as much due to the Wii U failing to attract people and due to it confusing people so much).
The people that are going to buy Nintendo devices aren't going to be lured away to another device because its games look slightly better. And don't even say "its not slightly". You can say all the nonsense you want about how the graphics blow away Nintendo graphics, but the reality is the MAJORITY of people are increasingly able to tell less and less apart from graphical cycles. I garuntee you, more people were shocked by the move from Gtx 200 to gtx 300 than people were from gtx 900 to gtx 1000 series. Graphical jumps now days just don't stand out that much unless you are a technically obsessed person who watches digital foundry all day and pays attention to fps. My brother in law is about as pc overlord as you can get and he ALWAYS makes comments about tears or framerate drops or whatever, and these are things I never naturally see. He has to point them out to me. Most people are probably even less observant than I am (especially parents, who probably favor the happier more cartoony games for their kids anyway) and I freaking out a gtx 980 ti lol. The point is, in no way will Nintendo's hardware sales be impacted simply because the piss4 pro or the xbone look a little shinier standing next to them. As long as Nintendo has the software that people have come to know and love longer than the other two companies have been in gaming, they will continue to sell to their core market.
