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Anyway it's been another excellent year of trench warfare. However it's Christmas so for one day we will all come together and put our differences aside. Happy Christmas. 

 



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Kerotan said:
Alkibiádēs said:

It's not steamrolling anything in North America, despite a $50 discount + free game.

Well you conveniently consider price atm but you leave it out when comparing switch vs ps4 launch aligned. Switch launched $100 cheaper and with a portable function which gives it a huge advantage on paper. Yet ps4 still beats it.

 

Anyway I'm gone off on a tangent. Last numbers we have for America in November the ps4 steam rolled the switch. The Switch is still doing respectable numbers its just not on PlayStations level. And WW it's a bloodbath. 

Here we goooooo again. You have some of the weakest arguments ive ever seen on a forum.

Kerotan said:

Anyway it's been another excellent year of trench warfare. However it's Christmas so for one day we will all come together and put our differences aside. Happy Christmas. 

 

Ironic post with what you posted just a few min before



Kerotan said:
Alkibiádēs said:

It's not steamrolling anything in North America, despite a $50 discount + free game.

Well you conveniently consider price atm but you leave it out when comparing switch vs ps4 launch aligned. Switch launched $100 cheaper and with a portable function which gives it a huge advantage on paper. Yet ps4 still beats it.

 

Anyway I'm gone off on a tangent. Last numbers we have for America in November the ps4 steam rolled the switch. The Switch is still doing respectable numbers its just not on PlayStations level. And WW it's a bloodbath. 

That's not how things work lmao. Do you honestly believe a $300 PS4 at launch would have worked for Sony? That would mean they either take huge losess per unit sold or the console would be considerably weaker (thus giving the XBOX One a considerable edge). 

The only reason PS4 won in November is because of a $100-150 price cut. Only then it can compete with the Switch in North America. 

Switch not only had no discounts, but also suffered from shortages for much of the year (and still in Japan). Third parties were also very reluctant to develop games for the Switch, but now the flood gates are open and next year will be better. Playstation could always count on full third party support because they didn't have to prove anything. 

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Kerotan said:
Alkibiádēs said:

It's not steamrolling anything in North America, despite a $50 discount + free game.

Well you conveniently consider price atm but you leave it out when comparing switch vs ps4 launch aligned. Switch launched $100 cheaper and with a portable function which gives it a huge advantage on paper. Yet ps4 still beats it.

 

Anyway I'm gone off on a tangent. Last numbers we have for America in November the ps4 steam rolled the switch. The Switch is still doing respectable numbers its just not on PlayStations level. And WW it's a bloodbath. 

Price doesnt exist in a vacuum, its not as simple as "Switch in 2017 is cheaper than PS4 in 2014 therefore it has an advantage".

PS4 had poor competition in 2014 while Switch has strong competition in 2017.

 

 

I also find it kind of funny how the argument used to be that Switch has so many hidden costs like needing to get a memory card, pro controller, case, screen protector, etc. that made it soooooo overpriced.

But now that its selling on par with PS4 in the same time frame all of a sudden those things arent a factor and it has a major price advantage over PS4.



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You can tell new PS4 and XB1 owners didn't realize you needed to pay to play online the way PS plus and XBL cards went up the charts.



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Considering in other months both switch bundles were in the top 10 on montly ranking and the ps4 was in the 20's and that ended up with Switch barely outseling the PS4 for 20 thousand units more or less, I think, looking on the montly rank where the PS4 is higher than other months, the PS4 will be the best selling product on NA this month.

I'll predict PS4 - Switch - XB1



Benji on resetera says the switch is doing really well in December. That it's most likely not even going to even close. And that November and December look very very different. And ww2 is killing it.



Halo MCC will sell 5+ million copies(including digital)

halo 5 will sell 10 million copies(including digital)

x1 will pass ps4 in USA, and UK.

hudsoniscool said:
Benji on resetera says the switch is doing really well in December. That it's most likely not even going to even close. And that November and December look very very different. And ww2 is killing it.

So its looking more and more likely it Switch will win by a decent margin and it will be a toss up between the PS4 and Xbox One for second third, I take it?



wow ps4 charting so high after 4 years on the market is really impressive.



hudsoniscool said:
Benji on resetera says the switch is doing really well in December. That it's most likely not even going to even close. And that November and December look very very different. And ww2 is killing it.

I'm not sure i would give this guy much credibility after lat month. he had data for last month, even though he said switch would probably come in last, then on his next post he went on to say it could also win november npd, he's not sure. if the guy had real good data, he sure as hell wouldn't be saying that when ps4 beat switch by over 800k.