people taking shots at me will be easily banned, and if i lose, shots will be taking at me more freely which they already are, lol.

Can you give more details about the bet?

@Bolded. Uh, yeah, I can, because that's the time frame that makes the most sense. The only other alternative would be to compare the Switch's 2017 to the PS4's 2013, and while those were both launch years for those systems, we'd be comparing the Switch's 10-month period with the PS4's launch holiday. Not exactly an apples-to-apples comparison. That's why comparing the Switch's 2017 with the PS4's 2014 makes more sense. While the Switch did launch in March, it sold about as much that month as one might expect for the whole of Q1 for a system with its level of sales. The Switch sold 910k that month, whereas the PS4 has ranged from 874k to 1007k for Q1 sales. That effectively levels out. That leaves us with both system's first full Q2+Q3 period, and their first full post-launch Q4. It's as close to an apples-to-apples comparison we can get.

And if you want to bring up pricing, well, that pretty much invalidates most comparisons between any two systems, because we haven't had two systems in one generation launch at the exact same price since the PS2 & OXbox.

"First 12 months"? No. That still goes to the PS4 this gen. Even without a full post-launch holiday period (which would represent months 13 & 14), the PS4 still outpaced the 3DS launch-aligned. Even if we compare the 3DS's 2011 with the PS4's 2014, which is a more apt comparison for the same reasons I explained to Lawlight above re: the Switch vs. the PS4, the 3DS still loses. The 3DS had a lackluster launch month, and its baseline sales weren't all that great either until it got a price drop. I personally don't like doing straight launch-aligned comparisons of systems that were holiday launches with systems that launched in the first half of the year, but if you insist, then the PS4 still wins regardless.

Also, the Switch sold better last year than the 3DS did in 2011, as well, at least for the year as a whole. Here's a comparison of the Switch's 2017 with the 3DS's 2011, with the PS4's 2014 thrown in for good measure:

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Nopes. You say it makes the most sense because that’s the best we have. It still doesn’t mean that they’re comparable. If the PS4 launched in March 2014, 2014 sales would have been much higher than it actually was. Even your graph shows that the Switch had 2 peaks last year.

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.

You mean... Jan 2014? And... what does a specific month has to do with what I said? I said the first year (12 months) were the worst for PS4. It just got better and better sales over time, which is usually the trend for a console. Doesn't make a difference if it sold more or less in one month, which it even didn't btw, when we're talking about a year.

What are you talking about worst? The first 12 months for the PS4 were pretty good in the US. I would be impressed if Switch pulls off a month like Destiny month. (540k in 5 weeks) And it has been pretty steady and close otherwise.

First 12 months PS4: 4.8m

2nd 12 months: 4.5m

3rd 12 months: 5.53m

4th 12 months:  5.36m* more estimated

I mean... worst worldwise. Sorry, I should have clarified that. Anyway, even in US first and second years were almost tied and then it went up. That's the normal. and that was my whole point (that PS4 being 3 or 4 years old is actually good for it, not bad, like Celador suggested in my quote).

It was mentioned on their notes on venturebeat.