I don't think the distinction matters anymore? It's certainly a handheld, but I think these are the same devices, especially since Switch docks to the TV.
PS1 also sold another 20 to 25M or so after the PS2 launched.
All 3 are doing well, but Switch and Playstation brands are "trading blows" for the top spot, and unlike the Wii, Switch can play modern games, and IF iterations are a thing, that could mean that perhaps Switch becomes the lead console, like 360 was for a good few years last gen. I think it's important for these companies to cycle through who is on top, the way they act when there is a clear winner is never good. Nintendo's dominance led to the N64 and all the publisher fall out shows how bad it was. XB1's announcement wasn't great to say the least, and they weren't even in a clear winner position. PS3 was horrible and Wii U tone deaf. Sony is also sliding a bit this year with their stances on things like cross play and censorship. If Nintendo and Sony can trade the lead position in a close race, i think it might be better for the entire industry.
Problem with this thinking is that the press in the industry see Nintendo as the outsider, they know Sony and the Sony executives, they know Microsoft too, but Nintendo is just "doing their own thing in Japan" so who knows if it's even possible to change perception, I just was talking about the one thing Sony might worry about.
Yeah, I can agree to some extent, BUT, personally I play Destiny. Well it's not even on Switch, and if it was that would be by far the lowest fidelity experience of any. It would basically have to be a port of the 360 version which is terribly jaggy. Plus the Switch just does not have a lot of memory, good online/social systems, the list goes on beyond just hardware power of why Switch would not be well suited to a Destiny port.
But you could extend this to most hardcore games. Xbox or Twitch most played, Fifa, COD, Battlefield, Rainbow 6, Destiny, Red Dead, GTA, Fallout 76, NBA 2K...these are core definers and they're either not on Switch or it's the lowest fidelity experience. What Switch has in the positive is obviously the ability to go portable, but
at home it's going to be a deficient core experience compared to PS/Xbox. Another thing is, Switch is struggling to keep up with base Xbox One/PS4 now, how much bigger will the gap get to PS5/Xbox 2? And if they continue portable, Nintendo simply will not be able to compete technically. There's no Switch 2 in sight, and if there was I dont see a lot of low hanging fruit currently to go a lot more powerful than a Tegra X1 in the mobile space, affordably, in a 299 device. Apple says their new chip is Xbox One base level (which might be debatable anyway), but Apple literally has the most money of any company in the world to throw at chip development, and this chip is also only in $1000 iPad and iPhone products.
Then at the end of the day we have that Nintendo is likely not welcoming to the COD's of the world on their platform. They want to sell a lot of hardware and then sell a lot of their first party software into that, they want to be the only game in town on their platform. Largely, I'd posit they dont even relish third party competition. This is nothing new.
But, if your point is "Sony is in great position so there's not much to be worried about, so they have to look to the periphery to find things they might even worry about", I get that.
Anyways looking at the thread it's NPD predictions so maybe wordy discussions like this aren't welcome? Not sure so I replied.
