The price is really holding the Switch. It could be doing much higher numbers with a price drop (but maybe Nintendo rather keep the margins?)
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Media Create Sales: Week 47, 2018 (Nov 19 - Nov 25)
- Thread starter Chris1964
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The price is really holding the Switch. It could be doing much higher numbers with a price drop (but maybe Nintendo rather keep the margins?)
Incluing those digital numbers estimated by Famitsu, Call of Duty : Black Ops 4 stands at 584,503 and is now the best selling Call of Duty in Japan.
Red Dead Redemption 2 has 247,238 digital and retail combined.
Red Dead Redemption 2 has 247,238 digital and retail combined.
A specific reason to why Switch had better numbers last year this week?
I for sure though it was going to be in line with that this year as well..
Nice to see PS4 jump get up a bit =)
I for sure though it was going to be in line with that this year as well..
Nice to see PS4 jump get up a bit =)
Good Switch week, what's left? Mario and Smash? It should rise above 300k the Smash week.
Pokemon had a pretty normal drop; will drop again in the next few weeks, will rise before Christmas, and then drop completely the next year, won't join the evergreen group. Used sales will hit this game hard; that's pretty easy to predict, since it's normal for single player RPGs.
What will sell more worldwide? Pokemon Let's Go or BotW? That's the real question IMO, I'm leaning on BotW more and more; especially since when the new Pokemon is announced next year, Let's Go will be forgotten.
Pokemon had a pretty normal drop; will drop again in the next few weeks, will rise before Christmas, and then drop completely the next year, won't join the evergreen group. Used sales will hit this game hard; that's pretty easy to predict, since it's normal for single player RPGs.
What will sell more worldwide? Pokemon Let's Go or BotW? That's the real question IMO, I'm leaning on BotW more and more; especially since when the new Pokemon is announced next year, Let's Go will be forgotten.
How does pokemon drop look there? Vs xy, oras or sm?
It seems the drop is quite heavy there?
It didn't have Pokémon + Smash bundle releasing one week before last year.
Presumably because the big boost came last week. It'll skyrocket back up once Smash releases.
Let's Go drop basically matches the prior pokemon games drops at 75% down on the second week (Both Sun and Moon as well as Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon dropped 75%.) At present, looks like Let's Go is going to have similar legs to the previous pokemon games. So the smaller opening is going to affect it.
For those saying that the Let's Go games were going to have better legs... we'll have to wait and see on that. Second Week looks like regular pokemon legs to me. And I imagine the game will follow a similar sales pattern to the previous games as well in Japan.
Now it's the waiting game until Smash really. That game is going to have some pretty big numbers.
For those saying that the Let's Go games were going to have better legs... we'll have to wait and see on that. Second Week looks like regular pokemon legs to me. And I imagine the game will follow a similar sales pattern to the previous games as well in Japan.
Now it's the waiting game until Smash really. That game is going to have some pretty big numbers.
Hardware Sales YTD vs Last Year YTD
Switch vs Wii
Weekly
Accumulated
PS4 vs PS3
Minecraft Switch vs Minecraft Vita Edition
Mario Party comparison
Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII vs World War II
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| | Switch 2017 | Switch 2018 | Difference|
|Week| Weekly | YTD | Weekly | YTD |2018 - 2017|
+----+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 43 | 126.701 | 2.020.984 | 37.855 | 1.990.506 | -30.478 |
| 44 | 64.387 | 2.085.371 | 43.747 | 2.034.253 | -51.118 |
| 45 | 79.958 | 2.165.329 | 54.235 | 2.088.488 | -76.841 |
| 46 | 86.999 | 2.252.328 | 200.850 | 2.289.338 | 37.010 |
| 47 | 145.200 | 2.397.528 | 108.375 | 2.397.713 | 185 |
| 48 | 124.770 | 2.522.298 | | | |
| 49 | 164.908 | 2.687.206 | | | |
| 50 | 221.210 | 2.908.416 | | | |
| 51 | 269.684 | 3.178.100 | | | |
| 52 | 134.519 | 3.312.619 | | | |
+----+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
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| | PS4 2017 | PS4 2018 | Difference|
|Week| Weekly | YTD | Weekly | YTD |2018 - 2017|
+----+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 43 | 24.653 | 1.384.697 | 20.639 | 1.325.534 | -59.163 |
| 44 | 28.823 | 1.413.520 | 17.540 | 1.343.074 | -70.446 |
| 45 | 26.058 | 1.439.578 | 16.081 | 1.359.155 | -80.423 |
| 46 | 26.302 | 1.465.880 | 17.789 | 1.376.944 | -88.936 |
| 47 | 26.909 | 1.492.789 | 24.364 | 1.401.308 | -91.481 |
| 48 | 33.407 | 1.526.196 | | | |
| 49 | 85.687 | 1.611.883 | | | |
| 50 | 62.965 | 1.674.848 | | | |
| 51 | 67.257 | 1.742.105 | | | |
| 52 | 49.631 | 1.791.736 | | | |
+----+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+Switch vs Wii
Weekly
Accumulated
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| | Nintendo Wii | Nintendo Switch | Difference |
| | (2006/12/02) | (2017/03/03) | |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
|Week| Weekly | LTD | Weekly | LTD | NSW - Wii |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
| 89 | 38.506|6.563.305| 54.235|5.401.107| -1.162.198|
| 90 | 53.036|6.616.341| 200.850|5.601.957| -1.014.384|
| 91 | 35.173|6.651.514| 108.375|5.710.332| -941.182|
| 92 | 35.755|6.687.269| | | |
| 93 | 33.128|6.720.397| | | |
