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duduspace1 on 22 May 2018
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Kyuu said:
duduspace1 said:

Not really, GOW released mid-month while MHW released about 4 days to the end of the month. Remember Switch won January NPD (Feb). MHW boost didn't really show up in the January NPD. GOW HW boost is most likely largely accounted for in the April NPD (NPD), I don't think its HW boost would extend that far.

Detroit Become Human is not likely to give as much a boost as GOW and releases close to the end of May. It should get a good challenge from the Switch June releases. The May NPD is the most likely for the Switch. If it wins then it is back challenging again. If it doesn't and if it is significantly beaten, then I doubt the Switch would have any answer for the PS4's numbers this year .

January NPD actually tracked the first 2 weeks (10-11 days?) of Monster Hunter World. According to VGC, MHW-PS4 sold 390k at week 1-2 vs around 250k for the weeks 3-6. Meaning, the effect it had on hardware sales may have been January biased. Though PS4 got Shadow of the Colossus for February (the 2nd best selling PS4 game of the month), which was countered by Bayonetta.

I dont know the tracking period for April NPD, but God of War released on the 20th. Its 2nd month (weeks 3-6?) in the US should easily crush MHW's. Add Detroit and maybe the smaller Dark Souls Remastered to the equation, and Switch's loss wouldnt be shocking at all.

God of War and Detroit are much bigger than MHW and SotC.

How can this be when it released on January 26th, does that mean NPD tracking extends that far into the following month ? What date ranges are covered by the tracking periods exactly. I seriously doubt MHW was January biased. If it was (with the effect we saw in February ) there is no way the Switch would have won the January NPD. 

Yes the PS4 can win again in May (depending on the lingering effect of GOW and how much of a boost exactly Detroit gives), I however don't expect a Landslide like April. 

Last edited by duduspace1 - on 22 May 2018