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The Nintendo Switch Could Outsell The PS4 – If Nintendo Could Get Out of Their Own Way For Once

Despite being an excellent hardware, the Switch's potential is not being maximized.

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stuna12448d ago

Yeah right! Now this is what I call getting ahead of yourself . Switch has yet to pass the point of sustained sales for one! Meaning it could still be selling to the true Nintendo supporters only and not the general consumer. Plus even almost 4 years into the PS4's lifecycle it's still selling at an accelerated rate that as of now is selling above what the best selling console the PS2 was selling in the same time period!

People should tackle one obstacle at a time instead of making wild claims that in the end only make them look foolish!

yellowgerbil2448d ago

I think it will sell really well, but no way it will outsell the PS4. Ps4 is guaranteed to pass 100 million, especially once they get down to 199 (which should be sometime in late 2018) The switch is awesome and will sell well but it will sell probably 60 million, maybe 70 if they really get the whole portable market to come over. Which is an amazing Turnaround from 13mil WIIUs and will definitely outsell every Nintendo home console besides the WII.

narsaku2448d ago

How is it getting ahead of itself? In a few months it's sold, what? 5 million units, and the big exclusive hitters of the year haven't even dropped yet?

..Wanna know what the Switch doesn't have in all corners of the globe right now?

...Stock.

Imagine if everyone could have boughten one already, id likely be at 10 million.

When this thing gets a 100 dollar price drop, and has it's Mario and Pokemon RPG, and is in stock everywhere?

...100 mill units sold or better. Especially if they extend the Switch gen's life by adding a mid gen refresh like Sony/M$ did.

Switch IS this generation's must have console.

PapaBop2448d ago

Pretty sure the last console sales figures from June I think had the ps4 outselling the Switch. Granted that's obviously not a fair statistic considering of stock shortages but should at the very least showcase just how much momentum Sony have built with their console.

DialgaMarine2448d ago

The stock argument is BS and anyone who denies it is naive. The units are in fact there; Nintendo is holding out for the holidays. I guarantee the stock on store shelves will magically skyrocket come November, and those will be units that are manufactured. Nintendo wants to generate a sense of high demand, especially in Europe where the device has fallen very heavily in sales.

There's basically one major system seller for the rest of the year for Switch, and it's going to be completely overshadowed by the many third party that will sell extremely well, and push a lot of hardware, on PS4, while not being available at all on Switch. Mario Odyssey is NOT going to push more units than D2, BF2, CoD WW2, ACO, Wolfenstein, NFS, and GTS.

bloodbond2448d ago

I'm really surprised to see you downvoted in this unbiased community

thehitman13982448d ago

Smh at your comment, 😂😂

BLKxSEPTEMBER2448d ago

Lol at the fact you think Nintendo will do a price drop that's comedy gold lol!

Ra3v3r2448d ago (Edited 2448d ago )

@DialgaMarine I can get on board with you with regards to them potentially withholding stock, but the "one major system seller for the rest of the year" is a bit weak though. For those who don't have the Switch yet there are already 2 system sellers in Zelda and Mario Kart that will still be available once there's stock (we don't just pretend they don't count cos they're old), Splatoon 2 seems extremely popular and we have Mario on the way. If we get to November and stock levels improve dramatically these four alone will push stock levels to breaking point again and we'll likely have another Wii situation. The longer people wait, the more quality titles become available, thus perpetuating the cycle.

Oh and it won't sell as many on the Switch but we have FIFA 18 coming, another system seller. I know for me, a portable FIFA is more important than the Journey 2 so I'll be going with the Switch version over Xbox or PS4 as I also don't play a lot of online.

MegaMohsi2448d ago

@narsaku you crack me up, definition of pure fanboy arguments, hahaha.

The 10th Rider2448d ago

@DialgaMarine,

So according to your theory Nintendo is holding stock over for the holidays. They spent an enormous amount to ship units by air to get them out faster AND on top of that you believe they're paying for storage to hold units until the holidays when they'd have absolutely no problem whatsoever selling those units right now?

Gotta love armchair businessmen.

Thatguy-3102448d ago

PS4 sold wayyyy more than 5 million in 3 months. You assume EVERYONE enjoys all of Nintendo IP's. Those IP's caters to it's fanbase which can only take them so far. In no way will it pass PS4 without huge third party games like COD, Destiny, battlefront etc.

JackBNimble2447d ago

Don't worry narsaku, the switch is in the 9th gen all by itself right now. So by the time the ps5 And the next Xbox come out the switch will have been in the 9th gen alone for 3 Or 4 years .

I can't wait to hear you Nintendo fanboys bragging about sales then. 😆

Chevalier2447d ago

" When this thing gets a 100 dollar price drop, and has it's Mario and Pokemon RPG, and is in stock everywhere? "

Grand Theft Auto, Destiny, COD, Fifa, Star Wars Battlefront, Red Dead Redemption all move as many if not more units so yeah lets not all count our chickens before they hatch.

