| Shadow1980 said: Chart Time!
While February is on average the strongest month for hardware sales (other months only match or beat it because of price cuts or major system-sellers), the Switch didn't get as big of a benefit this year as the PS4 & XBO did. Continued supply issues, perhaps? Or is demand starting to slacken slightly a year after launch? I suspect that if the Switch is down even slightly YoY in Q2, we'll see a price cut no later than this holiday season. Still, the Switch's sales are nothing to scoff at. It's still comparing favorably to both the 3DS and PS4. The PS4 is down slightly YoY, though it was still a very strong month. Still, this is the third consecutive month where the PS4 is down YoY (it was also down YoY this past October; the big $100 price cut the week of Black Friday kept it from being a 5-month streak), which signals that the PS4 has passed its peak potential at the $300 price point. Sony will likely issue a permanent price cut some time later this year. The XBO meanwhile is up YoY for the second month in a row. The increase in the weekly average was an impressive 43.9%, significantly better than January's ~19.4% increase. That temporary $50 price drop helped, and MS should seriously consider making it permanent.
I'll post more graphs later. I have to start getting ready for work. |
Hehehe, it would seem then that its the PS4 that is currently tumbling down the cliff. Amazing the XBone is up YoY but its a bit too late for it to be playing catch up.
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