Well, if you take a look at Japan, several countries in Europe and the US, then the PS4 is down by quite a bit in most regions by about 30%. It's possible that US retailers have ordered the console en masse in prospect of the tariffs so they'll have a complete stock before this happens. With the new Switch models incoming, they couldn't do the same with Nintendo, giving them even more space to fill up with Playstations. In fact, it might not be the tariffs on consoles only, but since there were a slew of tariffs that came into effect yesterday, there might have been something in those that could have negatively impacted the console market. But all this is to be taken with a heavy grain of salt. I think we'll have a clearer picture during the next quarter results. |
According to VGC, 13.1%.
http://www.vgchartz.com/article/439757/year-on-year-sales-amp-market-share-charts-july-20-2019/
