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Nintendo sold 2.6m units of hardware in the US during December 2017 (1.5m Switch, 750k 3DS)
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If the 3DS keeps selling for years, it could get to 100 million for sure. Didn't PS2 sell another 50 million after the PS3 released?
What are you taking about "it's not even up for consideration"? lol
No one would have guessed it would sell 3/4 of a million in a single month this late in its lifespan.
Oh wow...
Switch might be able to maintain its launch aligned lead (in the US) after the PS4's second holiday season... I didn't actually think that would be possible previously. I guess we'll see what kind of numbers it puts up in January.
EDIT: I guess the PS4's November 2014 might be high enough to put it over, so probably not. Either way that'll be a really interesting race to watch, despite the disparate launch seasons.
This confirms Switch demand is real and still Strong, PS4 got November due to the massive USK price drop special
It might beat PSP and GBA depending on how steeply sales decline this year, but yeah, that's the ultimate cap. It's done, it's not selling much more. It had a great run, let it go now people, lol.
That's my point though. Currently it sells about 5 million annually around the world, and it's at 70 million units- it would have to maintain that level of sales for SIX more years, with no declines, to reach 100 million. The PS2 situation is not analogous, it continued to be supported by third parties (most have dropped 3DS), and was sold in developing markets around the world where Nintendo has no presence. It's not getting to 100 million.
rofl
PS360 have both already been discontinued, there can't be that much inventory still available, can there?
DQ aint gonna do shit in the West. maybe a couple years ago (just like Japan), but without any cooperative multiplayer mode like DQ9, I think it's just gonna top out at a couple hundred thousand, if Nintendo advertises it (and I dont think they will)
at this point, the 3DS is gonna coast to the end on legacy software. probably more $20 evergreens over the course of the year with some localizations like Yokai Watch 3 and Atlus's stuff. but nothing bombastic after Detective Pikachu
It depends on stock which they don't have much of right now looking at Japan. The production increase hasn't caught up to demand yet.
I meant 'big' as in notable. I don't actually expect DQ to move much hardware or software for 3DS
Wait, that's his best sales month since december 2014, not overall. It's a good December, but far from the best.
3DS December sales
2011 - 1.606.000
2012 - 1.250.000
2013 - 1.100.000
2014 - 810.000
2015 - 581.000
2016 - 592.000
2017 - 750.000
Very good performance, for sure.
Will be interesting to see the next few months of Switch sales.
-Will Kirby and DKC sell consoles?
-How big is Labo going to be and will it sell a lot of Switches?
-Is Amazon going to be actually right for once and Dark Souls Switch will do great sales wise.
Of course, Monster Hunter World, Labo, and God of War are the most interesting products of the first few months, much more than Kirby, DKC, and Dark Souls. But those later three are still interesting.
-Will Kirby and DKC sell consoles?
-How big is Labo going to be and will it sell a lot of Switches?
-Is Amazon going to be actually right for once and Dark Souls Switch will do great sales wise.
Of course, Monster Hunter World, Labo, and God of War are the most interesting products of the first few months, much more than Kirby, DKC, and Dark Souls. But those later three are still interesting.
I wonder if it's possible for Nintendo to make a 2nd screen attachment for Switch. And it could have a cartridge slot for 3DS and DS carts.
Switch definitely seems to be selling more software than past Nintendo consoles. Hopefully that means the Third Party games like Skyrim, Doom, etc... also sold very well.
PS2 was selling units on NPD years after discontinued... it even was shared some years ago sub-100 units sold.
PS3 and 360 should have some 50k or more sales each in December yet.
When they finally reached elysium, there were only bombas like MVC:I, FE;W waiting for them.
I thought that was just going to be a single week, due to the heavy pushes the previous weeks. I'd be a bit surprised if the stock shortage remains severe for the next several weeks.
Does anyone know if it's still supply constrained in the US at the moment?
Great to see 3DS do so well even after all this time. One of the best handhelds ever with one of the best libraries ever. The only thing really holding the 3DS back is that awful screen imo. If Switch even gets half the support the 3DS got I'll be happy. (It's slowly getting there too)
I believe Benji said that after periodic shortages in December, stock is stabilizing again (please feel free to correct me Benji!)
This is very true with home consoles, but Ninty has employed a successful long legs strategy to its handhelds several times. Gameboy got a second life with Pokémon. DS when it hit $99 exploded. If they get 3DS down to $99, all bets are off.
We will know how constrained the stock is in Japan next week, but if it doesn't get big shipments today/tomorrow sales will still be low. Remember software is dry too.
How have the third party games been selling? I expect the bulk of the sales come from Nintendo themselves but I imagine third party games are also benefitting from the Switch's surge somewhat?
Switch won't be over PS4 after 14 months, because PS4 was at 6.68 million, and Switch need to sell an avarange of 450K the next 4 months. It can do even more than that in February and March, but January and April will be too low... Still, is gonna be close, and that's fucking incredible, considering we are comparing 2 holidays VS only one.
Of course 3DS sold well! It's a good product, the market is not yet saturated, it's cheap, and there's a ton of great games from well known franchises on it!
Finally! Someone else gets it!
Finally! Someone else gets it!
3rd parties have mostly all been outperforming what would be expected. The Switch has been incredibly for software just look at the numbers digital only titles are pushing.
Correct. There were shortages right at the very end of the month / post Christmas. Stock is looking solid now though
I dont think any game will move hardware at this point. not until a hypothetical $99 fire sale come christmas. TecChu wont push the needle much either. it's still a spinoff after all. but I think it can do a couple million worldwide. TPC does have a movie to push with high merchandising potetnial
Could you estimate what you think Nintendo is shipping per week? Is your data for all NA or just US?
This is crazy. Nintendo is on the way to dominating the gaming industry forever. 2018, 2019... the next years will be insane for the Switch.
I'm expecting the console to break all the records and Nintendo market value will reach $100 billion this year (2007 memories)
I'm expecting the console to break all the records and Nintendo market value will reach $100 billion this year (2007 memories)
No no guys, you don't understand, the 3DS is actually doing terribly and Nintendo needs to stop selling it for reasons.
Awesome, thanks. So even if Japan's stock remains low it looks like the US isn't really facing shortages. So I guess January's number will tell us a bit more about what the stabilized demand level could be.
Yeah, the fact that it'll be close is incredible. I don't think many predicted anything like this.
Of course worldwide will also be a very interesting race with PS4, but Nintendo is likely losing ground there due to poor ROTW presence, though much of Europe is looking good.
