December NPD 2018 thread

[p0isonparadise]

Kai_Mao said:

p0isonparadise said:

Switch is up 18% YoY with a Smash release. That's weak. 

If Smash hadn't released Switch would've been down YoY.

But it's not like the sky is falling on the Switch.

I mean, we've also talked about how Nintendo's first party output outside of Smash, Pokemon, and Mario Party was relatively weak for most of the year compared to last year.

That's more like, "no #%$ it would've been low without a big hitter or two." Considering outside of Kirby, Pokemon Let's Go, Smash, Mario Party, Octopath Traveler, and Mario Tennis Aces, most of the games Switch has gotten in 2018 were ports. That's the context I'm looking at.

Of course not, Switch is the best-selling console of 2018. Fantastic result considering the majority didn't think it would happen just a few months back.

I'm strictly talking about December, the 18% is comparing  December 2018 to December 2017.