chakkra said: Errr... Shouldn't 3DS numbers be up there as well? Or are you really just going to pretend that the Switch is replacing only the Wii U? |
In the home console market, Switch only replaced the Wii U.
Speaking more broadly, a big problem in the gaming community is that many have a hard time to accept that the following statements can all be true at the same time:
1. Switch replaced both the 3DS and Wii U.
2. Switch replaced the Wii U in the home console market. (The home console market is the topic of this thread.)
3. Switch replaced the 3DS in the handheld console market.
4. Switch is not a home console.
5. Switch is in the home console market.
6. Switch is not a handheld console. (Only Switch Lite is.)
7. Switch is in the handheld console market.
Despite this thread being about the home console market, there have already been gen over gen comparisons for all three options:
1. Home console market
2. Handheld console market
3. Console market as a whole
It's all done correctly, because Switch's 14m in the home console market and Switch's 17m in the handheld console market don't add up to 31m in the overall console market. It's somewhat comparable to a survey question where multiple answers are allowed, so the percentages of the given answers don't add up to 100% like in a poll where only a single answer can be given.
Legend11 correctly predicted that GTA IV (360+PS3) would outsell SSBB. I was wrong.
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