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Shiken on 14 April 2019
Amnesia said:

People seem satisfied that the Switch is back to first...Against a console which is in its 6th year and already 100 millions almost.
I call this a failure that the Switch was not 1st every weeks since SSBU is out. It is however an astonishing success for SONY that still in 2019, there was not a single week under 200.000.

By that logic, the PS4 is a failure for not even coming close to what the PS2 did.  I find it funny that for every person who gets overly excited for Switch, there is another person who trys to downplay.

I have said it once, I will say it again for those who still don't get it.  Both are doing great, get over it.



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PwerlvlAmy on 14 April 2019

closer week for Switch in EU, usually its a double digit lead for Sony,interesting. Switch holds NA/Japan still by a decent margin this week. Nintendo and Sony still killin it



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TheBlackNaruto on 15 April 2019
Shiken said:
Amnesia said:

People seem satisfied that the Switch is back to first...Against a console which is in its 6th year and already 100 millions almost.
I call this a failure that the Switch was not 1st every weeks since SSBU is out. It is however an astonishing success for SONY that still in 2019, there was not a single week under 200.000.

By that logic, the PS4 is a failure for not even coming close to what the PS2 did.  I find it funny that for every person who gets overly excited for Switch, there is another person who trys to downplay.

I have said it once, I will say it again for those who still don't get it.  Both are doing great, get over it.

While I agree that both are doing well....how does his logic in why he feels the Switch not being #1 is a failure equate to tehe PS4 eing a failure for not matching PS2 sales.....like those are 2 opposite ends of the spectrum in my opinion lol. Again I agree with you that both are doing great but your "By that logic" comment I just didn't get lol.

PwerlvlAmy said:
closer week for Switch in EU, usually its a double digit lead for Sony,interesting. Switch holds NA/Japan still by a decent margin this week. Nintendo and Sony still killin it

Yes they are both on top of their game and doing very well indeed!

I am just wondering if the numbers change are more so do to Yoshi or the PS4 sale ending.



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aris4me on 15 April 2019

Switch goes very well and this is a fact :)



PwerlvlAmy on 15 April 2019
TheBlackNaruto said:
Shiken said:

By that logic, the PS4 is a failure for not even coming close to what the PS2 did.  I find it funny that for every person who gets overly excited for Switch, there is another person who trys to downplay.

I have said it once, I will say it again for those who still don't get it.  Both are doing great, get over it.

While I agree that both are doing well....how does his logic in why he feels the Switch not being #1 is a failure equate to tehe PS4 eing a failure for not matching PS2 sales.....like those are 2 opposite ends of the spectrum in my opinion lol. Again I agree with you that both are doing great but your "By that logic" comment I just didn't get lol.

PwerlvlAmy said:
closer week for Switch in EU, usually its a double digit lead for Sony,interesting. Switch holds NA/Japan still by a decent margin this week. Nintendo and Sony still killin it

Yes they are both on top of their game and doing very well indeed!

I am just wondering if the numbers change are more so do to Yoshi or the PS4 sale ending.

If I had to guess, I'd say the PS4 sale. Yosh is good, but I'm not too confident in saying its a sales booster. More of a complimentary title to me



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Jumpin on 16 April 2019

Switch, once again, leaves its giant boot in the PS4’s ass =)



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Alby_da_Wolf on 16 April 2019

NS first again.
In the last few weeks NS has been starting from a baseline of ~230k kept quite stably with some spikes up to above 250K and even 270k, while PS5 has been hopping up and down between ~200k and ~230k.
Both always between very good and excellent anyway, with any other console left behind by a wide gap.
XBOne decent as absolute sales in a slow period and considering the competitor it must face.
3DS decent too, considering its age.
OTOH, sadly, teh undead portable is actually finally dying.



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DonFerrari on 16 April 2019

3 months in and we are still close between PS4 and Switch. The lead of switch may increase.



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TheBlackNaruto on 16 April 2019
PwerlvlAmy said:
TheBlackNaruto said:

Yes they are both on top of their game and doing very well indeed!

I am just wondering if the numbers change are more so do to Yoshi or the PS4 sale ending.

If I had to guess, I'd say the PS4 sale. Yosh is good, but I'm not too confident in saying its a sales booster. More of a complimentary title to me

Yeah I can definitely agree with that.



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curl-6 on 17 April 2019

Has there ever been a time in gaming history where two titans as powerful as PS4 and Switch have gone head-to-head like this?

It seems in every other instance where a system was this successful (PS1, PS2, Wii, PS4 before Switch) it left the competition in the dust and there was simply no contest.