February NPD 2019 thread

[The_Liquid_Laser]

Shadow1980 said:

Okay. Here I am, rock you like a hurricane. It's chart time!

 

Well, it's starting to be increasingly clear that the PS4 and XBO are post-peak. In addition to them being down this past holiday season despite comparable deals to those in 2017, both are on track to having their worst Q1 performances to date. For this February alone, the PS4 was down 21.2%, and the XBO was down 26.8% despite the existence of a major promotional sale. It was going to happen eventually, and at least as far back as this past Q3 I have felt that this year was going to be the start of the post-peak decline. It's entirely conceivable that, after five consecutive years of combined U.S. sales of over 9 million units sold annually, the PS4 & XBO will have combined sales well under 8 million this year. I somehow doubt the PS5 and Xbox 4 will be out any later than the end of next year.

I'll post some more charts later. Time to hit the hay. I have to be at work in the morning.

Thank you for posting these charts.

I was curious though.  Why do the PS4 & XB1 leave off Nov and Dec?  You have this for Switch, but not the other two consoles.