Bed time now 😪
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I think both Xbox One and PS4 are gonna have a relatively strong collapse this year yeah
November / December were really telling
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.
Its a game of wait and see for how big the decline will be, but its obvious that the PS4 is going to be in much better shape than Xbox One this year. The magic of Xbox One´s 2018 was thanks to the Xbox One X making a lot of the core Xbox consumers upgrade and that has ran thin really as we have seen.
I just dont see any moves that MS can pull that will keep its sales afloat like Sony has for the PS4. The example to best represent this is that a $249 PS4 would actually make a difference, a $249 Xbox One is something we have seen for years many times throughout them already so it wont have an impact.
Switch took the lead in January, July, August, November, and December.
I think it was the August or September NPD prediction thread I stated 2019 will be -15% or more YoY, because of the inflationary effect of Fortnite + GoW & Spidey.
There's no way Nintendo's Dec 2009 will ever be topped, is there?
There's no way Nintendo's Dec 2009 will ever be topped, is there?
"Nintendo announces Switch price drop at $199 as well as official Animal Crossing and Pokemon release dates in December"There's no way Nintendo's Dec 2009 will ever be topped, is there?
I dont need it thanks
I'm done wasting time with dumb people. I share what I share. Those that dont like it can be blocked and I never have to hear from them again
Oh I definitely understand why there's a huge difference, more so just commenting on how utterly insane it is that they sold over 3 million Wiis AND DS's in the same month.
Yes it is. It's one of their high profile 1st party title. It's not even for debate.
All big title are not bound to sell 10 million copies... Detroit was one of the big high profile title for PS4. Was it as big as Spiderman or God of of War ? Of course not, but that's was AAA. No question.
You would think with games like Spiderman, Red Dead Redemption and Monster Hunter World the ps4 would easily be the best selling console of the year. What happened? How could the sales be that bad?
That metric's not much of a concern with these holiday sales wiping out that lead.
I actually updated this post. Used the outdated PS4 total for 2017. Now up to current estimates.YTD 2017
PS4: 5.43M
XB1: 4.29M
YTD 2018
PS4: 5.33M (-2%)
XB1: 4.34M (+1%)
No way, I think it's undetstated how much Apple and Samsung ate into that market.There's no way Nintendo's Dec 2009 will ever be topped, is there?
No way, I think it's undetstated how much Apple and Samsung ate into that market.
I was just saying that sharing inside information needs carefulness because information can be easily misunderstood especially in a gaming forum. Great/relevant knowledge needs great responsibility. When I leaked stuffs I didn't feel to participate much in the debate because users on gaming forums tend to misbehave. Mine is an advice and I don't want to block/ignore you.
If you personally feel that it'd be better to avoid social media regarding this sort of stuff, than that's understandable. You should go for what's best for you. Personally, I'd miss your insights on how sales are tracking for the various systems throughout the yearsEhhhh I've been thinking about retiring from Era / Twitter for a while now
I put an unhealthy amount of myself, my free time, and my career on the line for what exactly? It helps drive conversations and that feels good. But I also get harassed endlessly about any single thing I get wrong while ignoring the stuff I get right.
I'm already being harassed on Twitter about the 2 million Switch
What exactly do I get out of all this?
Idk folks the end really might be here tbh
Ehhhh I've been thinking about retiring from Era / Twitter for a while now
I put an unhealthy amount of myself, my free time, and my career on the line for what exactly? It helps drive conversations and that feels good. But I also get harassed endlessly about any single thing I get wrong while ignoring the stuff I get right.
I'm already being harassed on Twitter about the 2 million Switch
What exactly do I get out of all this?
Idk folks the end really might be here tbh
Be like pork and barely say anything besides 1 line and then never enter sales related thread again till later on.
Be like pork and barely say anything besides 1 line and then never enter sales related thread again till later on.
If you do decide to retire as an insider, then I hope you still stick around in sales threads for the conversations.Ehhhh I've been thinking about retiring from Era / Twitter for a while now
I put an unhealthy amount of myself, my free time, and my career on the line for what exactly? It helps drive conversations and that feels good. But I also get harassed endlessly about any single thing I get wrong while ignoring the stuff I get right.
I'm already being harassed on Twitter about the 2 million Switch
What exactly do I get out of all this?
Idk folks the end really might be here tbh
Ehhhh I've been thinking about retiring from Era / Twitter for a while now
I put an unhealthy amount of myself, my free time, and my career on the line for what exactly? It helps drive conversations and that feels good. But I also get harassed endlessly about any single thing I get wrong while ignoring the stuff I get right.
