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December 2018 NPD (U.S. Hardware) Predictions - Closes Tuesday, January 15th
- Thread starter donny2112
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Was hoping for 2m but oh well.
Switch still did solid, happy enough. More excited to see those Smash numbers. 👀
Switch still did solid, happy enough. More excited to see those Smash numbers. 👀
Why are you so defensive? Benji is an expert. If he says ps4 sales are really bad, they're really bad.
Because it's still terrible?
I expected it to be terrible, and that's what happened. I'm not shocked at all, more just it's crazy to see
No because PS4 was down YoY as well in November
We are witnessing the generation slowing. No debate about it anymore
Heh, so the Switch numbers aren't as high expected. Still, not exactly bad numbers, are they?
Any thoughts on why? I'd have figured the numbers would still be pretty good as the PS4 has just been a beast overall, even if they wouldn't be as good as last year
Isn't that ZhugeEx who said that?
He also posted before that he doubted Switch was going to clear 2m NPD in December 2018.
Being a beast is nothing to the bullet of age and consumerism.
Was it him? My mistake then.
The ratio with the Switch dominating is probably for one sided than expected. It is just the Switch didn't perform as high as people expected. I suspected this may be because the other systems did even worse than expected.
I think it's safe to say the price is limiting Switch potential right now. I expect a 250$ price ir lower for next Holidays in order to boost those sales.
It is, and I was accurate about Switch breaking the December record this gen
Really I wasnt far off on my 2 million projection at all
Selling less than 1.8m in US will be pretty hard to hit 20 million, unless really overperformed in other regions.
The ratio with the Switch dominating is probably even more one-sided than expected. It is just the Switch didn't perform as high as people thought. I suspected this has in part of the other systems doing so much worse than expectations.
Still enough to set a record and propel it yearly number 1, apparently.
Well, the generation is ending. It stands to reason.
Switch is technically next-gen, after all. We're in Gen 9 and all these Gen 8 consoles keep selling!
The problem is we went for higher ground when the record was still at ground level.
I think we'll see how Switch performed other regions in 01/31. I'm really looking forward for the Nintendo report.
Defensive of what? lol. These numbers look pretty expected. Both Xbox and PS4 were going to drop YoY that month. The PS4 had no deals and held up better than expected, I have no idea how Xbox managed to drop by nearly a third of its sales with its promotions so that might be the only weird thing about the report.
The thing is there were no deals for the PS4, just PSVR. And the MSRP of the PS4 hasnt changed in years so there was going to be a decline in a month like December its sixth holiday. The Xbox One´s performance should be a much bigger shocker
Oh I know. But it was under 2 million. Doesn't matter you were close. Have you learned nothing from all the "20 million units" Switch sales threads?
Benji Protection Force Tally
[✓] Switch becomes US best selling console for the year
[✓] Switch sells more than both Xbox and Playstation combined
[X ] Switch sells at or above 2 million in December, XB1 at 1 million
[✓] Switch > XB1 > PS4
[✓] Switch becomes US best selling console for the year
[✓] Switch sells more than both Xbox and Playstation combined
[X ] Switch sells at or above 2 million in December, XB1 at 1 million
[✓] Switch > XB1 > PS4
Ahh...so even the PS4 is slowing down then, huh? Honestly pretty impressive it took this long
Lol There is that. It'll be interesting to see what'll happen with the PS5/XB2
So pretty good then. Not sure why we'd have a meltdown over that :P
Q3 result was always gonna be where we'd find out whether the 20m target is achievable or not.
I'm personally expecting a total that will put us at, "they can make it, but it's gonna be challenging".
They only have themselves to blame if they don't hit 20 million.
Literally the only miss for me was Switch at 2 million
And even then I was only 11% off. That's pretty damn good for a volatile month like December
Thanks. Do you remember what kind of deals MS and Sony had in 2017?