A while ago,  the "Current Gen" graph was listed as "Current Platforms." The reason they did that was because of the confusing argument around whether or not the Switch was 8th gen or 9th gen.

The "Last Generation" tab has all the 7th gen consoles. And the "This Generation" tab has the PS4, Xbox One, and SWITCH. And it's been like that ever since the Switch came out in 2017, replacing the Wii U. Even though the Wii U was Nintendo's actual, real 8th generation console. So really, the Wii U, PS4, and Xbox One all should've been removed once the Switch came out, since the Switch is, by traditional definitions, the first 9th generation console. Yet we kept hearing debates about "Is the Switch 8th gen or 9th gen?"

If it's the latter, then in that case the Switch never belonged on that tab alongside the PS4/Xbox One and those two should've been booted to
"Last Generation" with 7th gen being tossed entirely as soon as the Switch came out and the Switch should've been by itself, even though the PS4 and Xbox One were still in the middle of their life cycles with the PS4 in the middle of its peak year.

If it's the former, then the Switch should be booted along with the PS4 and Xbox One now that the PS5 and XSXS are here since the Switch would also be considered old gen.

So which is it?

The archaic and dated conception of generations is exactly that, archaic and dated. 

Because it pokes a hole in your point. Sure this is the first generation where one company made 2 specd skus, but the principle is the same. “Weak” consoles have appeal so long as the price and games are there. 

History has shown us that high end specs matter to people like us, but less so to the majority of people that invest in video games. You missed the news where MS said 40% of new Xbox gamers at launch bought a Series S? 

A few interesting tidbits for each console:

Nintendo Switch:
- The Switch is on track to pass the 3DS' lifetime sales next week.
- It is on track to pass the SNES in Japan next week and become the 8th best selling system of all time over there
- It is also on track to crack 10 million units sold in the "Rest of the World" region, becoming just the 2nd Nintendo system to do it (DS). It's on track to pass the DS (12.43 million) in this region at some point next year, as well as the PS3 (12.53 million). 

PlayStation 4:
- The PS4 is on track to surpass 115 million units lifetime next week. It is inching closer and closer to the Game Boy for 3rd on the all time list and should eventually pass it at some point in either late 2021 or early 2022.
- It is on track to surpass 20 million units sold in the "Rest of the World" region and becoming just the 2nd system ever to do it (PS2).
- It is on track to surpass 48 million units sold in Europe by the end of the year and would only need an additional 2 million from there to become just the 3rd system in history to surpass 50 million units sold in Europe (PS2 and DS).

Xbox One:
- It has a solid chance of surpassing 50 million units lifetime by sometime in the 2nd half of 2021 or 1st half of 2022.

It's obviously not the same. One system hasn't been marketed the same, hasn't seen the same of level of stock, performance is noticeably different and it comparatively offers a weak power to price ratio. It's also competing directly with the Series X.

If anything players seem to want the primary, standard and most widely available system. The one front and centre in advertising since launch- because usually there's no cutbacks it's the same system their friends/family own and their experience isn't limited.

40% is a huge number but this statistic is irrelevant in regards to overall sales. 40% of new Xbox gamers at launch buying Series S != 40% of all new Xbox consoles sold being Series S. Far from it.

I meant "for no good reason", my bad. Either you sacrifice disc player, or you sacrifice power in order to lower your price, not both.

There is almost no appeal to the casuals regarding the Series S:

- can't read old disc-based games

- you can't buy used games

- you can't sell your games once you're done with them

- you'll have to pay full price of any new game which won't be in the gamepass

- you'll have to pay 12 dollars per month to be able to play games if you don't wanna buy them full price, even if your average play time is very low

A pure casual person buys a cheap console and used games (around 4-5 games) and sells it when he/she is done with it. The Series S is the extreme opposite of what a casual would do. It's a huge cash grab

Did you really fall from this pure marketing phrase ?

Let's say you have 19 friends. Including you, you'll be 20 people. 2/3 of your friends bought an Xbox 360 and/or an Xbox One. So that's makes around 13 people who are existing Xbox players. You all buy Xbox Series X, cause you still want to have the full fat experience (or let's say half of you 13 bought a Series S, for that matter).

The remaining 7 people had either a PS4 or a Switch or neither of them. 4 of these friends buy a Series X, and the remaining 3 buy a Series S.

So overall, regarding MS's statement, 3 of 20 people bought a Series S, which is very low. But MS says that 40% of the new comers bought a Series S, which seems huge.

People wanting a latest gen-only default graph in the home page seriously underestimate the usefulness of immediately knowing whether PSV possibly started selling again or not.

Switch has some supply issues right now, not the same level as of Ps5 of course.

Would be selling higher if they had more supply to sell, every Console is selling out with the exception of Series S in EU.