I'm already being harassed on Twitter about the 2 million Switch
What exactly do I get out of all this?
Idk folks the end really might be here tbh
Ehhhh I've been thinking about retiring from Era / Twitter for a while now
I put an unhealthy amount of myself, my free time, and my career on the line for what exactly? It helps drive conversations and that feels good. But I also get harassed endlessly about any single thing I get wrong while ignoring the stuff I get right.
I'm already being harassed on Twitter about the 2 million Switch
What exactly do I get out of all this?
Idk folks the end really might be here tbh
Well I can't speak for anyone else but I have found your posts informative and enjoy reading them, always.That's not my style though
I'm all in or I'm all out. I do this because I have PASSION for it
Fuck I already have nearly 7,000 posts on Era in the short time it's been here
But idk. I really think I may be done with the gaming community. It's taken more from me than its given back
It's not like that has been a complete safeguard from nonsensical backlash, though.Be like pork and barely say anything besides 1 line and then never enter sales related thread again till later on.
That's not my style though
I'm all in or I'm all out. I do this because I have PASSION for it
Fuck I already have nearly 7,000 posts on Era in the short time it's been here
But idk. I really think I may be done with the gaming community. It's taken more from me than its given back
Welp, it's been a good run. Thanks for all your insight and all the best to you.I'm gonna sleep on it tonight so I dont make any rash decisions
But odds are I retire my Era account / Twitter tomorrow permanently
It's a tough business and not sure I'm up for it anymore
Benji, consider the case of vern, who was a leaker. He decided that leaking wasn't worth it anymore and retired as a leaker. However, he stayed as a regular poster.I'm gonna sleep on it tonight so I dont make any rash decisions
But odds are I retire my Era account / Twitter tomorrow permanently
It's a tough business and not sure I'm up for it anymore
Benji, consider the case of vern, who was a leaker. He decided that leaking wasn't worth it anymore and retired as a leaker. However, he stayed as a regular poster.
I hope you consider doing the same. You don't have to keep being an insider just to stick around as a member of this community.
I'd be more than happy to have you around with or without your valuable insights.
Ehhhh I've been thinking about retiring from Era / Twitter for a while now
I put an unhealthy amount of myself, my free time, and my career on the line for what exactly? It helps drive conversations and that feels good. But I also get harassed endlessly about any single thing I get wrong while ignoring the stuff I get right.
I'm already being harassed on Twitter about the 2 million Switch
What exactly do I get out of all this?
Idk folks the end really might be here tbh
Exactly, it's almost a dead or alive situation for some people! Relax guys...Expected PS4/One results and great Switch performance.
PS. Some of you take sales-era way too serious.
Understandable.Thing is it will be hard for me to talk about sales without my own personal input bleeding into it
It's literally what I do for a living so tough to talk about the industry without giving my input on it
You framed it as crackdown being a big title to help move consoles for xbox.
That's what my reply was to. Not that it's not a AAA title.
On a side note, game is less than a month away and I swear they have done almost no marketing for it.
So with official numbers for sell-through of 3.39M in North America, potentially around 3.75M shipped. Week 1 in Japan was around 200K sell-through so they likely shipped at least 2.35M in Japan for the quarter. So from those two territories we have 6.10M shipped.
So they should clear or be extremely close to 10M units shipped for the quarter, and to reach the fiscal year goal we are going to have to see big growth in the final quarter. I can see this occurring in Japan where we are likely to see 33% to 50% increase YoY for the final quarter. Smash momentum is being helped by NSMBU Deluxe launch.
Famitsu 2018 Week 1 & 2:
Week 1: 159.636
Week 2: 31.189
TOTAL: 190.825
Famitsu 2019 Week 1 & 2:
Week 1: 225.698(+41%)
Week 2: 83.136(+167%)
TOTAL: 308.834(+62%)
Last year for the remaining 11 Week of the quarter Switch sold 480.563 which is roughly a baseline of 43.687 per week. I can see remaining weeks having 60K baseline this year due to Smash/NSMBU Deluxe and a lot more 3rd party titles launching in this quarter compared to last year. Yoshi is surely a smaller title than Kirby but Kirby only provided an 8K boost to hardware sales last year. With this Switch will be at around 1.1M shipped in Japan for the first quarter. If Japan maintains 25% of shipped amount World Wide that's around 4.4M shipped. So they are going to be very close to hitting their goal as long as they see the momentum built over the holidays maintained into this quarter in other territories.