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It’s day four and it only took a couple of hours and Microsoft is back on the Nintendo Switch beat.
Dr. Bailey says she has analyzed data of the 10-week period that the Switch launched. She found a decline in the number of gamers on Xbox and PlayStation console and game time hours.
The FTC and Microsoft argue about the Switch every day because the FTC doesn’t want to count the Switch as a competitor to Xbox, but Microsoft argues it is. Dr. Bailey’s analysis shows that the Switch has an affect on gamer attention and where they spend their hours.
If Switch is included in the global console market, Dr. Bailey says “no matter which metric we use, Xbox is the third place” and has been for the last five years.
