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Forums - Sales Discussion - November 2017 NPD Thread! PS4 > XBO > Switch

shadowii on 08 December 2017

First time in months the narrative for Nintendo is bad again, seriously i just want my favorite game company to do well and is that so wrong



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Pinkie_pie on 08 December 2017

Ps4 is killing it. Xbox one is killing it. Switch not so much



zorg1000 on 08 December 2017
xl-klaudkil said:

Why do i always see this switch vs ps4 in post where ps4 sells incredible well? If you know what i mean.

Yes ps4 launched November, @400bucks without any big game.

Yes switch launched at march @ 300 with freaking zelda and got a big mario game the same year.

Ask yourself this question.

Besides ps3 where sony fucked up badly, did they ever got beaten?
I'll answer.
Noo they did not.


Yes switch is a hybrid, but i think that Matters more in japan then anywhere else.

If you think this year whas insane,just remember next year we could see a bf ps4 @180 or 199 with a game.

If you dont see it the other way just as much than you are just ignoring it, plain and simple. People have been trying to downplay Switch doing well all year long.

Also PS4 didnt have any big games? What do you call Call of Duty, Battlefield, Madden, FIFA, NBA, Assassin's Creed? It had all of those day 1 and had them all again by the end of year 1 with Watch Dogs, Destiny, GTA, Last of Us as well.

You cant use the cross platform/multiplat/port excuse otherwise you cant include Zelda/Mario Kart as big Switch games.

Saying PS4 had no big games in its first year is revisionist history, it had one of the biggest system selling 1st year lineups ever.



When the herd loses its way, the shepard must kill the bull that leads them astray.

zorg1000 on 08 December 2017
Ka-pi96 said:
xl-klaudkil said:

Why do i always see this switch vs ps4 in post where ps4 sells incredible well? If you know what i mean.

Yes ps4 launched November, @400bucks without any big game.

Yes switch launched at march @ 300 with freaking zelda and got a big mario game the same year.

Ask yourself this question.

Besides ps3 where sony fucked up badly, did they ever got beaten?
I'll answer.
Noo they did not.


Yes switch is a hybrid, but i think that Matters more in japan then anywhere else.

If you think this year whas insane,just remember next year we could see a bf ps4 @180 or 199 with a game.

PSP/Vita?

PSP did great, the only thing about it that could be considered a fuck up would be the fact that it lost alot of potential software sales do to piracy but it sold over 80 million units of hardware.



When the herd loses its way, the shepard must kill the bull that leads them astray.

Lawlight on 08 December 2017
shadowii said:
First time in months the narrative for Nintendo is bad again, seriously i just want my favorite game company to do well and is that so wrong

It’s not bad at all. It’s just people had huge expectations because Nintendo was winning NPDs and Japan despite the shortage. I think the first shock came in October when despite no shortage and SMO the Switch didn’t “beast”.And now articles were already written on how the Switch won Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday so with the Switch not winning despite having no shortage issue, it might come off as negative.



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shadowii on 08 December 2017
Lawlight said:
shadowii said:
First time in months the narrative for Nintendo is bad again, seriously i just want my favorite game company to do well and is that so wrong

It’s not bad at all. It’s just people had huge expectations because Nintendo was winning NPDs and Japan despite the shortage. I think the first shock came in October when despite no shortage and SMO the Switch didn’t “beast”.And now articles were already written on how the Switch won Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday so with the Switch not winning despite having no shortage issue, it might come off as negative.

oh i see thanks 

have no prespective on these things



zealen on 08 December 2017

Fact is PS4 is a monster. Switch is doing really fine, great numbers and lineup. But you can't ignore PS4 success, it's pretty crazy.



shadowii on 08 December 2017
zealen said:
Fact is PS4 is a monster. Switch is doing really fine, great numbers and lineup. But you can't ignore PS4 success, it's pretty crazy.

no arguments or complaints there good for them (thumbs up)



RJ_Sizzle on 08 December 2017
zealen said:
Fact is PS4 is a monster. Switch is doing really fine, great numbers and lineup. But you can't ignore PS4 success, it's pretty crazy.

No you can't. And most publishers can't either, this is why taking the lead is important for a healthy library of games. The runners up will have to resort to paying to keep selected content from their rivals, and a lot of times those deals will be limited.



NATO on 08 December 2017
Pinkie_pie said:
Ps4 is killing it. Xbox one is temporarilly killing it. Switch not so much

Fixed, let's be real, a lot of those sales are just the XB1X rush.