Being under 1 year old is not a help.  Consoles peak at year 2, 3, or 4, not 1 typically.  

And no one is saying DBFZ and MHW are massive system sellers.  But they were the biggest sellers of the month and they were more than the Switch had pushing systems.  That is, nothing.

That doesn't matter in the slightest. That's a normal price for a home console. $300 for a handheld however is very expensive and the Switch is currently competing against a cheaper PS4 and Xbox One. And it's still kicking ass despite all this. 

PS4 had it very easy actually. Its main competition was a weaker home console that was $100 more expensive and the Wii U.

But you have to admit that the PS4 in its 4th year to be selling at 299 and selling pretty well is impressive... no?

But thats the thing isn't it? It doesn't matter if they were the biggest sellers of the month if they aren't system sellers. They have just sold really well to an already existing install base. 

And this talk about being under one year or it peaking here or there.... the way i see sales is that sales are sales until it isn't. 

My point is, I strongly doubt there was anyone saying the PS4 would win the month because of this or that game; hell I think more than 99% of this site probably all felt the NS would win. So the only people that seem to be surprised about it are seemingly basing it off something that no one really actually thought would be a factor with regards to driving sales.

Which makes very little sense to me. The NS won, thats great. Its not somehow better because MHW released in the same month.

First, I guess this is the beauty of the switch. When its convenient its a handheld or a home console or a hybrid. Literally.

Cheaper PS4 and XB1. Nice observation...... 25M and 22M respective install bases and 4+yrs old each vs under 1Yr old 5M strong console. Yeah, none of that matters at all.

PS4 had it easy? Its main competition also shared more than 90% of its game library and for the most part had feature and function parity. There is a reason they are called HD twins you know? Heres a question...... do you think sales of the NS would be as it is now if it were a dedicated home console? Think about that one.

It is, never said it wasn't. But that doesn't mean the Switch isn't also doing something very impressive.  Those two facts aren't mutually exclusive. 

Assumption: Switch sold exactly 300k units at an average selling price (ASP) of $300. Switch hardware revenue is $90m.
Modifier: Switch and PS4 hardware revenue was identical. The public NPD release says the consoles were within 3%.

If ASP of the PS4 was $320: 281k units.
ASP of $330: 273k.
ASP of $340: 265k.
ASP of $350: 257k.

A PS4 SKU split of 70% Slim at $300, 20% Pro at $400 and 10% MHW bundle at $450 results in an ASP of $335.

The Switch is doing amazing. Never said or hinted it wasn't. 

Hybrid consoles are superior to traditional home consoles, so obviously it sells more. 

If they share 90% of their library and one console is $100 more expensive and the games run worse to boot... Yeah, that's what they call easy competition. No console in the history of gaming had easier competition than the PS4.

Assumption: Switch sold exactly 300k units at an average selling price (ASP) of $300. Switch hardware revenue is $90m.
Modifier: Switch and PS4 hardware revenue was identical. The public NPD release says the consoles were within 3%.

If ASP of the PS4 was $320: 281k units.
ASP of $330: 273k.
ASP of $340: 265k.
ASP of $350: 257k.

A PS4 SKU split of 70% Slim at $300, 20% Pro at $400 and 10% MHW bundle at $450 results in an ASP of $335.

Many of the people who thought PS4 would win used MHW & DBZ as reasons.