Miyamotoo said:
fatslob-:O said:
Comparison invalid ...
Along with the specific dates not given from the figures Iwata had released, the length of the sales comparison is different too from 7 days to 5 days ...
All we know is that the Switch is the best selling Nintendo console in US history for the five day window (Nov. 22-26) ...
It can be reiterated that the figures for the best selling five day period for the Wii in the US remains unknown ...
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Well those same 5 days period for Wii would be very strong in any case (Wii had crazy sales) and Switch having best those 5 day period and better than Wii means we talking about strong sales in any case for that period.
Also like RolStoppable wrote, Looking at VGC's estimates for Black Friday week in 2017 (472k) and taking NPD results from last November into account (770k), it seems reasonable to assign ~400k to the five-day-period in 2017. So if 400k is the base value and sales grew by 115%, the result is 860k.
We also know that Switch had its best week in US, meaning that beat even launch Switch week in US.
quickrick said:
This has never been done before by any company giving a LTD for a console. people seem to ignore that nintendo was very clear and detailed with the number. there is no reason for them to do any math, when the data they have will show a clear LTD, but anything is possible although extremely unlikely. Good thing is we will find out very soon, and people should not be surprised when they match numbers giving by Nintendo.
- Lifetime sales of Nintendo Switch, which is entering only its second holiday season, have reached more than 8.2 million units.
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Thats a PR, and Nintendo already had some weird PR statements before, so it wouldnt be hard to imagine they focused on sales for that just 5 day period and just add that to LT numbers (including October) and thats why they said "more than 8.2m", and that versions fits most when you calculating numbers. Also, have on mind that even with that more than 8.2m we comparing Nintendo internal vs NPD numbers.
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NIntendo has one weird statement in the last decade and that's mario kart attach rate, which is totally different then giving clear LTD numbers. what's the chances they got it wrong again, basically slim to none.
