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123Lucas said:
Read my words: Switch is going to outsell PS4 in Japan.

That's no big whopper. We discuss already if it happens this year or next year.



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peachbuggy said:
Slownenberg said:

Yeah exactly. Switch will easily pass ps4 before ps3. Switch will probably pass ps4 at around 9 million and ps3 is up at ~10.5 million. Switch will probably pass PS4 next summer and then with the holiday boost it'll probably pass PS3 December 2019. I think PS4 will pass PS3 but it'll probably be end of 2020 at which point PS5 will be out.

I think the Switch has a shot of catching it at the end of Q4 '18.

no way. ps4 has a 2 million sale lead. Switch is not gonna sell 2 mil + whatever PS4 sells rest of the year.



Slownenberg said:
peachbuggy said:

I think the Switch has a shot of catching it at the end of Q4 '18.

no way. ps4 has a 2 million sale lead. Switch is not gonna sell 2 mil + whatever PS4 sells rest of the year.

I haven't done the maths but i expect a few holiday weeks this year at 400k+ on or around Pokemon and Smash releases. Also a larger baseline post-Smash until at least the end of Q4.



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peachbuggy said:
Slownenberg said:

no way. ps4 has a 2 million sale lead. Switch is not gonna sell 2 mil + whatever PS4 sells rest of the year.

I haven't done the maths but i expect a few holiday weeks this year at 400k+ on or around Pokemon and Smash releases. Also a larger baseline post-Smash until at least the end of Q4.

I expect some big weeks too, I think Switch broke 300k once last holidays and had a few weeks over 200k, would be surprised to see a 400k week on Smash launch and maybe a couple other 300k weeks. But still I don't think any way it beats ps4 this year. I expect it'll still be like 500k away. But we'll see! Will be fun to watch Switch start eating up the gap come November and December!



Slownenberg said:
peachbuggy said:

I haven't done the maths but i expect a few holiday weeks this year at 400k+ on or around Pokemon and Smash releases. Also a larger baseline post-Smash until at least the end of Q4.

I expect some big weeks too, I think Switch broke 300k once last holidays and had a few weeks over 200k, would be surprised to see a 400k week on Smash launch and maybe a couple other 300k weeks. But still I don't think any way it beats ps4 this year. I expect it'll still be like 500k away. But we'll see! Will be fun to watch Switch start eating up the gap come November and December!

That's why i said Q4, which is at the end of March. I think it will catch up most of the 2m in holiday weeks and possibly the rest in Jan/Feb/Mar. Especially if something big is released in that timeframe. Even if it isn't, the baseline could be inflated massively for those months, due to Pokemon and Smash. Yep it's gonna be close and exciting!



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manuelogando40 said:
Kerotan said:
Interesting to see the Wii and 3ds got there first

Intersting to see ps4 just winning psvita. 

If you go back a few years most on here didn't think ps4 would outsell the vita. I'm actually surprised their console beat their handheld because the ps3 sold about half the PSP. 



PAOerfulone said:
Out of the four that are ahead of it, the Switch should have no probl ma passing the Wii and GBA.
3DS is going to be a tougher battle that I am not entirely sure of. I don’t think it’s going to catch the DS.

Reaching Gameboy and DS will be extremly tough, but beating the 3DS for a spot on the podium seems pretty feasible to me. Remember the 3DS was pretty frontloaded, I'm sure next year Switch will start outselling the 3DS in the yearly sales in Japan



Bofferbrauer2 said:
PAOerfulone said:
Out of the four that are ahead of it, the Switch should have no probl ma passing the Wii and GBA.
3DS is going to be a tougher battle that I am not entirely sure of. I don’t think it’s going to catch the DS.

Reaching Gameboy and DS will be extremly tough, but beating the 3DS for a spot on the podium seems pretty feasible to me. Remember the 3DS was pretty frontloaded, I'm sure next year Switch will start outselling the 3DS in the yearly sales in Japan

Oh, I'm not saying it won't beat the 3DS. It has a chance, just not a surefire thing. As of now, I'd say it's 50/50. 



Yeah I think it has a very good chance of beating the 3DS in Japan. Think it'll end up in the high 20 milllions in Japan.



Well yeah, Switch will probably be 20m+ in Japan, at end of this year will be at 7m+, and thats in less than 2 years and still without price cut.