PS4 Won April NPD ( PS4 > NSW > XBO)

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thismeintiel said:

zorg1000 said:

 

The April 2015 NPD thread.

Who cares? We are also comparing a 1.8tflop, 8gb RAM, 500gb HDD console with a bunch of multimedia functions (dvd/blu-ray, streaming apps) vs a console with a fraction the power, storage & non-gaming features.

Both are/were priced appropriately.

Okay, couldn't find that thread.  A lot of people care about $100.  If the Switch was $100 more, but worth it for the specs you get, you can guarantee that the sales would still be much lower.

Miyamotoo said:

But going buy that point it's impossible that PS4 will sell better than Wii also!? :)

Best selling PS4 April before this one was 206k and in its second one sold basically same like PS4, 175k.

Except that the PS4 is a Playstation.  They have different sales trajectories.  Nintendo normally is more frontloaded, while the Playstation has longer legs.

Nintendo

System	% of sales first 3 years	% of sales remaining years
N64	73.2%	26.8%
GBA	59.2%	40.8%
GC	71.2%	28.8%
DS	42.1%	57.9%
Wii	66.4%	33.6%
3DS	57.8% (projected 75M)	42.2% (projected 75M)
Wii U	92.9%	7.1%

Sony

System	% of sales first 3 years	% of sales remaining years
PS1	44.9%	55.1%
PS2	41.9%	58.1%
PSP	53%	47%
PS3	41.2%	58.8%
PSV	62.5%	37.5%

So, the average for Sony is 48.7% for the first 3 years, while it is 66.1% for Nintendo.  Personally, I think Nintendo will sell ~18M, more likely.  Maybe 19M-20M next fiscal year, when it hits $199.  But, then I think we are going to see that more frontloaded behavior kick in and see it hit ~85M in the end.  And using PS's average, PS4 should hit ~120M.  ~135M if we use just the home console average.

kirby007 said:

Damn you, Switch and XBO for underperforming my expectations!

Sony also supports their home consoles longer than Nintendo historically.