Switch was Best Selling Hardware in Nov EU + Australia , just ahead of PS5 (YOY Down -2.2% for Nov)

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Summary

• 2.35 million consoles sold across Europe and Australia
• The biggest market for console sales last month was the UK, followed by France.
• Digital Growth 41% , Physical Down by 2.9% Overall
• Digital Share YOY - France up by 85%, Italy up by 90% and Uk up by 78%
• PS4 digital game sales rose 40.8% year-on-year, but physical game sales are down 13.3%. Switch physical game sales are down 7.4%, (due to Pokemon)
• Overall game sales in November was the UK, which was up 31.9% over last year, followed by Germany (up 23.5%) and then France (down 0.5%).

2.35 million games consoles were sold across Europe and Australia during November 2020, the latest GSD market data has revealed.

That's a 32% increase over November 2019. In terms of revenue, games consoles - which includes the newly released PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S - generated €830 million, which is up 83.5% over last year.

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It must be noted that the new Xbox and PlayStation consoles completely sold out across all markets, and will have sold even better if more stock had been available.
The biggest market for console sales last month was the UK, followed by France.
The data for this report is for the period November 2nd - November 29th, 2020. It covers the retail territories listed at the bottom of the article.

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GSD November Top 20 Video Games (Digital + Physical)

1 Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (Activision Blizzard)
2 Assassin's Creed Valhalla (Ubisoft)
3 FIFA 21 (EA)
4 Spider-Man Miles Morales (Sony)
5 Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo)*
6 Grand Theft Auto 5 (Take-Two)
7 Mario Kart 8: Deluxe (Nintendo)*
8 Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Nintendo)*
9 Watch Dogs: Legion (Ubisoft)
10 Super Mario 3D All-Stars (Nintendo)*
11 Just Dance 2021 (Ubisoft)
12 Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo)*
13 Football Manager 2021 (Sega)
14 Red Dead Redemption 2 (Take-Two)
15 Minecraft: Switch Edition (Mojang)
16 The Last of Us: Part 2 (Sony)
17 Assassin's Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft)*
18 NBA 2K21 (Take-Two)
19 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege (Ubisoft)
20 God of War (Sony)
*Digital data not available

GSD November Top 10 Video Games (Digital)

1 Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (Activision Blizzard)
2 Assassin's Creed Valhalla (Ubisoft)
3 FIFA 21 (EA)
4 Grand Theft Auto 5 (Take-Two)
5 Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Sony)
6 Football Manager 2021 (Sega)
7 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege (Ubisoft)
8 Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 5 (Bandai Namco)
9 Assassin's Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft)
10 Red Dead Redemption 2 (Take-Two)
GSD November Top 10 Video Games (Physical)

GSD November Top 10 Video Games (Physical)
1 Assassin's Creed Valhalla (Ubisoft)
2 FIFA 21 (EA)
3 Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (Activision Blizzard)
4 Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Sony)
5 Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo)
6 Mario Kart 8: Deluxe (Nintendo)
7 Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Nintendo)
8 Super Mario 3D All-Stars (Nintendo)
9 Just Dance 2021 (Ubisoft)
10 Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo)

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[Deleted member 63122]

And that's without any huge exclusive title.

 

[Kingpin Rogers]

Nintendo probably wishing they'd just forced Gamefreak to have another Pokemon game ready this year. Imagine what the sales could have been like if they'd done that.

 

[srtrestre]

Insane sales considering they didn't have a Pokeymains equivalent.

 

[Deleted member 15360]

And that's without any huge exclusive title.

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They had a massive deals in Nov

200 Euro for Switch bundle with 3 months nso and mario kart ?

 

[Rosebud]

Nintendo probably wishing they'd just forced Gamefreak to have another Pokemon game ready this year. Imagine what the sales could have been like if they'd done that.

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Please no rushed Pokemon games with 1/4 of the Dex

 

[Deleted member 3017]

Nintendo probably wishing they'd just forced Gamefreak to have another Pokemon game ready this year. Imagine what the sales could have been like if they'd done that.

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Better to have a couple big hitters next fall.

 

[Glio]

Nintendo probably wishing they'd just forced Gamefreak to have another Pokemon game ready this year. Imagine what the sales could have been like if they'd done that.

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It would have been Sword / Shield 2, which doesn't move that much hardware.

 

[Deleted member 63122]

Nintendo probably wishing they'd just forced Gamefreak to have another Pokemon game ready this year. Imagine what the sales could have been like if they'd done that.

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Couldn't sell what isn't there. The Switch is still pretty supplied restrained WW.

 

[Kouriozan]

Animal Crossing is only getting its first holiday, imagine how crazy this month will be.

 

[julian]

And that's without any huge exclusive title.

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Pikmin 3 cries...

 

[Oregano]

Weirdly disappointing that it was flat.

 

[Deleted member 63122]

They had a massive deals in Nov

200 Euro for Switch bundle with 3 months nso and mario kart ?

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They had that Lite with AC deal, but still, imagine next year, those deals with BOTW 2 or a Pokemon game.

 

[cw_sasuke]

Sony and Nintendo are killing it in Europe.

And that's without any huge exclusive title.

