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How much will Switch sales be affected?

No affect, might even rise 35 38.89%
 
Might get slightly lower but still sell well 37 41.11%
 
Noticeably lower 10 11.11%
 
Switch Is Doomed 8 8.89%
 
Total:90
DonFerrari on 16 June 2020

No effect due to PS5/XSX, will slow down a little as part of it normal sales curve.



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Slownenberg on 16 June 2020

It means a bit more competition for the Switch, but it won't be a drastic change. Most people who want a Switch aren't suddenly not going to not buy it just because new systems came out. Also we're talking about probably $500 consoles versus Switch at $200/$300. I think it will affect sales a little bit just from the fact that Switch will no longer be the newest thing on the market, but Switch can easily offset any loss of marketing hype by having its first price cut early next year after almost 4 years on the market, and probably a premium version of the Switch next year as well. Switch won't suddenly stop having monster sales just because new systems come out.



kirby007 on 16 June 2020

good question, obviously the moment both launch will be the moment the cliff approaches



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MasonADC on 16 June 2020

It won’t be at all. I really hope when the switch has a natural decline next year, people don’t claim that it is due to increase competition from next gen.



PortisheadBiscuit on 16 June 2020

Why are people still clamoring for Switch to fail?



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DonFerrari on 16 June 2020
Mar1217 said:
Actually, I think the Switch is such an enticing product and good at selling itself that it will hamper the other two launch sales ....


Or maybe not 👻

Won't happen, Switch didn't really affect PS4 and X1 sales, it also won't affect PS5 and XSX. And sure enough PS5 and XSX shall not affect Switch sales. There will be a drop but due to age and sales curve.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

BlackBeauty on 16 June 2020
starcraft said:
I suspect there will be some impact. They're not totally different products in the sense that they compete for a similar segment of a household's budget.

Lately Switch sales have benefited from a drop off in PS4/X1 sales, which in turn has occurred in part due to the imminent release of the next gen machines.

Why didn’t the Wii U benefited from the “drop off” of PS3 and Xbox?

I think the switch sales benefited from Animal Crossing releasing.



starcraft on 17 June 2020
BlackBeauty said:
starcraft said:
I suspect there will be some impact. They're not totally different products in the sense that they compete for a similar segment of a household's budget.

Lately Switch sales have benefited from a drop off in PS4/X1 sales, which in turn has occurred in part due to the imminent release of the next gen machines.

Why didn’t the Wii U benefited from the “drop off” of PS3 and Xbox?

I think the switch sales benefited from Animal Crossing releasing.

Because the Wii U was the Wii U... The console has to have some reasonable appeal to be viewed as a substitute for other forms of entertainment.

But I agree that Animal Crossing played in to the increase as well. So did the pandemic.



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Jranation on 17 June 2020

Switch has the monopoly in handheld sector. Its only time when people are getting bored of mobile games and will move to the other handheld device.



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Jranation on 17 June 2020
Barkley said:
Switch sales will be noticeably lower next year. But that has little to do with the launch of the ps5/xsx.

yep. Unless another pandemic happens in 2021. 



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