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Forums - Sales Discussion - Media Create/Famitsu/Dengeki - April 17th - 23rd 2017

Mnementh said:
JRPGfan said:

PS4 software sales this week: 57.7k

Switch software sales this week: 40,9k      (also those are games like bomberman & 1,2-Switch.....)

Games at some point start to sell more and more to the existing base. Who buys a Switch-game on the other hand must practically buy also the system at this point. So you can't simply look at the relation of game sales to system sales (except for systems in a similar point in their lifecycle).

The original post I quouted was basically "PS4 lacks games (thats why its back to 20k sales this week)"

PS4 has more games on the list, than the switch, and more game sales. Ontop of those games being real games, not 1,2-switch like ones. The point was just the "PS4 needs games" was a stupid comment.



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Nautilus said:
(1) Those Switch sales are really impressive.It sold more than last week and the big release this week is that Spelunker game.People are probably buying it in antecipation of MK 8D?

(2) And PS4 sales are a tad dissapointing.Its probably too early to say, but could this be the Switch starting to eat away the PS4 sales?Well, it certainly wont make things easier for the PS4 in japan in the upcomming months, thats for sure.

For the overall games, things seem good.Games like Nier, Zelda and surprisingly Bomberman are holding well.

(1) Probably stock issues. Sales go up if there are more units available.

(2) Probably normal reduction before golden week boost. I don't see Switch hurting the PS4 much, but Vita might be another story.



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vivster said:
Mnementh said:

Well, Nintendo could stop sellign them.

Then the Japanese would just start manufacturing themself, sending them to Nintendo, just so they can buy more. If in Japan you don't own at least five 3DS you are not considered a human being.

Well, true. As for me I'm only half-human, got only 4 3DS.



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Switch at over 50% of the Japanese market this week? Actually says more about the state of the industry there than how well Switch is doing, though Switch is still doing great.



JRPGfan said:

The original post I quouted was basically "PS4 lacks games (thats why its back to 20k sales this week)"

PS4 has more games on the list, than the switch, and more game sales. Ontop of those games being real games, not 1,2-switch like ones. The point was just the "PS4 needs games" was a stupid comment.

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JRPGfan said:
Mnementh said:

Games at some point start to sell more and more to the existing base. Who buys a Switch-game on the other hand must practically buy also the system at this point. So you can't simply look at the relation of game sales to system sales (except for systems in a similar point in their lifecycle).

The original post I quouted was basically "PS4 lacks games (thats why its back to 20k sales this week)"

PS4 has more games on the list, than the switch, and more game sales. Ontop of those games being real games, not 1,2-switch like ones. The point was just the "PS4 needs games" was a stupid comment.

Oh, ok. I agree, PS4 has plenty games at the moment. It might be entering the second half of it's lifecycle behind it's peak, but it is still far from the end and at this time in the lifecycle of consoles they get usually the most and most matured and innovative games. And looking at Nier and Horizon and whatnot, I think there is no reason to complain about games for a PS4-owner. I think it's fine and game-makers will have great sales to the existing base.



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Mnementh said:
Nautilus said:
(1) Those Switch sales are really impressive.It sold more than last week and the big release this week is that Spelunker game.People are probably buying it in antecipation of MK 8D?

(2) And PS4 sales are a tad dissapointing.Its probably too early to say, but could this be the Switch starting to eat away the PS4 sales?Well, it certainly wont make things easier for the PS4 in japan in the upcomming months, thats for sure.

For the overall games, things seem good.Games like Nier, Zelda and surprisingly Bomberman are holding well.

(1) Probably stock issues. Sales go up if there are more units available.

(2) Probably normal reduction before golden week boost. I don't see Switch hurting the PS4 much, but Vita might be another story.

About point 1, you are right.Forgot for a moment that the Switch is having stock issues.

As for my other point.I dont really think so.Switch is still on its infancy, so the impact on ther larger market is still small, but the Switch is in direct competition with the PS4 and as time goes on, it will get more and more games.And since the Switch form factor is more desirable over there than the PS4, that could influence directly over PS4 sales.But as I said, too early to say.



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Switch dominating Japan as expected. I'm much more excited to see EU and NA figures, too bad they're so hard to come by.



Mummelmann said:
Switch dominating Japan as expected. I'm much more excited to see EU and NA figures, too bad they're so hard to come by.

You'd need some kind of tracking website for that.



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