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What ? Like 99% of Switch top sellers are huge exclusive titles.

PS. I get what you mean, but this kind of take always irks me...as if people would buy the system without any games.

Weirdly disappointing that it was flat.

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Not really considering two new systems launched and the fact they werent too aggressive with pricing or bundles. The fact that they stayed flat is impressive. November 2019 was a VERY strong Switch month.

 

[ILikeFeet]

Nintendo probably wishing they'd just forced Gamefreak to have another Pokemon game ready this year. Imagine what the sales could have been like if they'd done that.

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gods no. Sword and Shield felt rushed as it was

 

[Deleted member 63122]

Sony and Nintendo are killing it in Europe.

What ? Like 99% of Switch top sellers are huge exclusive titles.

PS. I get what you mean, but this kind of take always irks me...as if people would buy the system without any games.

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I mean new huge console sellers like what the title said. Last year they had Pokemon, this year they had Pikmin and Hyrule Warriors.

 

[Deleted member 15360]

Weirdly disappointing that it was flat.

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It had a good growth in uk

Couldn't sell what isn't there. The Switch is still pretty supplied restrained WW.

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I didn't read any supply issues for EU yet.

 

[legend166]

Weirdly disappointing that it was flat.

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It'll be interesting to see what happens in the US, but my thought all along has been that COVID had a pull effect where you had a lot of people who may have bought at the end of the year ended up getting it earlier. So you couldn't just apply the same YOY multiplier as in earlier months.

 

[cw_sasuke]

I mean new huge console sellers like what the title said. Last year they had Pokemon, this year they had Pikmin and Hyrule Warriors.

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As stated i understand what you meant - doesnt make that statement true though. It has alot of big exclusives and they are mostly new for whoever picks up the Switch for the first time this year.

 

[Deleted member 63122]

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2.35 million games consoles were sold across Europe and Australia during November 2020, the latest GSD market data has …

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Here's the link, OP.

 

[Efejota]

And that's without any huge exclusive title.

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Considering they did like 10 different dubs (end even more subs) for it despite having a lot of dialogues and characters, I'd consider Age of Calamity a huge release. At least for them.

 

[Taurus]

Switch down YoY!?

Nintendo är dömd
Nintendo ist zum Scheitern verurteilt
Nintendo est condamné
Nintendo está condenado
Nintendo è condannata
Nintendo jest skazane na zagładę
Nintendo er dømt
Nintendo on tuomittu
Η Nintendo είναι καταδικασμένη
Nintendo is gedoemd
Nintendo je ztraceno
A Nintendo halálra van ítélve

 

[Deleted member 63122]

Considering they did like 10 different dubs for it despite having a lot of dialogues and characters, I'd consider Age of Calamity a huge release. At least for them.

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Me too. I loved it, but was it going to sell more than 10 million in a month? no. There's big , then there's Pokemon big. That's what the analyst meant.

 

[Deleted member 15360]

oh damn we have a lot of data

 

[Efejota]

Me too. I loved it, but was it going to sell more than 10 million in a month? no. There's big , then there's Pokemon big. That's what the analyst meant.

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Hmm, you might have a point in that this game it's not so much a console seller like Pokémon but instead something that can latch on existing users that loved botw. The WiiU userbase without a Switch is pretty tiny nowadays after all. I do think it'll sell more than many expect, though.

 

[Cubo]

It had a good growth in uk

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That was a mistake. The growth was for the whole 2020 year versus 2019, so we don't know how november went in UK. I'd say an increase but not that big.

 

[Deleted member 15360]

Here are the EMEAA GSD charts for November:

GSD November Top 20 Video Games (Digital + Physical)

Position Title
1 Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (Activision Blizzard)
2 Assassin's Creed Valhalla (Ubisoft)
3 FIFA 21 (EA)
4 Spider-Man Miles Morales (Sony)
5 Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo)*
6 Grand Theft Auto 5 (Take-Two)
7 Mario Kart 8: Deluxe (Nintendo)*
8 Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Nintendo)*
9 Watch Dogs: Legion (Ubisoft)
10 Super Mario 3D All-Stars (Nintendo)*
11 Just Dance 2021 (Ubisoft)
12 Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo)*
13 Football Manager 2021 (Sega)
14 Red Dead Redemption 2 (Take-Two)
15 Minecraft: Switch Edition (Mojang)
16 The Last of Us: Part 2 (Sony)
17 Assassin's Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft)*
18 NBA 2K21 (Take-Two)
19 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege (Ubisoft)
20 God of War (Sony)
*Digital data not available

GSD November Top 10 Video Games (Digital)


1 Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (Activision Blizzard)
2 Assassin's Creed Valhalla (Ubisoft)
3 FIFA 21 (EA)
4 Grand Theft Auto 5 (Take-Two)
5 Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Sony)
6 Football Manager 2021 (Sega)
7 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege (Ubisoft)
8 Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 5 (Bandai Namco)
9 Assassin's Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft)
10 Red Dead Redemption 2 (Take-Two)
GSD November Top 10 Video Games (Physical)

GSD November Top 10 Video Games (Physical)
1 Assassin's Creed Valhalla (Ubisoft)
2 FIFA 21 (EA)
3 Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (Activision Blizzard)
4 Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Sony)
5 Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo)
6 Mario Kart 8: Deluxe (Nintendo)
7 Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Nintendo)
8 Super Mario 3D All-Stars (Nintendo)
9 Just Dance 2021 (Ubisoft)
10 Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo)[/CODE]

 

[MatrixMan.exe]

I had a feeling this would happen due to PS5 supply in those regions, coupled with Switch's amazing momentum. What I didn't expect is for it to be down YoY, albeit slightly.

