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I think the Switch is now the biggest selling console ever in Japan...Obv MS sell like 5 units there....
edit ~ Actually looking at the sales - MS did lose by quite a margin...
The Switch has sold 51.41 million in 36 months worldwide, while the PS5 sold 43.37 million units and the Xbox Series X|S 24.33 million units.
Looking at the marketshare through 36 months, the Switch is in the lead. The Switch has a 42.4 percent marketshare, the PS5 sits at 37.5 percent, and the Xbox Series X|S at 20.1 percent.
Deckard wrote:Did they lose the war then ? Was there a war ?
I think the Switch is now the biggest selling console ever in Japan...Obv MS sell like 5 units there....
edit ~ Actually looking at the sales - MS did lose by quite a margin...
The Switch has sold 51.41 million in 36 months worldwide, while the PS5 sold 43.37 million units and the Xbox Series X|S 24.33 million units.
Looking at the marketshare through 36 months, the Switch is in the lead. The Switch has a 42.4 percent marketshare, the PS5 sits at 37.5 percent, and the Xbox Series X|S at 20.1 percent.
Dec 2023
Think the Switch is heading to topple the PS2 as the most consoles sold ever!
Interested to see where MS are going next but TBH their first party titles have never been great from my experience - a few standout titles - Crackdown perhaps the first Gears game. The Forza series and PGR for me. They kind of lost me around the end of the 360 era... Xbox One was comparively poor from my perspective. Did enjoy things like Forza Horizon 2 but the rest has been fairly average.
GamePass has been an interesting experiment although mainly played indie games on that and never paid more than £40 a year for it. So the price of around 2 or 3 decent indie games.
A light that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
Steam/Xbox/PSN User Name: CypherQ Switch - 8177-9514-5116
Astrobot on PS5. Not sure why I can't get the YouTube links to embed properly anymore... Something seems to have changed.
Finally something that looks amazing fun and might feel a bit fresh! Loved Astrobots Playroom and wanted more for a while now! Loved how it used the DualSense controller to add an extra dimension to the gameplay. This is coming in September and should brighten up what has been a IMHO a pretty dire first party line up of games on this generations hardware so far. Although technically I think this could have been done on a PS4 (controller haptics withstanding) but guess the controller is part of the experience on the PS5 Astrobot.
A light that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
Steam/Xbox/PSN User Name: CypherQ Switch - 8177-9514-5116
So we now have a PS5 Pro in our midst... 2TB SSD storage, no optical drive improved GPU/CPU but a staggering price of £700. Not sure this will sell that well.. however the price might keep the scalpers away!
New consoles really aren't that cheap anymore are they? Even the vanilla PS5 has gone up in price since launch. Crazy world we live in.
A light that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
Steam/Xbox/PSN User Name: CypherQ Switch - 8177-9514-5116
MattyP wrote:So we now have a PS5 Pro in our midst... 2TB SSD storage, no optical drive improved GPU/CPU but a staggering price of £700. Not sure this will sell that well.. however the price might keep the scalpers away!
Well, they've actually gone and done it. They've produced a mainstream console I won't buy!
I don't remember the last time that happened since I started earning a wage.
I've done zero hours on my PS5 this year, although that will change with Astro Bot.
MattyP wrote:So we now have a PS5 Pro in our midst... 2TB SSD storage, no optical drive improved GPU/CPU but a staggering price of £700. Not sure this will sell that well.. however the price might keep the scalpers away!
Well, they've actually gone and done it. They've produced a mainstream console I won't buy!
I don't remember the last time that happened since I started earning a wage.
I've done zero hours on my PS5 this year, although that will change with Astro Bot.
Helps N with Switch 2 - just need to come in below 500 and everyone will think its a bargain !
MattyP wrote:So we now have a PS5 Pro in our midst... 2TB SSD storage, no optical drive improved GPU/CPU but a staggering price of £700. Not sure this will sell that well.. however the price might keep the scalpers away!
Well, they've actually gone and done it. They've produced a mainstream console I won't buy!
I don't remember the last time that happened since I started earning a wage.
I've done zero hours on my PS5 this year, although that will change with Astro Bot.
I'd missed the Pro didn't have an optical drive, I assumed it had, so that's £800 if you want to use disks!
Personally I still quite like a drive for backwards compatibility stuff and movies, although I'm being more convinced to move away from disks there.
Take any games out of that list that have made an appearance on PS4 and it reduces further.
Have to say this is one of the worst generations in console gaming history for diversity of games released by Sony. However I guess it relies mostly on third parties these days.
Still AstroBot is good... not upto Mario's level of excellence mind but enjoyable with sumptuous visuals, sound and DualSense integration.
A light that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
Steam/Xbox/PSN User Name: CypherQ Switch - 8177-9514-5116
Deckard wrote:I can safely say that Dead Cells and Zelda have on their own been worth a Switch for me (and obv the LL games !)
Day 1 purchase for the Switch 2 if it comes with Space Giraffe 2
Who am i kidding it will be a day 1 purchase regardless. The Switch has been the best console I have ever had.
Indeed. I think on par I've played and completed more games on Switch than anything else.
Looking forward to seeing what Nintendo come up with for a follow up console. Depends on the games lineup for a day one for me and I am assuming it will be backwards compatible with the Switch as I have a few carts and quite a few digital titles on it.
I expect I'll pick one up when the next 3D Mario drops as they are always an event for me.
One thing is for sure though rapidly getting turned off what Sony are doing (or more what that aren't I guess!). MS also again not really sure where they are going. My gaming future is looking like it did in the past with a PC and a single console which will be a Nintendo one.
A light that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
Steam/Xbox/PSN User Name: CypherQ Switch - 8177-9514-5116
