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The PlayStation 4 is the best selling console worldwide for calendar year 2018
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What a monster the PS4 still is. After all these years. Congrats Sony! And by the way, are people really suprised that the PS4 is the best selling console in 2018?
Anyone doubted them? ;)
Sony's forcast for their full fiscal year is still 17.5 million.
PS4
Q1 2018 : 2,5M
Q2 2018 : 3,2M
Q3 2018 : 3,9M
Q4 2018 : 8,1M
17,7M
Switch
Q1 2018 : 2,93M
Q2 2018 : 1,88M
Q3 2018 : 3,19M
Q4 2018 : 9,42M
17,4M
Anyone doubted them? ;)
Sony's forcast for their full fiscal year is still 17.5 million.
PS4
Q1 2018 : 2,5M
Q2 2018 : 3,2M
Q3 2018 : 3,9M
Q4 2018 : 8,1M
17,7M
Switch
Q1 2018 : 2,93M
Q2 2018 : 1,88M
Q3 2018 : 3,19M
Q4 2018 : 9,42M
17,4M
Switch is a beast in the holiday season, holy FUUUUUCK
But PS4 seems to make up for it in the eurozone
But PS4 seems to make up for it in the eurozone
Sony's utter dominance in EU (with a few exceptions like France) cannot be overstated. They are the kings of gaming over there.
As I said, those smaller markets add up.
Some people who were sure of Switch's victory just because it won some of the bigger markets didn't take this into account.
Some people who were sure of Switch's victory just because it won some of the bigger markets didn't take this into account.
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Damn that Q2 for Switch. No wonder they revised their forecasts.
Genuinely surprised that PS4 sold more than Switch. All the buzz had me believing Switch was handily in the lead.
Genuinely surprised that PS4 sold more than Switch. All the buzz had me believing Switch was handily in the lead.
Wtf at that Nintendo Q2. Well deserved for Sony though; Spider-Man, God of War and the third party games such as Monster Hunter made it a great year.
Because I just read it on twitter from David Gibson:
Are these numbers sell-in or sell-through?
Otherwise, still strong 5th year
Are these numbers sell-in or sell-through?
Otherwise, still strong 5th year
Damn... it has been a fun ride. So many great games. Congrats to Playstation! And to think, the best is still yet to come.
sony seems to have a grip on the smaller markets as opposed to the huge markets where they just have a good enough time outside of europe, but nintendo does exceptionally well in those bigger markets when it comes to game time in the christmas season. but is that sustainable for growth? smash and pokemon released at near the same time this year so that probably boosted things, but...
that's seriously impressive and more so that with Nintendo's adjustment downwards that they actually might stay neck & neck for fiscal year
Switch has been selling gangbusters but PS4 is still a beast 5+ years in
Switch has been selling gangbusters but PS4 is still a beast 5+ years in
I don't know who would've doubted it. The Switch has done very well but it was obvious the PS4 was selling more worldwide all last year. They just had an incredible software lineup. 2019 might be a different story though.
I will be honest, if you actually followed their quartely reports, you could have know that at the moment sony revealed in CES they sold through 18M units this year.
nintendo from january to late septermber managed to ship around 8m units iirc, so they would need to sell more than 10M units to surpass them (note sold vs shipped numbers means it needs to be more than 10m), and even with smash i didnt see it happening, and i was right.
nintendo from january to late septermber managed to ship around 8m units iirc, so they would need to sell more than 10M units to surpass them (note sold vs shipped numbers means it needs to be more than 10m), and even with smash i didnt see it happening, and i was right.
Definitely Sony's big when it comes to fostering small markets, for example here in our country they offer regional pricing, official stores, conventions, fan events, sponsors, etc. You can't say that with Nintendo and especially MS which is pretty much non-existent here. Another thing too is, wearing my tinfoil hat here, PS1 + 2 being easy to pirate helped the brand a lot in third world countries. Those kids who grew up pirating those games are now adult with disposable cash to spend
How does Xbox compare? Anybody knows how much has it sold?
So is Sony.
"but game streaming on youtube hurts the game industry!" says 95 year old man from his wheelchair
There are so many layers to getting people actually invested in gaming that goes beyond commercials and official shit like that, and in the modern era that's bearing out far more direct evidence
Like it or not, he is one of the top people in Playstation for Europe, so he has a lot to do with the success Playstation have in the EU.
41 million, Sony sold more consoles last quarter only than Xbox did in the whole year.
Mostly comes down to Nintendo having an atrocious Q2.
Sony brought out GOW that quarter while Nintendo relied on Labo, which flopped bad.
Biggest new release for Nintendo through the first 3 quarters was Mario Tennis, the fact that they were able to sell as much as they did with that release schedule is crazy
Also, as others have said, Sony has done a great job fostering the PlayStation brand WW
Sony brought out GOW that quarter while Nintendo relied on Labo, which flopped bad.
Biggest new release for Nintendo through the first 3 quarters was Mario Tennis, the fact that they were able to sell as much as they did with that release schedule is crazy
Also, as others have said, Sony has done a great job fostering the PlayStation brand WW
lol
if you think Sony doesn't care about Europe you're out of your mind. It has been their stronghold since 1995.
i didnt really understand before, but now i am fully aware of why MS does not reveal hardware sales figures anymore
Why not? Sony has the software to do it.
If TLOU Part II comes out next year, it's a wrap.