August 2017 NPD Thread ! Switch Won

[hanspampel]

Shadow1980 said:

hanspampel said:

I'm talking about the peak year so far and that was 2015 and not 2016
The poster said 2016 was supposed to be the peak year.
Yes, we don't know if 2017 will surpass 2015 or not.
It's a hard task as Ps4 needs to sell more than 3.5 million over the next 4 months.
And the competition is stronger with Xbox One X as a new console release and Switch  

So far, the PS4 is trending ahead of 2015 in cumulative YTD sales:

Granted, that lead is only about 195k, and while that may grow a bit more by the end of October, it can easily be wiped out during the holidays. For the Sept.-Dec. period, the PS4 needs to sell over 3540k to beat 2015. For comparison, 2738k were sold in the same period in 2014, 3736k were sold in 2015, and 3200k were sold in 2016. Assuming the PS4 can stay at least 10% ahead of 2016, we could see 2017 at least match 2015 or come close to it. Slim bundles for $199 and Pro bundles for $349 during the holidays ought to do the trick. The PS4 ought to be up a good bit YoY for the year as a whole, and I don't think 2015's position as peak year in the U.S. is unassailable, that is unless we have a disappointing November again.

Yeah i know and thanks for the great charts
I just don't think September - December will match 2015
I have the total for that period at 3750k by the way

I think Ps4 has to much competion this year, to sell over 3.5m the last 4 months of 2017
Some will pick up a Xbox One X over the Ps4 Pro and some will pick up a Switch over a Ps4 Slim