Japan sales (Week 14): Media Create/Famitsu/Dengeki - April 2 - 8, 2018

[zorg1000]

ikki5 said:

zorg1000 said:
Q2 2017 weekly average

PS4-22.5k
NSW-36.5k

Q2 2018 weekly average
PS4-14.5k
NSW-40k


PS4 starts out this quarter on a bad note and is significantly behind the weekly average of Q2 last year and without big hitters this Spring, its hard to imagine this changing.

NSW started out this quarter a tad bit ahead of the average of Q2 last year. It has held a consistent 40-50k for the last 13 weeks so will be interesting to see if that can continue. Also Labo is a potential system seller.

How did it start out last year? This is one of the lowest selling points in the year for most things. It makes sense to be below average considering later in the year are when the mega weeks begin.

Q1 was very good for PS4 due to Monster Hunter

Q1 2017-513k

Q1 2018-720k

But looking at recent sales trends leads me to believe that YOY increase is going to vanish.

As of Week 7, PS4 had a 258k YOY lead

As of week 14, the lead has dropped to 197k

 

 

What mega weeks are you referring to? With 4 years of data we have seen that PS4 does not get a huge holiday boost. Q4 has averaged about 33% of yearly sales for PS4, meaning that Q4 is about the size of 1.5 regular quarters.