Rumor: Switch may have outsold PS4 & XBOX 1 combined in December NPD

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TheBlackNaruto said:

MasonADC said:

If ps4 numbers are truly tracking to be under or at a million, the next two weeks would be significantly lower than this week, which wouldn't make much sense as they are the weeks leading up to Christmas 

That's IF that is true that the PS4 will be under a million. And also with the PS4 being the only console out of the 3 with no major deals it wouldn't even be surprising if it was much lower. Holidays people looking at the best deals etc then yeah the PS4 would indeed be much lower. So we will see what the next couple of weeks look like.

zorg1000 said:

There is nothing wrong with questioning this sites numbers when they appear off either.

Trusted insiders who have nearly perfect track records are saying PS4 will likely be under 1 million for December, if these PS4 numbers are true than PS4 sales would have to drop significantly leading up to Christmas which just doesnt happen.

There is no doubt in my mind that PS4 will be adjusted down on this site.

There is never anything wrong with questioning the numbers on the site. It just seems to happen more when numbers don't line up with what people think. Heck the site was way off on Spiderman month. But most of the people doing the questioning now said the numbers looked fine and vice versa. And having a near perfect record and being perfect are not the same. So they could be wrong about the PS4 being under a million. But if they are correct then it would not be surprising to see the PS4 sales slow down in the next couple of weeks due to it having no real deals while the others do. MS huge deal and the Switch having that Monster that is Smash. Now will there be adjustments for sure it is the holidays there are ALWAYS adjustments. So for me I just feel it is best to just wait things out.

SpokenTruth said:

Not exactly but the site has recently made it known it lost two of its major tracking sources and starting with the new year will only report officially provided numbers.

Meaning the numbers are less accurate now and not just because the PS4 and Switch are close but because they are now having to make wider ranging estimations which are currently at odds with well established insiders suggesting the numbers are not this close.

Yep I remember they made it know. Which I also know that means the numbers will be less accurate. But this questioning is only really targeted at the PS4 which is odd. Why would the other 2 not be off as well then? That's why I was like so it is wrong just because the PS4 is close to the Switch. Because that didn't make sense to me. Heck the Switch still sold what like 200k more units that the PS4 had a huge week over week jump in EVERY region. So I guess I just didn't see the big issue.

Deals or no deals, it doesnt matter about trajectory the holiday sales take: The closer we get to Christmas, the higher they climb. Hence why the PS4 numbers for Smash week look way off.

Besides, even if PS4 manages to sell over a million, I doubt it will be much more, 1.1M tops, which would be about what the PS4 did last year. Considering that the December PS4 sales are sliding for 2 years now, I don't think this year will buck that trend.