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zorg1000 said:
Bofferbrauer2 said:

I'm very curious to see what Ring Fit Adventure will do this holiday season. It's already turning into a sleeper hit, but at this rate, it could become a killer app for the holidays, especially for parents and other adults who can't afford a gym

I honestly wouldnt be surprised if it does over 10 million lifetime.

Same here. Maybe even compete with Wii Fit on the long run (ha!)



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RolStoppable said:
The_Liquid_Laser said:

At this point, I am not sure what Switch will sell this year, because I think they will be in short supply.  All of our calculations are based on figuring out demand.  What about supply?  How do we know how much Nintendo will manufacture?  We don't.  

I say this, because Nintendo has stayed with their very conservative 18m for the current fiscal year.  Even without the wildcard Ring Fit Adventure they were going to sell more than that.  The last half of the year has been full of hit games plus a Lite model.  I can say that in North America what is happening is that there are a ton of kids out there that have been begging their moms for months for a Switch because of Mario Maker 2, Link's Awakening, Luigi's Mansion 3 and most of all Pokemon (not to mention Mario Kart, Smash Bros, BotW, etc...).  And all of these moms have had to say, "wait til Christmas" about a million times.  Now that they can buy their kid a $200 Switch that will shut them up they are definitely going to do it.

So I think Switch is going to be in short supply in Japan and NA these holidays.  Europe should be fine, but in the first two regions Switch is going to be the "must have" item this holiday.  Nintendo is being too conservative, and I think supplies will be too short.

Nintendo's production is prepared to ship more than 10m units in the holiday quarter if that is what is needed due to high demand. Unless you expect them to clear the 18m target for the fiscal year by the end of the holiday quarter, you have no reason to worry.

I actually think they are capable of hitting the 18m target by the end of Dec 31, 2019.  



Bofferbrauer2 said:
xMetroid said:
Switch is now 3 millions over last year which if the holiday is flat, it would put it to almost 20 millions still. With the lite, no way it will be flat, so it will be doing over 20 millions.. that's crazy.

I'm very curious to see what Ring Fit Adventure will do this holiday season. It's already turning into a sleeper hit, but at this rate, it could become a killer app for the holidays, especially for parents and other adults who can't afford a gym

Well, on Amazon US, it's charting just behind Pokemon, Mario, and Call of Duty in the top 20. Not a bad place to be at all. On Amazon Japan, it's currently #8 (the first 7 spots are all Pokemon). So, things are looking really good for RFA.



Bofferbrauer2 said:
xMetroid said:
Switch is now 3 millions over last year which if the holiday is flat, it would put it to almost 20 millions still. With the lite, no way it will be flat, so it will be doing over 20 millions.. that's crazy.

I'm very curious to see what Ring Fit Adventure will do this holiday season. It's already turning into a sleeper hit, but at this rate, it could become a killer app for the holidays, especially for parents and other adults who can't afford a gym

Yea that too, game looks actually fun and word of mouth is doing it's thing. 

Thought it was released too early but the marketing strategy seems to be working pretty well. Get the word out and buy it during holidays, just like the lite.



The_Liquid_Laser said:
RolStoppable said:

Nintendo's production is prepared to ship more than 10m units in the holiday quarter if that is what is needed due to high demand. Unless you expect them to clear the 18m target for the fiscal year by the end of the holiday quarter, you have no reason to worry.

I actually think they are capable of hitting the 18m target by the end of Dec 31, 2019.  

They need to ship 11.07 million this quarter to do that, last year they shipped 9.42 million so its definitely possible.



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zorg1000 said:
The_Liquid_Laser said:

I actually think they are capable of hitting the 18m target by the end of Dec 31, 2019.  

They need to ship 11.07 million this quarter to do that, last year they shipped 9.42 million so its definitely possible.

They will not be far off at the very least



Still think PS4 can hit 15m this year and still think the 13.5m shipment forecast is too low.

My Switch prediction of 18.8m might be too low now, the Switch Lite really changed things. Though without Smash December sales may be flat, or even slightly down on last year.



Just added the latest hardware numbers, (released in record time I might add. Be sure to thank @trunkswd when you have the chance!)

And this week marks the release of Pokemon Sword/Shield. And Nintendo Switch sales nearly doubled from the previous week to over 700k, marking week 46 as the biggest week of the year for the Switch just 2 weeks ahead of Black Friday.



Calculations time!
By week 46 last year, the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch sold through roughly 70.78%, 59.28%, and 57.49% of their final 2018 totals. If those percentages hold, the final 2019 totals would be as follows:

PlayStation 4: 14,631,175
Xbox One; 4,635,096
Nintendo Switch: 22,177,461*

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Last edited by PAOerfulone - on 20 November 2019

You forgot to update Switch's week 45, it was adjusted up to 507k.