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NoSuchSol2448d ago

I agree that it's a little early to tell how well it's going to sell based on the competition, but I would say that the Switch is reaching out to the non-Nintendo supporters. I haven't been a Nintendo guy since SNES (owned a DS and 3DS though) but I did buy a Switch. I'm hoping that they're able to flesh out the library with some quality games. Zelda and Mario Kart 8 aren't enough.... (then again, my PS4 backlog is huge and Forza is coming out so I'm not sure I'll be devoting enough time anyways).

Much better than the Wii U

deafdani2447d ago

Get Splatoon 2. It's fantastic.

corroios2448d ago

There are some gaming sites that should be closed down and gaming bolt must be made by 14 or 15 year olds, because they have huge problems with math.

Just go read the numbers of last month....

Relientk772448d ago

Yeah that I seriously doubt. It will outsell Wii U and Xbox One, no problem though

OtakuDJK1NG-Rory2448d ago

Nah they need more stock a lot more stock.
The stock issue is the reason the PS4 took June and July.

I will say this.
Switch will outsell the PS4 in Japan
Won't beat it at all in EU or UK
The US is can only happen if they can deliver x4 the amount of stock

GamingCentaur2448d ago

I agree. Japan has a preference for Nintendo. Switch has a bright future over there.

moegooner882448d ago

Dragon Quest latest sales actually show that Japan loves both. So defo no preference for Nintendo.

REDDURT2448d ago (Edited 2448d ago )

Not with monster Hunter back on the ps4

OtakuDJK1NG-Rory2448d ago

Okay.....well Switch is getting Pokemon. That alone will push the Switch to 5 million in Japan by Holiday next year.

EddieNX 2448d ago

Switch will get Monster hunter games, exclusive ones as well, mark my words.

GamingCentaur2448d ago

Nope. Lack of 3rd party support severely limits its potential audience.

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Strike gold with Richman 11 on Xbox, PlayStation and PC

Richman 11 is the latest edition of the Richman series to land on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation and PC

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Scheming Through The Zombie Apocalypse Ep2: Caged releases on PC and console

Scheming Through The Zombie Apocalypse Ep2: Caged is the follow-up to 2019's Scheming Through The Zombie Apocalypse: The Beginning.

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LittleBigPlanet 3 Servers Are Officially Shut Down 'Indefinitely,' Sony Confirms

Sony has confirmed that LittleBigPlanet 3 servers on PlayStation 4 will remain offline “indefinitely” following troubles with the service from earlier this year.

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rlow16h ago

Sad day, hopefully they’ll allow a third party server solution. Goes to show game preservation is an uphill battle.

Fieyy6h ago

First the Helldivers launch and then this

Sony still can’t run online services/games.

-Foxtrot5h ago

Do you not get tired creating duplicate accounts...

It's super sad at this point

Knightofelemia3h ago

Last time I remember Helldivers is doing great with players both PC and Playstation.

Fieyy3h ago

And how was it at launch? A disaster for weeks.

arkard1h ago

How was that Sonys fault?

Fieyy1h ago(Edited 1h ago)

Is Sony not the publisher?

jjb19811h ago(Edited 1h ago)

It's crazy that you keep making accounts just to be a troll. You went through the trouble of making it just to try to stir the fanboy pot. 🤡 activities.

Fieyy1h ago

Still got your attention though huh ;)

just_looken1h ago

What needs to be highlighted by this is that the series has had 4 main games then that go kart spin off yet sony let them all die.

There is 0 games like this on ps5 and to my knowledge 0 first party main kids games no tech demo crap

Sony purchased Media Molecule studio the ip then tossed it away letting it rot for over 7 years yet the community carried on until now were we have lost 16 years on all games of content along with no replacement.

Everyone goes on about ea killing studios but sony has killed way way more but its fine its sony they can do no wrong.

Before the sony blidboys track me down again go fire up your holy boxes all the dlc they tossed out all the trophies and all the user content needs a server side handshake that no longer works. Yes offline single player version 1.0 works but that is it.

Media Molecule was not cut i know but they only made LBP and dreams it was reported they just missed the chopping block
https://gamerant.com/little...

Do not forget the dreams game was tossed out 2020 but 3 years later support was pulled
https://www.digitaltrends.c...

All in all this is another failure at sony on a long long list in the past 10 years

Inverno25m ago

It's kind of hard to disagree when SONY has a history of abandoning many of their IPs. They killed Mod Nation and turnt it into LBP Karting because of brand recognition but left it to die too. They made their own Smash Bros only to rush the studio, and turn the game into an advert for recent release at the time and still let it die. They shut down PS Home for more or less the same reason, they left it to rott till it became too broken and exploited to bother fixing.

Tacoboto55m ago

I feel bad for Media Molecule. For the ideas they have it seems they need a publisher that supports games like this and Dreams especially for as many players as possible.

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