Global Software 21st July 2018

[The_Liquid_Laser]

Switch takes top 5 and top 10/11 spots!  I knew it was doing well in NA, but looks like it is dominating worldwide right now.  Very impressive!

Biggerboat1 said:

Kerotan said:

Global Software by Platform

Platform	Weekly (change)	Total
PS4	1,073,216	(+11%)	547,192,397
NS	999,116	(-21%)	63,432,364
XOne	487,639	(+35%)	251,531,679
3DS	134,315	(-8%)	316,450,934
PC	18,432	(+8%)	N/A
PS3	18,177	(+5%)	956,798,643
X360	13,544	(+13%)	979,355,967
PSV	10,316	(-16%)	65,506,138
WiiU	8,084	(+14%)	92,870,744
Wii	4,093	(+15%)	912,018,909

Those numbers make sense to me as PS4 has a tonne more games than Switch, so lower sales across a higher quantity of games is giving it the edge. Although the fact that Switch is within spitting distance of PS4 with less than 1/4 of the PS4's userbase is still pretty amazing!

Plus, I think it's safe to say that a larger proportion of Switch's software sales are 1st party compared to PS4, which means more profit per sale - which I'd imagine means a larger overall profit, which is really the only number that matters (to Sony & Nintendo anyway).

Switch vs. PS4 is impressive.  But now compare Switch vs. XBox1.  XB1 has about twice the install base of Switch and is selling less than half of the software! 

Switch is the "Little Mac" of consoles, clobbering the much bigger competitors.

Last edited by The_Liquid_Laser - on 29 August 2018