I am all kinds of hot and bothered thinking about next year's thread after Pokemon and Animal crossing drop.
December 2018 NPD Results: Switch highest selling console of 2018 by units and revenue, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate top selling game of December
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You are downplaying what the system achieved. it had the highest December for any video game system since 2010.
not any console or gaming system can achieve those numbers whatever the stage they are in. 3DS sold only 1.25m in December 2012 (its full second year) below the very old X360 which sold 1.4m in the same month, and it sold only 540k in November 2012, again below X360 and even PS3.
Switch is not only doing much better, not only ending PS4's dominance over the US market this gen, its also doing that at full price.
Oh but it's still doomed since they won't reach their hardware forecast.
That's actually surprising they made a crazy forecast like that, knowing how they did in the past, is some sort of goodbye gift from Kimishima to Furukawa?
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In that case again how did RDR2 jump to #1 then when it was behind COD in the yearly charts at the end of November and COD was higher then RDR2 was in December?
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You know, I'm not actually sure how that would have happened, now that you point that out.
See it was strange to me too when I went back and looked at it. That's why I was hoping MatPiscatella could shine a light on that.
I hadn't realized that Spider-Man wasn't just the best selling PS4 game of the year, but the best selling PS4 game overall. It beat Uncharted 4.
Hmm why did the chart Mat posted on Twitter have RDR2 at #2 for December but the one in the OP and on Gamesbeat have COD at #2? That explains my confusion. Which one is right?
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So happy about Nintendo. To go from the dreadful Wii U era to being not only the best selling HW of the year and the best December of the generation, but to be the top selling software publisher has been incredible to see. Their software on Switch has been utterly fantastic and deserves all the success it's gotten.
Especially happy about Smash. The game is truly special, insane that it managed to take the exclusive launch record and instantly become the fifth best selling game of the year without even accounting for digital.
Can't wait to see how 2019 shapes up. With Animal Crossing + Pokémon, a more consistent release lineup, and a revision/price cut this should be the peak year by a wide margin. Exciting times ahead!
Especially happy about Smash. The game is truly special, insane that it managed to take the exclusive launch record and instantly become the fifth best selling game of the year without even accounting for digital.
Can't wait to see how 2019 shapes up. With Animal Crossing + Pokémon, a more consistent release lineup, and a revision/price cut this should be the peak year by a wide margin. Exciting times ahead!
I guess I was just reading it wrong but I was correct in that it didn't dominate the year. Regardless, an amazing feat.
Man, I have to wonder what Smash's total WW sales will be when all is said and done. I think 20m+ is very likely.
Also: goddamn, Zelda keeps going. It could hit 15m when all is said and done.
Also: goddamn, Zelda keeps going. It could hit 15m when all is said and done.
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MatPiscatella when you have a moment (and if you're willing), would it be possible to get a list of the top 10/20 3rd party Switch games for the year? I feel like we always see top 10 Switch, but we are lucky if we get to see 1 or 2 3rd parties listed.
Thanks for all your hard work. You've clearly been busy.
Thanks for all your hard work. You've clearly been busy.
Some people can't help themselves after four years of 'winning'...
Switch is going to be crazy successful and we might have witnessed the birth of a new Nintendo feature here to stay for the next consoles and mainly iterate a la iPhone for a while. The hybrid feature ain't gonna die like Nintendo's recent features that some (or many) perceived as gimmicks. Because of the kind of software N produces, and now strongly backed by a big part of the industry i.e. indies, they are in a unique position to take full advantage of this concept and make it their "thing". Going forward I can only see Nintendo's mindshare growing further.
I can't wait to learn more about Pokemon Let's Go. Did it combined outsell everything but Smash in December? And where does it end up on the 2018 chart when combined?
Fun stuff.
Fun stuff.
There was a thread but it was closed in favor of discussing it here.
On a much, much smaller hardware install base too.
When you look at BotW, MK8D, Mario Odyssey and Pokemon, Nintendo have the strongest, exclusive IP in the industry... by far.
The performance of the NES and SNES Classic systems are also incredible.
Since this is NPD thus is also only US sales right?
Can't wait for worldwide sales. Hope it's a turn for the series it 10s of millions, as it should be for being the culmination of everything Nintendo is about.
Even though the 2018 Switch lineup didn't appeal to me much overall, it's clear that Nintendo's holiday strategy was excellent.
Huge numbers for their software.
Huge numbers for their software.
I am pretty surprised that Donkey Kong outsold Kirby this year, especially considering it's a port. Then again, I'm one of those people that bought DK but not Kirby.
Were reviews and online praise actually a significant factor in creating the difference between DK and Kirby? I wonder.
Were reviews and online praise actually a significant factor in creating the difference between DK and Kirby? I wonder.
It helps that Donkey Kong was basically a brand new game for a lot of people.
We can safely assume 8-9 million sellthrough and a 10 million+ shipment for December.
Smash sales are definitely insane. Especially since digital is not included in those numbers, and a LOT of people bought digital. Only one month of sales, on a single platform, and it still charted Top 5 for the year. Better than GoW and SpiderMan
Damn!
Damn!
People sure had a different tune about that with the Wii U and even the 3DS
Yeah, but Nintendo's games on those systems still had insane attach rates.
What's insane is a system with 1/5th the overall sales already the fifth best selling game of 2018...excluding digital sales.