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Jranation on 09 March 2017
Kerotan said:
Jranation said:

I bet you he will say something like "But Switch is a handheld" 

While I personally categorise it as a handheld,  if we are going to get all nitty and gritty it's a hybrid.  

 

Switch will be the #1 hybrid in March.  

Switch will be the #1 console in March 

PS4 will be the #1 traditional console in March

 

And it will be 3/3 against its rival the xb1.

Thats fine and all. But expect  the title of the next NPD to be "March 2017 NPD Thread! Switch #1" 

 

:) 



Pocky Lover Boy! 

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Kerotan on 09 March 2017
Jranation said:
Kerotan said:

While I personally categorise it as a handheld,  if we are going to get all nitty and gritty it's a hybrid.  

 

Switch will be the #1 hybrid in March.  

Switch will be the #1 console in March 

PS4 will be the #1 traditional console in March

 

And it will be 3/3 against its rival the xb1.

Thats fine and all. But expect  the title of the next NPD to be "March 2017 NPD Thread! Switch #1" 

 

:) 

And why wouldn't it be?  It also doesn't bother me when a console launches and takes the expected #1 spot for overall consoles.  

 

Ps4 will remain #1 WW in total sales for the entire gen and that's what makes me happy. 

 

:)



COKTOE on 09 March 2017
Kerotan said:
RolStoppable said:

"The more power to you" is reserved for you, because you hold the unreasonable point of view here.

You all do because it's neither.  It's a hybrid and thus gets its own category.  Primarily it's a handheld but nintendo gave it the ability to plug into the TV so therefore it's taking on the Wii U + 3DS marketshare.  

 

It ain't a traditional home console and therefore the traditional home console battle remains xb1 vs PS4. 

Can't we all just come together, and agree that outside of March, no matter the classification given to it, the Switch will be mollywhopped by the PS4 on a monthly basis?










LivingMetal on 09 March 2017

Congrats PS4.



tbone51 on 09 March 2017
RolStoppable said:
thismeintiel said:

Probably because it really is.  Unless you guys really think the PSP and Vita were hybrids/home consoles.  If that's the case, more power to you.

"The more power to you" is reserved for you, because you hold the unreasonable point of view here.

I died while reading this xD

 

Rol 4daWin!



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DroidKnight on 09 March 2017

GG.



...to avoid getting banned for inactivity, I may have to resort to comments that are of a lower overall quality and or beneath my moral standards.

Oneeee-Chan!!! on 09 March 2017

What does  MS PR mean ?



COKTOE on 09 March 2017
Oneeee-Chan!!! said:

What does  MS PR mean ?

It's like if somebody does mushrooms and then has to talk to their grandma.



estebxx on 09 March 2017

Expected PS4 to win, next month the Switch will obviously be number one but i still expect the PS4 to pull of some big numbers due to Horizon and maybe Nier Automata(?).



Intrinsic on 09 March 2017
RolStoppable said:
thismeintiel said:

If the criteria to be a hybrid/home console is to have a dock/cradle that just allows you to quickly and easily connect to the TV, then the PSP should count.  If not, then you guys are using some mental gymnastics to make it seem any different.

Though, I may have to take off the Vita, as I'm not 100% sure it's cradle worked that way.

The criteria to not be a handheld is that the device offers proper home console functionality when connected to a TV. Obvious example: Neither the PSP or PSV offer splitscreen multiplayer for their games; Switch does.

For people who gamed on Nintendo home consoles in the past, none of the usual functionality is being lost. Switch is legitimately a hybrid.

I personally still consider it a handheld though. And I could state my reasns but i have learnt that this is always a very touchy subject so I won't.

Home console, hybrid, handheld...... it doesn't relly matter. i am more interested in seeing how it will be performing by this time next year. nintendo's hardware succeeding or failing doesn't make a difference to me being that the majority of games I play aren't even on the platform. At the end of the day I thik thats really all that matters.