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| Yes, Switch will KILL the PS4! | 18 | 12.95% | |
| No, PS4 will remain champion! | 74 | 53.24% | |
| Hard to tell right now, time will only tell. | 47 | 33.81% | |
| Total: | 139 | ||
they need to keep the steam of nintendo switch and i honestly think that they will release pokemon 8th gen next year for that. After the second christmas i think the sales will fizzle out a bit. in the end ps4 will still sell marginally better than switch... unless sony rush their ps5 if ps4 sales plummet next year which i doubt
The plan to increase production by 6 million units in the three months to the end of March 2018.
https://www.j-cast.com/kaisha/2017/12/16316743.html
| DonFerrari said: During the first 6 months of both consoles mentioned there was no level of certainty that one would go 100M and the other 15M. Current Switch sales data is insufficient to say it won't sell less than 50M, it is quite improbable, but not impossible yet. |
Disagree the were signs one was the fastest selling products the other one of the slowest to date, early momentum and market situation is a good indicator of what lies ahead, Wii was selling high numbers to new gamers outselling the 360 in 10 months while Wii U was selling low numbers and people didn't know a new console was even out. For Switch the is no other portable device for the 70m 3ds owners and 14m Vita owners to go to for portable gaming the biggest hurdle was the price and Switch brushed that aside, that alone along with the momentum the platform has adds certainty to reaching 50m.
This is before we get to the likes of IPs like Pokemon, AC, Tomodachi and such, Switch also has better support than 3DS and Wii U did as well all the while the platform is still having issues meeting demand 9 months in despite reaching 10m units a week ago.
NPCmates said:
Just commented on another guys saying smart phones really fucked the handheld console market also if you notice DS did 150mil but then 3DS did around 70mil and DS hit big with nostalgia, price point not to mention brain age and nintendogs it just seems like Nintendo fans are dipping or getting older and moving on and unless they hit with a gimmick casual crowd leave and Hardcore just go to another console or PC. |
So you are saying Switch is selling to casual or something? If so then LOL
Last edited by HoangNhatAnh - on 16 December 2017
SpokenTruth said:
N64 Year 4 (1999): N64 year 6 (2001 - year the GC launched): GC year 4 (2004): GC year 5 (2005): GC year 6 (2006 - year the Wii launched): Wii year 4 (2009): Wii year 5 (2010): Wii year 6 (2011): Wii year 6 (2012 - year the Wii U launched): Does not include Virtual Console or New Play Control releases. But please, tell me again how they don't support their console after the 4th year. |
Please add Pandora's Tower for Wii
Wyrdness said:
Disagree the were signs one was the fastest selling products the other one of the slowest to date, early momentum and market situation is a good indicator of what lies ahead, Wii was selling high numbers to new gamers outselling the 360 in 10 months while Wii U was selling low numbers and people didn't know a new console was even out. For Switch the is no other portable device for the 70m 3ds owners and 14m Vita owners to go to for portable gaming the biggest hurdle was the price and Switch brushed that aside, that alone along with the momentum the platform has adds certainty to reaching 50m. This is before we get to the likes of IPs like Pokemon, AC, Tomodachi and such, Switch also has better support than 3DS and Wii U did as well all the while the platform is still having issues meeting demand 9 months in despite reaching 10m units a week ago. |
That is why I said it isn't certain but it's very very very unlikely that Switch do lower than 50M
duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363
Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994
Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."
StreaK said:
Yeah, exactly. Man who would have predicted this? But then again, Xbox One did alright in its first 12 months. |
No it didn't. Actually, if you check out sales and/or shipments for consoles on Wikipedia (you can also get some on the Video Game Sales Wiki), consoles' performances in their first year are usually a pretty good indication of how things will go for at least the following 2-3 years. Some consoles have experienced a significant change in sales later on (PS3 picked up, Wii fell off a cliff), but it takes a while for the market to respond. Probably the closest we've come to a console's sales changing early on was the DS, which got a big boost from the release of the DS Lite, but it was still doing reasonably well before that.
As for this Switch vs. PS4 thing, all I know is that Nintendo are planning to ship at least 25m Switches next financial year, which would be more than the PS4's biggest year was. That doesn't guarantee sales, of course, but it does give reason to be optimistic about what Nintendo are capable of.
atomicblue said:
No it didn't. Actually, if you check out sales and/or shipments for consoles on Wikipedia (you can also get some on the Video Game Sales Wiki), consoles' performances in their first year are usually a pretty good indication of how things will go for at least the following 2-3 years. Some consoles have experienced a significant change in sales later on (PS3 picked up, Wii fell off a cliff), but it takes a while for the market to respond. Probably the closest we've come to a console's sales changing early on was the DS, which got a big boost from the release of the DS Lite, but it was still doing reasonably well before that. As for this Switch vs. PS4 thing, all I know is that Nintendo are planning to ship at least 25m Switches next financial year, which would be more than the PS4's biggest year was. That doesn't guarantee sales, of course, but it does give reason to be optimistic about what Nintendo are capable of. |
This a rumor. i'm not seeing how they can even sell 17 million next year let alone 25
mZuzek said:
They're about to sell probably around 15-16 million this year so 17 million next year sounds quite likely. I think up to 20 million is still quite plausible, though 25 million does sound quite crazy especially if Pokémon isn't coming yet. |
20M is quite a good mark as well.
duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363
Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994
Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."
mZuzek said:
They're about to sell probably around 15-16 million this year so 17 million next year sounds quite likely. I think up to 20 million is still quite plausible, though 25 million does sound quite crazy especially if Pokémon isn't coming yet. |
there at 10 million by december 10. there numbers will look much better this year because they got a huge launch boost, and a fully stocked holiday
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