| 94 | 29.686|6.750.083| | | |
| 95 | 29.921|6.780.003| | | |
| 96 | 26.314|6.806.297| | | |
| 97 | 25.330|6.831.627| | | |
| 98 | 22.877|6.854.504| | | |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|PS4 vs PS3
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| | PlayStation 3 | PlayStation 4 | Difference |
| | (2006/11/11) | (2014/02/22) | |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
|Week| Weekly | LTD | Weekly | LTD | PS4 - PS3 |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
| 247| 20.704|6.804.789| 16.081|7.251.558| 446.769|
| 248| 18.338|6.823.127| 17.789|7.269.347| 446.220|
| 249| 20.239|6.843.366| 24.364|7.293.711| 450.345|
| 250| 29.666|6.873.032| | | |
| 251| 33.141|6.906.173| | | |
| 252| 33.831|6.940.004| | | |
| 253| 64.786|7.004.790| | | |
| 254| 36.061|7.040.851| | | |
| 255| 39.452|7.080.303| | | |
| 256| 30.362|7.110.665| | | |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|Minecraft Switch vs Minecraft Vita Edition
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| | Minecraft Vita | Minecraft Switch | Difference |
| | [PSV] (2015/03/19)| [NSW] (2018/06/21)| |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
|Week| Weekly | LTD | Weekly | LTD | Switch – Vita|
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
| 21 | 8.100| 280.140| 7.562| 357.898| 77.758|
| 22 | 11.787| 291.927| 7.449| 365.347| 73.420|
| 23 | 8.073| 300.001| 9.818| 375.166| 75.165|
| 24 | 8.685| 308.686| | | |
| 25 | 8.355| 317.041| | | |
| 26 | 7.379| 324.420| | | |
| 27 | 8.244| 332.663| | | |
| 28 | 10.770| 343.434| | | |
| 29 | 8.164| 351.598| | | |
| 30 | 7.574| 359.173| | | |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|Mario Party comparison
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| | Mario Party 9 | Super Mario Party | Difference |
| | [WII] (2012/04/26)| [NSW] (2018/10/05)| |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
|Week| Weekly | LTD | Weekly | LTD | SMP – MP9 |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
| 1 | 152.883| 152.883| 142.868| 142.868| -10.015|
| 2 | 144.585| 297.468| 63.451| 206.319| -91.149|
| 3 | 37.353| 334.821| 36.381| 242.700| -92.122|
| 4 | 25.123| 359.943| 31.650| 274.350| -85.593|
| 5 | 20.080| 380.763| 27.001| 301.351| -79.412|
| 6 | 19.627| 400.390| 23.333| 324.685| -75.705|
| 7 | 17.253| 417.643| 20.942| 345.627| -72.016|
| 8 | 16.143| 433.787| 24.450| 370.077| -63.710|
| 9 | 13.339| 447.126| | | |
| 10 | 14.049| 461.175| | | |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII vs World War II
SM and USUM dropped over 80% when you factor in the dual packs.
I think it will have better legs than past Pokemon games. It'll be one of the go-to games people pick up when buying a Switch. And this is the first Pokemon game on the Switch so no competition. And with it being tied to Pokemon Go it should remain relevant and in the public's mind.
Kinda meh numbers overall for Nintendo. Good debuts for the PS4 titles.
The Sony fanbase in Japan seems to be really transforming generally into western game fans.
The Sony fanbase in Japan seems to be really transforming generally into western game fans.
Looking at the next 5 week for switch sales last year I could see this year being significantly up. Smash bros week alone may well be up to 200-250K above the corresponding week last year. So whilst the YTD is even right now id imagine that's going to change very quickly.
I wonder if that is because those western games aren't on the Switch and if they were folks would buy it there instead.
But then up YoY by a pretty big margin the following week.
Maybe. We're going into December now and just 1 week away from smash bros so I think it's possible HW sales go up next week.
No reason to think that. It did 125K last year, with Minecraft bundle, the rise of sales because of holidays and the smash hype it will easy sell more.
Maybe we can expect a 150K week.
I think this week is the weakest HW for the rest of the year.
They sold 124k Switch last year during Week 48, I think they are going to beat this number and then madness will follow.
Now those are some evergreens, good lord.
And is not even December yet.....
Not at all.
I expect sub 100k next week. Its the *calm before the storm.
*lol at considering "calm" ~90k in sales...
Reflects PlayStation's transition to a western console over the past two generations.
If/when we get more western releases on the Switch that are day and date with the PS4 version we can see. In the next month or so the Switch will have outsold the PS4 LTD and that gap will only grow larger and larger. At some point I'd think any game would do better on Switch just given how many more people own one. But that case study may never happen if western devs don't start considering the Switch
Yep. Basically, it's 10 years of western focus already and increasing. That eventually created this fanbase.
You're jinxing things every week!
It's fine overall. Considering what's on the horizon there isn't much to worry about. Smash Special will pish dumb hardware. The system wasn't as stromg in 2018 as I would have hoped though. The lack of hardware pushing software in H1 was the main culprit.
Pretty solid drop for Pokémon imo, but I wonder how much the Switch bundles selling out during launch week impacted sales during second week.
Curious about Minecraft bundle on Friday, not expecting much from it, but it'll be hard to gauge its impact due to incoming Smash.
Curious about Minecraft bundle on Friday, not expecting much from it, but it'll be hard to gauge its impact due to incoming Smash.
wonder how long it will take for Dark Horse to publish this one
