Japan Sales Week 47 Media Create/Famitsu/Dengeki - November 19-25 2018

[Jranation]

Megiddo said:

Here is the week 47 update in terms of the two big consoles in Japan's path to be able to reach the commonly stated (in these sales threads) estimates for 2018 sales (2 mil for PS4, 4 mil for Switch) .

	TWS	GD	YTD	% Goal	AWN (Change)
PS4	24,364/td>	-79,478	1,401,308	70.1% (+1.3)	119,738 (+15.896)
Switch	108,375	-176,735	2,397,713	59.9% (+2.7)	320,457 (+35,347)

TWS - This week's sales
GD - Goal differential, the difference between the average week needed from last week compared to this week's sales
YTD - Units sold in 2018 so far including this week's sales
AWN - Average weekly sales needed to reach the estimate for the console.

Not much to comment on other than the race to who is closest, where PS4's lead has shrunk a bit but is still well far ahead. Both consoles were near what my estimates for them would be. I doubt that holds true as time goes on since the holidays are a wacky time.

Personal Estimates

NS: 120k, 145k, 240k, 200k, 295k, 250k = 1.25m would end just above 3.5 mil for the calendar year.

PS4: 20k, 25k, 30k, 25k, 40k, 30k = 170k would end up just above 1.5 mil for the calendar year.

Also of note for people claiming stock issues for the Switch there are none for the base unit according to Chris, so stop perpetuating a lie.

Next week is not when the Chart gets SMASHED. Its the week after that.  

 

Edit: and it seems like Nintendo once again underestimated Pokemon Lets Go. Should have stocked more of the bundle.