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NPD/EEDAR: Over 50% of Switch owners own a PS4; Over 40% own an Xbox One (USA)
- Thread starter Ethifury
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I have all three systems and PC. Switch does not get that much playtime overall(just exclusives besides a couple indies), but I love the convenience when I do use it.
Going by the thread title, I guess less than 10% of Switch owners (in the US)?
The thread is literally about at least half of the Switch owners in US owning another console...
that's not how math works, you're ignoring the people who own both ps4 and xbo, as they would count in both percentages
Well this is wrong in my case, always has been. Nintendo have always been a support console for me.
rolling my eyes at most of the secondary/complimentary comments. it's great if that's how it is for you, but some people make it seem like that's what it is for everybody.
Next gen will be Switch 2 and PC for me. Never thought I'd say that after being a multi-console owner since the NES.
Of course, but neither do 3rd party sales indicate that it's a primary console.
We can't know for sure, but we can make educated guesses based on the info available. The best selling 3rd party games each year (which most people play) are not on Nintendo consoles, so I don't think it's unreasonable to assume, with such high cross-ownership, that people are primarily playing on their other console/PC.
As someone else said, I'm sure Japan is an exception, but that's hardly the world.
That's a good point. However, I don't think people will dispute that the majority of their sales are still 1st party.
This thread is somewhat weird. It's full of people saying "Of course Switch owners need to buy an additional console, otherwise they'd miss too many games", when the time scale alone (Xbox One and PS4 being on the market a lot longer than Switch) means that this is likely mostly not about Switch owners buying an additional console, but about people who already own Xbox or PS4 buying a Switch. It's an important distinctions, because it changes the narrative from "Switch owners buying another console because they'd miss out on too much stuff" to "Switch offers appealing functionality and games to people who already own other consoles".
I consider the question whether people buy an additional hardware because the hardware they own doesn't offer enough games actually to be rather uninteresting, I think the general observation that Switch is apparently very appealing to people who already own other current consoles to be a lot more interesting. Likely also indicates (yet again) that the Switch audience is mostly older instead of leaning heavy towards a younger audience (which I don't think surprises anyone, considering both the price of Switch and the all age appeal of Nintendo's brands, which titles like Pokemon Go have shown quite impressively).
I consider the question whether people buy an additional hardware because the hardware they own doesn't offer enough games actually to be rather uninteresting, I think the general observation that Switch is apparently very appealing to people who already own other current consoles to be a lot more interesting. Likely also indicates (yet again) that the Switch audience is mostly older instead of leaning heavy towards a younger audience (which I don't think surprises anyone, considering both the price of Switch and the all age appeal of Nintendo's brands, which titles like Pokemon Go have shown quite impressively).
I only use it for Nintendo exclusives, so it's not even a secondary system for me. It's actually my quaternary system!
I suppose so.
I'll pick up VR when I have more money to throw around.
What percentage of Switch owners only own Switches and no other consoles?
Would make for an interesting comparison point.
Would make for an interesting comparison point.