Look, Im not going to start it, nor will I feed this, what will end up being, a flamming argumentation.

But in any case, outside of the whole point of the Switch being a hybrid, I dont think that any company wants to give a competitor a whole country.The same way that Nintendo wishes to sell better on Europe, as well as the PS4 sells there, Im certain that Sony would rather that the PS4 sold better in Japan.Saying that a company is ceding the market to another and vice versa is nonsense.

Its kind of ironic that you told him his post would derail the thread when you are the only person to respond to and argue with that post.

Also he said literally nothing about Nintendo/Sony ceding Europe/Japan so i have no idea why you are using tha against him.

Probably because everyone is tired to hear people saying that Nintendo is only winning because the Switch is a handheld, or Nintendo is losing because it is a home console and Sony dominates that market and all that nonsense.I know I am.For me his post seemed like an excuse for why Nintendop is doing so well in Japan and Sony is not.Might not have been his intention, but thats what it felt like.

Amd for your last post, here is his quote

"The Nintendo handheld dominates Japan once again. Ceding the home console market to Sony while having a handheld that has the option of video output to a TV was the right decision. "

Are you sure that he said nothing about ceding Japan

Seems like you are the only one that took it that way, he even further clarified what he meant which is simply that Nintendo made a wise choice by playing to their strengths.

Yes, i am sure he said nothing about Sony ceding Japan. You should read that post again, he says Nintendo dominates again and they made a smart decision by going with the Switch concept. He says zero things about Sony ceding Japan in that post and his follow up post said they ceded the handheld market, not Japan.

Chances are almost zero. Why would they risk alienating the worldwide fanbase just to appease Japan? It really wouldn't be worth it.

I know Switch is selling well as a hybrid, but PS consumers expect it to run all 3rd party titles so the console ends up needing to be too powerful to fit on that form factor. I could not imagine Sony releasing a PS5 marginally more powerful than a PS4 Pro with MS having a new Xbox that would destroy even the X1X, both at the same price point. Multiplat gamers would jump ship immediately.

I think it's because Sony has most of their market on the 20s and 30s and little appeal to smaller kids. Nintendo seems to have a strong hold on the younger/casual crowd. I see both companies having different a public, so what works for one won't necessarily work for the other.

Still funny to see comments like these.  Sony is getting their ass kicked in Japan hardware wise, have been since forever YET they are still able to take back Dragon Quest after 10 years; have an exclusive, big budget (ironic) Monster Hunter, it still gets all the Final Fantasy games, still has Kingdom Hearts, Personas...pretty all the major (and minor) Japan 3rd party games, they continue to steal exclusives from Nintendo like Resident Evil Revelations BUTTTTT the switch is going to change all that.  Classic.

Then you top it off with the Xbox S nonsense. 

Megiddo's initial post is certainly wrong. Switch is the opposite of Nintendo ceding market to Sony. It's the biggest threat Sony has ever faced.

Consumers don't look at the situation as "I want a home console," they look at it as "I want to play games on my TV." That makes Switch as viable of a choice for gaming on TV as the PS4.