Only thing I can really take away from this is that they're both looking to have killer holidays.

 

[Delusibeta]

Yeah, you do have to remember that the Switch comparison point is "new Pokemon launch month". With all due respect to Omega Team, Hyrule Warriors is not remotely close to Pokemon. The fact that Switch sales was basically flat compared to new Pokemon launch month is phenomenal.

 

[Spine Crawler]

whats crazy is that there has not been a real price drop yet.

 

[Puroresu_kid]

Market leader. Don't call it a comeback

 

[Mister_X]

Switch momentum is just crazy across the world. I think this will finish in the top 3 of videogame hardware sales of all time

 

[Deleted member 15360]

updated the OP

 

[Deleted member 15360]

Meanwhile, digital sales of PS5 launch games (Spider-Man, Demon's Souls and Sackboy) are also absent for the week they came out.

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Weird

 

[Astandahl]

Both Switch and PS5 are extremely impressive.
The first because it was pretty much flat YOY despite no Pokemon and the second because it goes sold out immediatly despite a very high amount of stock.

 

[dep9000]

That's a lot of dusty Switches out there!

 

[Puroresu_kid]

whats crazy is that there has not been a real price drop yet.

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Yep. Not sure what the record is for no price drop since launch but the switch must be coming close to that number.

 

[Deleted member 15360]

I had a feeling this would happen due to PS5 supply in those regions, coupled with Switch's amazing momentum. What I didn't expect is for it to be down YoY, albeit slightly.

Only thing I can really take away from this is that they're both looking to have killer holidays.

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Both Switch and PS5 are extremely impressive.
The first because it was pretty much flat YOY despite no Pokemon and the second because it goes sold out immediatly despite a very high amount of stock.

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Yeah, its mentioned in the article

It must be noted that the new Xbox and PlayStation consoles completely sold out across all markets, and will have sold even better if more stock had been available.

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[Landy828]

Posted something similar in the Media Create thread, but...

I had no idea Switch was KILLING it like this.

(I literally just bought one for my daughters for their Christmas here in the US)

 

[Aostia82]

I had a feeling this would happen due to PS5 supply in those regions, coupled with Switch's amazing momentum. What I didn't expect is for it to be down YoY, albeit slightly.

Only thing I can really take away from this is that they're both looking to have killer holidays.

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Yes
And considering last year Pokémon launch I even expected it to be flat ToY in EU
I think december willl be up YoY again

 

[MegaXZero]

Weird

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Didn't they come out the week before the PS5 in Europe? Could you buy a PS5 game digitally properly without one?

 

[Deleted member 3017]

Posted something similar in the Media Create thread, but...

I had no idea Switch was KILLING it like this.

(I literally just bought one for my daughters for their Christmas here in the US)

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Switch isn't as front loaded as Wii was, but it will be significantly more successful.

 

[srtrestre]

That's a lot of dusty Switches out there!

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Parts of Europe are expected to turn into desert by the end of the century iirc, so it makes sense.

 

[Spinluck]

This is incredibly impressive.

No way around it.

 

[Deleted member 15360]

OP updated

 

[Pokémon]

They had a massive deals in Nov

200 Euro for Switch bundle with 3 months nso and mario kart ?

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First time I am hearing about such a bundle. There was an Animal Crossing Switch Lite bundle for 200 euros in Germany but it was only available at certain retailers for a few days. Besides that no "massive" deals.

 

[Deleted member 15360]

First time I am hearing about such a bundle. There was an Animal Crossing Switch Lite bundle for 200 euros in Germany but it was only available at certain retailers for a few days. Besides that no "massive" deals.

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it was 299 deal ,

 

[Landy828]

Switch isn't as front loaded as Wii was, but it will be significantly more successful.

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I pimped out their system with a protective cover (with the controller "handle bumps" to make it more comfortable), a tempered glass screen protector, a carrying case, thumbstick covers, and bought them Yoshi's Crafted World and Animal Crossing.

Went ahead and created Nintendo accounts and set everything up on it. Then packaged it back up. 😄

 

[Deleted member 15360]

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 5


Why is this high ? Isnt it a ps2 game ?

 

[Deleted member 3017]

I pimped out their system with a protective cover (with the controller "handle bumps" to make it more comfortable), a tempered glass screen protector, a carrying case, thumbstick covers, and bought them Yoshi's Crafted World and Animal Crossing.

Went ahead and created Nintendo accounts and set everything up on it. Then packaged it back up. 😄

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Smart on you to get the accounts set up before they open it! That's always a frustrating experience on Christmas morning. The servers will be hammered.