How is this tweet a response to that other poster. They sold more units this holiday than last.
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December 2018 NPD (U.S. Hardware) Predictions - Closes Tuesday, January 15th
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How is this tweet a response to that other poster. They sold more units this holiday than last.
That's my thoughts too. Hoping for a $199 permanent for PS4 this year.
It's THE HIGHEST MONTH of the Generation. Leave it to Resetera to spin that into a negative.
It's because expectation were higher.
Also it's because the number puts Switch more far of hit the 20m target.
Probably not reaching 20 million shipments Nintendo projected for the year. It's become a sign of "if it can't reach that it's a failed system".
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I legit don't know the answer to this: has there been a system this gen that has shipped 20m units in one year?
It's the highest December this gen. Amazing result
People started getting themselves over hyped and projecting stuff way over 2 million. Theres a reason I kept trying to bring that number down to 2 (and even then I was a tad high)
It's hard for a $299 console to break that 2+ barrier
You are pretty much right. The Xbox One has been available at $249 may times throughout the last couple of years while the PS4 has hit that price outside the holidays nowhere near as much. If Sony drops the PS4 $50 it should have a healthy impact, not sure if it will have much impact at all for Xbox.
Im just saying the selling power between the two is noticeably different. If you guys think the PS4´s 2019 will be a trainwreck due to it selling less this year, then the Xbox One´s sales this year will look like a plane crashing into a train wreck.
Awesome, good to know.
I appreciate your insight in these threads, by the way!
Good to know. I wasn't sure if it was something actually attainable or a pipe dream from the outset. Thanks for the info!
I think both Xbox One and PS4 are gonna have a relatively strong collapse this year yeah
November / December were really telling
Where do you see doom and gloom for Switch in this thread? Unless there are posts I am not seeing... (from people on my ignore list, surprise surprise)
Do we have any indication that Smash didn't perform as well as expected, or is that still looking strong?
Investors are captivated or gloomy about Nintendo shipping 20 million consoles this fiscal year end. Selling less than 2 million in December in the US makes that 20m look much harder to reach.
Not that it actually matters. Nintendo already confirmed that they cancelled the Switch and the next Animal Crossing is Amiibo Festival 2 for iOS. It'll make Nintendo money and that's what's important after all.
Nov having cyber Monday and call of duty releasing in Oct skewed numbers out of December this year most likely for xb1 and ps4.
A game like RDR2 releasing in Oct likely helped that as well.
A game like RDR2 releasing in Oct likely helped that as well.
Maybe "doom and gloom" was too strong of a phrase. Just general disappointment for Switch sales. Most people do still tend to acknowledge that Switch had a very good month.
Switch just had the highest month and a new holiday peak.
Looks like a system seller to me
It was at start, but sales in the first half of the fiscal year made more difficult to happen. Only a huge Q3 could put Switch on track to 20m again and apparently sales weren't good enough.
Despite that will be a great year for the system, but Nintendo is responsible for creating a negative headline when they revise the forecast or didn't achieve the target.
A very good month? It's the best selling month of the generation. This can't be stressed enough.
January to October 2017
PS4: 2.72M
XB1: 1.56M
January to October 2018
PS4: 3.05M (+12%)
XB1: 2.08M (+33%)
YTD 2017
PS4: 5.46M
XB1: 4.29M
YTD 2018
PS4: 5.33M (-2%)
XB1: 4.34M (+1%)
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You're really jumping the gun there chief. We'll see what the shipped numbers are World Wide later. In the meantime chill out.
Pretty much how I see it also
NSW - biggest game release managed a modest increase in sales
XB1 - had strong deals and offers,natural decline in sales due to entering 6th year
This concern for a 6 year console is misplaced, it's naturally going to decline in sales. This year will be no different using words like 'dire' I feel are a bit much
Pretty expected as this was PS4's 6th Christmas. It's already pretty long in the tooth.
Congrats to switch. Huge holiday for it.
Congrats to switch. Huge holiday for it.
I'm calling since Q1 that Nintendo would miss the target.
Unless it really overpeformed in Europe and others, it's just common sense. Japan and US numbers didn't indicate enough sales for such a big target.
Ah ok, it's just that some people overhyped themselves for Switch numbers, expecting 2 million as a bare minimum. So when someone expects certain numbers and they are not reached, they are disappointed, even though objectively Switch numbers are still the best December numbers this generation, and even though this number made Switch the best selling console in 2018...
We don't know what the final numbers are, you can guess all you want but that's all it is. A guess.
Between the PS4 and Xbox One, the only one that will hit a decline that can be called a ¨collapse¨ is Xbox.
What December showed is that Sony sold about 800k PS4s at standard MSRP, while the Xbox One family of consoles sold not much more with reduced prices all month. Its a pretty telling sign really.
Sony can just drop the price $50 and do some bundles for Days Gone and Dreams and it should save the decline from being too big. Not sure what Xbox can do since Xbox is nearly always on sale for $50 less and I doubt we´ll be seeing a $100 price drop for it before Q4 this year
You are really over estimating how well PS4 and Xbox One are going to be selling in January - October
It will be double digit declines for both
I think the 2M Switch expectation shows it has legitimate interest, and that was only at $299 and still almost hit it. Probably would be a different story if this were a 52 week year.
Next year is probably when we see it happen. I fully expect it to be at $249 by then, like I was expecting to happen this holiday.
Next year is probably when we see it happen. I fully expect it to be at $249 by then, like I was expecting to happen this holiday.
Switch had good sales .
PS4 sales were expected after we know no price drop .
XB sales are okay but i expected more .
PS4 sales were expected after we know no price drop .
XB sales are okay but i expected more .
Of course is a guess, but an educated guess based on analysis of previous data.
Anyone that follows sales would agree that 20 million isn't likely at this point, but doesn't mean it's impossible.
I love how the biggest December this generation is played down into "a modest increase in sales", especially given that Cyber Monday which is huge for Nintendo was not part of this December (but was part of last one...).