PS4/XBO/NS - 2017 vs. 2018: Final Results!!!

[PAOerfulone]

This is it!
The Big One!
Black Friday Week!!

The $199 Spider-Man bundle did absolute wonders for the PS4. It was up by over 1 million units from last week and almost even YoY with last year's Black Friday, which had just the $199 lone PS4 bundle. As a result, it didn't fall nearly behind YoY as it could have. In fact, adjustments were made all the way back to around week 26-27 bringing 2018's totals up. Still down YoY by 1.8, but it's nice to see 2018 doing better than we thought. Now comes the true test: December. How much of a drop are we going to see next week and how will it effect the rest of the year as we near the finish line?

The biggest surprise of this week, for me anyways, was the Xbox One. Not only did it manage to be up YoY from Black Friday last year, but it also saw some adjustments from the previous weeks that now has 2018 back up YoY over 2017! I was not expecting that at all and am very impressed that Microsoft managed to pull this off! Phil Spencer deserves major credit for turning the ship around. They've come a long way from their initial reveal. Now, the curious question is to see if it can maintain momentum for the rest of December. Before, I thought for sure it was going to finish down YoY and had no chance to catch up. Now, 2018 just might have a shot to pull it off.

Finally, the Nintendo Switch. At 1.349 million units sold, this is the biggest week for the Switch since its launch week. This system obviously had the biggest increase from last year and is now up by close to 2.3 million YoY, it's largest lead yet. And December should also be a massive increase over last year because of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Depending on how well the Switch does in December, Nintendo could still be well on track to meet their goal of shipping 20 million Switch units for the fiscal year.

Last edited by PAOerfulone - on 15 December 2018