| Shadow1980 said: Chart time!
More charts to come later. The PS4 had its worst month yet, and the XBO had its second-worst month (though its worst month, May 2014, was when they announced a Kinect-less SKU for release in June, resulting in a much larger April-to-May drop that year). For YTD sales, the PS4 is down 32.9% YoY while the XBO is down 34.1%. While the Switch's sales have grown by a healthy 23.3% for the year so far, it wasn't enough to offset the losses from the PS4 & XBO, and so far console sales are down 15.7% from the Jan.-May period of last year. |
Thanks for the insights.
PS4/Xbone are really starting to show their age.
Still amazes me that Switch has done so well this year so far despite the mediocre lineup, though I suppose a lot of that likely has to do with Smash's long term momentum carrying over from last December. Can't wait to see how it does from the end of this month onwards once the onslaught of new games kicks in.
EDIT: I'm really surprised how well MK11 is doing on Switch; it's not the kind of game I'd expect to really resonate with a Nintendo audience, especially considering the "only a third of the game is on the card, download the rest" shenanigans it pulled.
Last edited by curl-6 - on 22 June 2019
