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Forums - Sales Discussion - January 2018 NPD Thread! Switch #1

FloatingWaffles said:

Monster Hunter World seems to have worked out extraordinarily well for Capcom, #1 on both PS4 and Xbox One. They must be extremely happy with those sales. What expectations did they have again?

I'm happy to hear Japanese game sold well in XBOX.



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fatslob-:O said:
nemo37 said:

Switch is doing quite well right now despite a lack of new large scale releases. I do hope, however, that Nintendo has compelling larger-scale games ready for 2018 so that they can keep the momentum going (if they do not, then I fear not only for their 20 million goal but also for their ability to maintain their current momentum). In addition, ideally, they should also have a plan ready to reduce the system's price once Sony and MS do a permanent price cut (which at this point seems inevitable), in order to keep the system competitive this year.

Honestly, 20M units doesn't sound at all like a realistic target unless the Switch's performance starts skewing far more in favour of NA/EU rather than Japan because going by the recent media create numbers the Switch is starting to noticeably fall behind the 3DS ... (for January 2012 the 3DS did 500K while in 2017 the Switch did around ~300K) 

Switch only has a moderate advantage over the 3DS in NA on a weekly basis so far ... (NA/EU will really have to pick up the slack for the Switch's performance in Japan)

As for Sony it's time for a price cut to $249 ... 

That is the thing. Switch is performing much better in the west than the 3DS. Which is why 20 million isn't unrealistic.



quickrick said:

also the only reason ps4 is not beating switch in sales, is xbox,, they have stepped up there game with great deals on the S, and made great premium with the X.

Lol heard it all now! This is 1 of your better excuses though, i'll give you that! Well, most hilarious anyway.



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quickrick said:
peachbuggy said:

Oh, so it changed. That's pretty convenient for you then. Well that wouldn't be quantifiable if 2013 was a 5 week month for the PS4 though. Still, we can't really speculate on numbers yet, only have revenue to go on.

well he a got a extra week, and i only increased 25k, i was more convenient for him.

Only convenient for him if 2013 was a 5  week month though.



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quickrick said:

also the only reason ps4 is not beating switch in sales, is xbox,, they have stepped up there game with great deals on the S, and made great premium with the X.

Why didn't Xbox took the lead then?



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Stuart23 said:
quickrick said:

also the only reason ps4 is not beating switch in sales, is xbox,, they have stepped up there game with great deals on the S, and made great premium with the X.

Why didn't Xbox took the lead then?

we don't know who is in second place, but they are all very close ,where it doesn't really make a difference, only thing we need now is hardware numbers for one of them.



Acevil said:
zorg1000 said:

You can stop lying any time now.

He basically in denial at this stage. 

He actually said it would sell one million less than in 2017.

It was clarified by him what he meant in that very same topic, so obsessing over that specific term like some of you continuously do seems to be quite fruitless at this point.



quickrick said:

also the only reason ps4 is not beating switch in sales, is xbox,, they have stepped up there game with great deals on the S, and made great premium with the X.

Hahahahahahahahahahah



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Zones said:
Acevil said:

He basically in denial at this stage. 

He actually said it would sell one million less than in 2017.

It was clarified by him what he meant in that very same topic, so obsessing over that specific term like some of you continuously do seems to be quite fruitless at this point.

Nope, he said it in about a half dozen different topics before ever clarifying what he meant.



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https://www.resetera.com/threads/npd-january-2018-monster-hunter-world-1-sw-nintendo-switch-1-hw.24886/page-4#post-4796303
Looks like Monster Hunter World is the best selling Monster Hunter in the US. Also Benji said it did better on Xbox than he expected.