PS4/XBO/NS - 2018 vs. 2019 - Week 52 Numbers Added; Final 2019 Totals

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ArchangelMadzz said:

HylianSwordsman said:

That's a bit surprising, but I think it'll be pretty close in the end. Given that Switch is over a million ahead of where it was last year, it probably won't lose that lead on its previous year, and that makes it on track to sell 17,565,922 at the moment for 2019. Given that Nintendo's sales are holiday heavy, that lead will probably increase a bit in the end, so Switch will inevitably close much of that gap with PS4's 2018, and might even surpass it in the end. Clearly barring a disaster Switch's 2019 will beat its 2018, so the Switch 2019 to PS4 2018 race will probably be more interesting to watch.

Will be interesting to see how it all leans up in the end as they've got a 1 million deficit to overcome. But still good on PS4 year 5 being that much in front of Switch year 3 half way through the year.

While the PS4 is in front, unless the announcement of the Switch Lite throws a wrench into the Switch's sales wheels until it's release, The advantage should start to shrink now over the course of summer, and then shrink rapidly/grow in favor of the Switch once the Lite is released.

Like SpokenTruth already explained, 2H from Nintendo beat the one of the PS4. Nintendo being traditionally dtrong during the holiday season coupled with the 1-2 punch of Pokemon Let's go and Smash Ultimate certainly helped to that, but it wasn't the only factor. Nintendo already announced back then that during Summer the sales went up, so the rise came from across the entire 2H last year. With what has been announced to come this July and then starting August 30, there will be a similar push this year throughout summer, and then Lite, Link's Awakening and Pokemon will push it into overdrive.