Well, as I said earlier, over a few months usually the earlier release date does not matter much. You can look here though at the games that released on all three platforms at the same time.

Well, the evidence says that sales do only marginally increase with bigger install base. That may differ from title to title, but generally it is true. It is easy to explain: a bigger user-base is also a more diverse user-base. Say a console has FIFA as launch-game, then many FIFA-fans will flock to it. Later on Call of Duty is released, which brings COD-fans to buy the system. Not many of these will buy more FIFA.

But for fun, let's see attach rates - for FIFA 18 as an example (as hardware keeps the same you can guess from above market shares, how it looks in comparison for different games).

PS4: 11,455,017 (copies of FIFA) / 80,613,435 (PS4 units) = 14.2%

XBox One: 2,998,421 / 37,968,073 = 7.8%

Switch: 938,691 / 18,352,209 = 5.1%

Speculation about Bomberman being a launch title. Nearly all titles here have some things to say for some platform in one way or another. So nearly everything here is a late port for Switch, Bomberman pretty much the only late port for PS4 and XB1. And Ys, yes, launch numbers for PS4 are only Japan, as it released later worldwide. The overall sales data in the OP contains also the sales in other regions, but again as it is a late port for Switch, Switch version is bound to close in in the following weeks.

But it must be fine. Nintendo fans hound me because the data is unfair for Switch, PS4 fans give me shit because the data is unfair for PS4. So I must've got it right.

Very interesting thread. Just an idea but could you have an icon for games with staggered launches and another for games with a common launch on all platforms? It would help contextualize the results for each line.

Hmm, it's a thought. I'll see what I can do until the next update.

Switch is the kiddy console confirmed?

Haha yep you know you have succeeded when every fanbase is mad at you

LivingMetal said: Switch is the kiddy console confirmed?

And PS4 the console of angsty teens that need to reconfirm their non-existant maturity by shedding lots of blood in a game.

Mnementh said: LivingMetal said: Switch is the kiddy console confirmed? And PS4 the console of angsty teens that need to reconfirm their non-existant maturity by shedding lots of blood in a game.

I'm playing Hyperdimension Neptunia Rebirth 2 the second time around on the PSTV.  So where does that put me...?

Nintendo-kids

PS4-teens

PSTV-that wierd kid who sits in the corner and picks dead skin off his head in class

As a PSTV/Vita TV owner (basically my only console from the past decade) that describes me to a T. Why is there so much dead skin?