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Forums - Sales Discussion - April NPD 2019 thread

PortisheadBiscuit on 16 May 2019

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Keybladewielder on 17 May 2019

The Xbox One can't come to the phone right now...why?

Oh...

Also, congrats Switch!



thismeintiel on 17 May 2019

Switch holding strong. PS4 is down a little more than I expected, but it's understandable when it's still $300 and we are past the 5 year mark. It really needs to hit $249 permanently, probably throw in a game for good measure. The XBO is just basically past the point of no return. It's already seen numerous bundles that effectively make the console $199. There's really not much more they can do to actually boost sales. And selling a console that doesn't come with a disc drive for more than the one that does come with one (a 4K drive at that) ain't it.



 

linkink on 17 May 2019
thismeintiel said:
Switch holding strong. PS4 is down a little more than I expected, but it's understandable when it's still $300 and we are past the 5 year mark. It really needs to hit $249 permanently, probably throw in a game for good measure. The XBO is just basically past the point of no return. It's already seen numerous bundles that effectively make the console $199. There's really not much more they can do to actually boost sales. And selling a console that doesn't come with a disc drive for more than the one that does come with one (a 4K drive at that) ain't it.

LOL you mean paying more for less is not a good strategy? 



Jranation on 17 May 2019

Massive drop from the PS4 last year while not much for XB1



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animegaming on 17 May 2019

Poor Xbox, its gonna hit sub 100K on some month later this year isn't it?



Mbolibombo on 17 May 2019

That's probably a steeper drop for PS4 than most expected, hard to keep up with GoW month understandably and the Xbox.. :S

Switch has pretty much been going in the same tempo through out the year - bodes well for once H2 kicks in and the software releasing in a much higher tempo.



Mbolibombo on 17 May 2019
RolStoppable said:
Switch numbers are okay. Neither the comparison to Switch's last April nor the direct comparison to the PS4 and XB1 this April should be used to declare the numbers great, because the bar is low in either case.

A bit perplexing that seemingly both Sony and Microsoft are targeting a late 2020 launch for their next consoles. Software releases in 2019 have hardly moved the needle on hardware sales anymore and a variety of promotions in the past will lessen the impact of an official price drop in the future. 2020 won't be looking good for them when 2019 already turns into a crawl.

Numbers are always low during this period, However I believe the Switch this month is the second highest April this gen only bested by PS4 2018. So while the numbers are low in a vacuum, number is high for April. So definately more than ok.

But yes I do agree with the rest of your post, if PS5/Nextbox really is releasing holiday 2020.. next year is going to look grim in terms of sales.



Nuvendil on 17 May 2019
RolStoppable said:
Switch numbers are okay. Neither the comparison to Switch's last April nor the direct comparison to the PS4 and XB1 this April should be used to declare the numbers great, because the bar is low in either case.

A bit perplexing that seemingly both Sony and Microsoft are targeting a late 2020 launch for their next consoles. Software releases in 2019 have hardly moved the needle on hardware sales anymore and a variety of promotions in the past will lessen the impact of an official price drop in the future. 2020 won't be looking good for them when 2019 already turns into a crawl.

Sony actually has a lot of potential ammo left in the deals and price cut realm.  Won't get them back to 2018 levels but can stabilize late 2019 and pre-PS5 2020.  Microsoft though is totally screwed



thismeintiel on 17 May 2019
linkink said:
thismeintiel said:
Switch holding strong. PS4 is down a little more than I expected, but it's understandable when it's still $300 and we are past the 5 year mark. It really needs to hit $249 permanently, probably throw in a game for good measure. The XBO is just basically past the point of no return. It's already seen numerous bundles that effectively make the console $199. There's really not much more they can do to actually boost sales. And selling a console that doesn't come with a disc drive for more than the one that does come with one (a 4K drive at that) ain't it.

LOL you mean paying more for less is not a good strategy? 

Surprising, I know.

Nuvendil said:
RolStoppable said:
Switch numbers are okay. Neither the comparison to Switch's last April nor the direct comparison to the PS4 and XB1 this April should be used to declare the numbers great, because the bar is low in either case.

A bit perplexing that seemingly both Sony and Microsoft are targeting a late 2020 launch for their next consoles. Software releases in 2019 have hardly moved the needle on hardware sales anymore and a variety of promotions in the past will lessen the impact of an official price drop in the future. 2020 won't be looking good for them when 2019 already turns into a crawl.

Sony actually has a lot of potential ammo left in the deals and price cut realm.  Won't get them back to 2018 levels but can stabilize late 2019 and pre-PS5 2020.  Microsoft though is totally screwed

Agreed.  We've seen how a $199 PS4 flies off shelves during BF week.  I imagine they'll only drop to $249 this year, but have a $179 bundle for BF, saving the permanent $199 for when the PS5 launches, with a $149 BF deal.  Like you said, nothing will get them to the heights of 2018, again, but it will slow the drops drastically.