Which Top-Selling New Release of 2018 Most Exceeded Retail Sales Expectations?

[Kai_Mao]

TheBlackNaruto said:

Kai_Mao said:

Probably part of the surprise is that Smash Bros. Ultimate is not only selling well, but allowed the Switch to move so much hardware that it broke records. Sure, Smash is a system seller, but I don't believe at this level. 1.77 million Switch units were sold in the U.S. during the month of December, the highest amount of units in a month sold in this generation, especially considering that the Switch did really well in November and that the PS4 has dominated this generation but has not been able to post even these kinds of numbers during the holidays.

True but taking in to account that(if I am not mistaken) December is always the biggest sales month for Nintendo. Added with the hottest new gaming until being the Switch and the biggest Nintendo release in history the sales add up pretty well for December. Has Sony ever REALLY been "big" in Dec like Nintendo? I am genuinely asking because I don't know for sure. But from my memory I don't ever remember it being.

I think people still had doubts about the Switch coming into December, especially when they had the lofty goal of wanting 20 million units shipped by the end of the fiscal year. Despite Smash Ultimate being the biggest Nintendo release of the year (maybe ever), there were still doubts that it could do the kind of numbers we saw, especially when people believed Nintendo lost some momentum throughout the year because of their relatively quiet first half of 2018.

As for Sony and Microsoft, yea I think they've aimed towards getting more sales in November and utilizing Black Friday. But still, with Sony selling the way it is, you'd think it would have sold more than 1.77 million units in a month, especially during its peak years.