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MasonADC on 06 February 2019
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Nate4Drake said:
zorg1000 said:

The holiday shopping season in general is "casual" season and the difference in Dec to Jan decline can be explained by 3 things.

1. Black Friday. In the US PS4 had the Spider Man bundle that was $100 under MSRP for a week and had no deals in December. On the other hand Switch had a decent Mario Kart bundle but it was only for 1 day and did not go under MSRP.

2. Games. The 2 biggest holiday games for PS4,  Red Dead 2 & Black Ops 4, released in mid-late Oct. The 2 biggest holiday games for NSW, Pokemon & Smash, released in mid Nov-early Dec.

3. Japan. The holiday shopping season starts later in Japan and since this region makes up less than 10% of PS4 sales and close to 25% of Switch sales, of course Switch will benefit more.

These three things are what cause PS4 & NSW to have different Nov to Dec to Jan fluctuations, it has nothing to do with Dec being "casual month" and the fact you even came to that conclusion shows you really dont know how to look at and analyze data.

 

And no PS4 will not sell 17 million this year.

I still think Dec being a more casual month might affect a more casual/family console. 2nd, don't pretend your opinion weights more than the opinions of other members simply because you spend your life checking charts. You do not have a crystal ball, so you can't say :"And no PS4 will not sell 17 million this year"

Ps4 lineup is clearly worst than last year, and saturation will kick in. It won’t reach 17 million