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NPD: As of the end of Q1 (March 2018?), ~70% of US Switch owners also owned a PS4 and/or XB1
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Same.
And speaking for myself, I wish the Switch was a better one. Mario Odyssey and Breath of the Wild are the only two exclusives that I've really gotten from it so far, while it made a hell of a first year. I'm hoping Smash wipes the dust off of it.
The Switch is a big success and will continue to be one because of its flexibility. The fact that some people see it has a secondary or complementary system is a positive for Nintendo. The potential to sell a lot of hardware is huge when people buy it even if it's not "essential". That speaks to impulse buyers and those that have to have gadgets just to have them, that's beyond a typical gamer. A price drop/revision will shoot this system to the heavens.
It's an interesting stat.
It suggests that Sony/MS should start taking Nintendo as a competitor much more seriously, as although the console hardware isn't competing directly with the PS4/XB1, the high proportion of multi-console owners with only limited disposable income will mean the Switch games will indeed compete with PS4/XB1 games for gaming spend.
It actually places Nintendo in a position to be competing more with SIEWWS, MGS and the big third party publishers, even though Ninty is a pkatform holder.
It suggests that Sony/MS should start taking Nintendo as a competitor much more seriously, as although the console hardware isn't competing directly with the PS4/XB1, the high proportion of multi-console owners with only limited disposable income will mean the Switch games will indeed compete with PS4/XB1 games for gaming spend.
It actually places Nintendo in a position to be competing more with SIEWWS, MGS and the big third party publishers, even though Ninty is a pkatform holder.
I agree. You need a PS4 or at least a PC if you want to experience a decent amount of AAA games.
It's why I plan to go nintendo/PlayStation from now on. Used to be mostly just PlayStation. With Nintendo/playstation you Get most of everything.
I'm among the 30% who uses Switch as main platform besides the PC.
I don't know why but Playstation, PSP or Xbox never clicked with me for long, I've had all these systems but sold them quite quickly after because the games couldn't captivate me like Nintendo games do.
I grew up with the NES,SNES, N64 and Gameboy so that might be the reason but still... I don't feel much for games that are considered AAA on PC at all, I think GMOD is my longest played game on PC followed by Terraria, followed by Skyrim.
I don't know why but Playstation, PSP or Xbox never clicked with me for long, I've had all these systems but sold them quite quickly after because the games couldn't captivate me like Nintendo games do.
I grew up with the NES,SNES, N64 and Gameboy so that might be the reason but still... I don't feel much for games that are considered AAA on PC at all, I think GMOD is my longest played game on PC followed by Terraria, followed by Skyrim.
No, because it's got "PlayStation" on the box, which means it's a big-boy machine that plays big-boy games!
/s (just in case...)
The Switch is a handheld. Nintendo handhelds have traditionally been companions, almost never used as a primary device. Game Boy to SNES, Game Boy Color to N64, Game Boy Advance to GameCube, Nintendo DS to Wii, Nintendo 3DS to WiiU (this is the exception due to the exceptional failure of the WiiU).
The Switch doesn't really have a companion so it's only natural that it becomes a companion to competitor home consoles. The Switch mostly has games that aren't on the home consoles and the home consoles mostly have games that aren't on the Switch, this will only get exacerbated as the generation goes on and the 9th generation of home consoles launch in the next ~2 years.
It's not a bad thing at all that the Switch is a companion.
Releasing data points is always funny. If someone doesn't agree with it it's fake news. If it's a data point that people agree with it's so incredibly obvious it's stupid to even put it out there. Oh, internet.
Adding a new binary segmentation into the data set. "Big Boy Games" "Not Big Boy Games"
No evidence of this at all in sales data. The data suggests to me a hypothesis that there's more engagement with games overall with this set of cross-owners, who are in turn spending a higher % of their time and dollars on gaming entertainment than other areas. Pie gets bigger with more games and systems fueling higher engagement. Not zero sum by any means.
Adding a new binary segmentation into the data set. "Big Boy Games" "Not Big Boy Games"
No evidence of this at all in sales data. The data suggests to me a hypothesis that there's more engagement with games overall with this set of cross-owners, who are in turn spending a higher % of their time and dollars on gaming entertainment than other areas. Pie gets bigger with more games and systems fueling higher engagement. Not zero sum by any means.
Isn't that what the ESRB "M" rating is for? M = Manly = Big Boy, see?
Thanks for the insight Matt. I was just speculating, as I obviously don't have access to the data you have.
That's good to know anyway. Clearly a strong Nintendo resonating with the core gamer is good for the gaming industry as a whole.
I'd be curious to know if these multi-console owner rates are comparable in the ROTW.