I agree with all of this. Microsoft more than any other publisher right now seems to be ramping up for next gen, 1st or 3rd party. All of the signs of them having a strong strategy for launching next gen are there.
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October 2018 NPD (U.S. Hardware) Predictions - Closes Tuesday, November 13th
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Open world full of fetch quest with a great skill three.
y'all are expecting way too much for launch games/launch window games. Those historically always sucked on almost all consoles but even more on Playstation consoles.
tbh I think most of the PS5/Xbox Scarlett launch games will be port of PS4/XBO GaaS games
tbh I think most of the PS5/Xbox Scarlett launch games will be port of PS4/XBO GaaS games
Try to predict next gen without not even knowing the consoles and the strategy behind it, is meaningless.
On PS2 era everyone believed that PS3 would smash the others. Sony has the best hand to enter next gen, but PS5 become as dominant as PS4 depends on a lot of factors.
On PS2 era everyone believed that PS3 would smash the others. Sony has the best hand to enter next gen, but PS5 become as dominant as PS4 depends on a lot of factors.
I am not comparing the Switch with the PS4 or the X1 but with itself. It is clearly in a upward trend.
Whenever one of the big 3 does good/great, the other two will fail.
Nintendo is consolidating their console and handheld business? It will sap everything away from traditional consoles.
MS is establishing subscription services for their new games? That will kill traditional game launches.
Sony is dominating the console space? There is no other viable way to have success in the gaming space for the other two.
The US / UK and some of Europe will be a toss up next gen. Launch price, launch titles and launch date are all going to be vital. There is no reason to think its a done deal
Mat on Twitter posted 20hrs ago that the release is tonight as planned so I assume people know the numbers now?
It won't. PlayStation's brand globally is miles ahead of Xbox, I'd even go on to say that Xbox is practically dead as a brand in some regions.
I've said this before.
If they were stocks.....based solely on unit sales....Sony is a safe bet for home consoles.
Sweet, delicious pork creature. Thanks for not abandoning us despite the people that tried to harass you.
Do you think Let's Go is in line with typical Pokemon remake numbers?
Do you think lets go numbers will do the typical Pokemon numbers?
Dammit, not even Pokemon could save the Switch from the downward spiral. November will be strong for sure, but last November was too. I bet on you making it on the 20 million forecast Nintendo, don't let me down.
PS4 continues to dominate in year 5. What a success story for Sony.
Those are numbers for October. It's literally the first word in his post.
This are October numbers, not even close to Pokemon release date.
Only -12% when compared to last year that had Mario Odyssey with a bundle is a good performance.
I think people talking about US only here.
No software rankings this month?
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Cheers Pork, Switch being down makes sense, considering last year had Odyssey.
Red Dead doing work for those PS4/XBO bundles I bet!
Red Dead doing work for those PS4/XBO bundles I bet!
I think overall it is too, but honestly I was expecting sales to be higher. The software lineup is stronger, it's the second year of the console - honestly looking at last year I was expecting more from the Switch. Expecially next to the PS4's numbers.
The big takeaway here isn't that the Switch isn't doing good but that we're seeing Sony's software strategy working wonders - there's always a new and exciting game coming out on their console, every month. If Nintendo somehow managed to keep up with their goals for unified software production the Switch could be a lot bigger than it currently is. It's selling quite decently without big games, imagine what it could do with them.
October was the only month in 2018 Switch could have come in third (due to the strength of CoD and RDR2 on the other platforms) and it didn't even come close to happening. Switch is about to have an insane holiday.
Well we don't have to imagine it for long, but just wait for November and December result. But yes, planning this year is heavily skewed towards the last two months.
Thanks Magicpork!
Using these for October 2017 (PS4 - 205K, NSW - 295K, XB1 - 130K) I get the following for October 2018:
PS4: 332K - 348K (=340K ?)
NSW: 260K
XB1: 213K - 216K (=215K ?)
Totals Jan-Oct 2018
PS4: 3048K (+14% YoY)
NSW: 2505K (-4% YoY)
XB1: 2083K (+35% YoY)
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Surprising to see Xbox is way up YoY - someone a few posts above told us the Xbox brand is practically dead so how is this possible hmmmmm
Seems like great results all round again, November / December are going to be insane!
Whether or not they are the leaks we all love I just want to say your posts are always insightful and many people really appreciate reading your insights. No matter what people with agendas say.
So thank you for continuing to post here!
if you are expecting Pokemon S/M numbers then absolutely not.. but it's going to surprise quite a lot of people..
The truth is.. for the first time in months, Switch may actually have a shot at that elusive 20m target.. obviously we're still early in the holiday season so let's just wait and see.
You don't need me to tell you the software ranking this month :)
