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Forums - Sales Discussion - December 2017 NPD Thread! Switch 1.5m, XBO 1.365m, PS4 1.08m, Xenoblade 280k

newwil7l on 18 January 2018
tbone51 said:
jason1637 said:

Yeah Zelda will be way over 3m with Wii U but the post was for Switch only.

I know. I just wanted to point out GotY after XC2 is ahead of SMO :P

For now.



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Intrinsic on 18 January 2018
AlfredoTurkey said:
When was the last time Sony finished third? The PS3 era? This is crazy stuff.

Not really if you really think about it. Especially when you consider that for the holiday season the PS4 still was the top selling console.

As weird as this may sound, I am happy they came third. They dropped the price of the PS4 to $200 in November (heck of a deal by the way) only to have everyone buying it at $250-$300  once stock of the $200 SKU ran out (which was basically for the last 7 weeks of the year). This should push sony towards getting the price to $200 permanently, especially if MS keeps offerring a sub $200 SKU unless they are ok with coming third and still selling ok for the majority of 2018.

Make no mistake though, if the PS4 was priced at $199 for the rest of the year, they would have won NPD. Proof? Selling for $199 for all of a week in November got them to win November NPD with sales higher than the NS was able to manage in December. Whereas the XB1 remained more or less flat.

Now they question is, how soon will sony make that official price drop to $199? Will they even bother at all? Cause while its great for us here to argue about who is winning NPD or not, for sony right now that doesn't matter a single bit.



zorg1000 on 18 January 2018
Slarvax said:

The bestselling games of 2017 by platform

Xbox One

 

  1. CoD: WWII
  2. Destiny 2
  3. NBA 2k18
  4. Madden NFL 18
  5. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands
  6. Star Wars Battlefront 2
  7. GTAV
  8. Assassin's Creed Origins
  9. For Honor
  10. Injustice 2

 

PlayStation 4

 

  1. CoD: WWII
  2. NBA 2k18
  3. Destiny 2
  4. Madden NFL 18
  5. Horizon Zero Dawn
  6. GTAV
  7. Star Wars Battlefront 2
  8. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands
  9. FIFA 18
  10. MLB 17: The Show

 

Nintendo Switch**

 

  1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
  2. Super Mario Odyssey
  3. Mario Kartr 8 Deluxe
  4. Splatoon 2
  5. Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle
  6. Arms
  7. Pokken Tournament DX
  8. 1-2 Switch
  9. Xenoblade Chronicles 2
  10. The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

 

Nintendo 3DS**

 

  1. Pokemon: Ultra Sun
  2. Pokemon: Ultra Moon
  3. Pokemon: Sun
  4. Pokemon: Moon
  5. Super Mario Maker
  6. Metroid: Samus Returns
  7. Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadow of Valentia
  8. Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
  9. Mario Kart 7
  10. Yoshi & Poochy's Woolly World

 

zorg1000 said:

I think you are forgetting about Wii U version of BotW which tips it over the Mario games.

He isn't wrong tho, BotW is #1 on Switch retail alone. Which could only mean AFAIK that Odyssey is ahead due to digital (makes sense; smaller game, bundles come with a digital code).

Ya Nintendo officially stated SMO had an attach ration of over 60% while BotW was over 55% which includes digital.



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

jason1637 on 18 January 2018

Appreciate the graphs shadow. Overall it looks like December was a good month. BTW do you have any graphs comparing total console units during the holiday or year. Would like to see how 2017 would compare to the 7th gen.



barneystinson69 on 19 January 2018

Absolute beast the Switch was this month. XB1 selling excellently, but the PS4 is a bit lower than expected. Kinda funny that Xbox won the holiday, but didn't win a single month.



Made a bet with LipeJJ and HylianYoshi that the XB1 will reach 30 million before Wii U reaches 15 million. Loser has to get avatar picked by winner for 6 months (or if I lose, either 6 months avatar control for both Lipe and Hylian, or my patrick avatar comes back forever).

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3sexty on 19 January 2018

So who actually won the holiday period? I'm seeing different and contradicting comments on this thread in this regard...



Xbox 360 and Xbox One

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zorg1000 on 19 January 2018
3sexty said:
So who actually won the holiday period? I'm seeing different and contradicting comments on this thread in this regard...

PS4 & XBO are essentially tied, the difference is less than 1%.



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

OTBWY on 19 January 2018

Don't know if this is thread worthy but saw this on Twitter:



This anaylist says that between OCT-DEC, Nintendo sold 7 million Switch units. That means it's over Nintendo's projected 14,6m.



Kuksenkov on 19 January 2018

Yaaass 3DS lives. People are probably buying it due to that Radiant Historia hype ;)



Miyamotoo on 19 January 2018
OTBWY said:

Don't know if this is thread worthy but saw this on Twitter:



This anaylist says that between OCT-DEC, Nintendo sold 7 million Switch units. That means it's over Nintendo's projected 14,6m.

I think it is. :)