PS4/XBO/NS - 2019 vs 2020; WEEK FIFTY-THREE!! GAME! SET! MATCH!

[Bofferbrauer2]

PAOerfulone said:
After an extended waiting period, Weeks 18 and 19 have finally been posted and added to the comparison chart. Furthermore, adjustments were made for all three systems, dating back Black Friday. As a result, all three systems have been adjusted up. The Nintendo Switch is now up by close to 2.5 million. The deficits for the PS4 and Xbox One have also dropped. Only by week 18 has the PS4 dropped below 1 million, YoY. While the Xbox One is just barely down, almost flat, YoY. Combination of the quarantine + Animal Crossing for the Switch and FFVII Remake for the PS4.

Oof, that's a massive lead for the Switch, pretty much 12 weeks, so almost an entire quarter, in front of last year now.

I don't see how this won't be the peak year for the Switch - unless next year would be even bigger. But I seriously doubt that even could be the case without Covid and AC boost.

PAOerfulone said:

Obviously, there is no way in hell 30 million is happening for the Switch. Animal Crossing momentum may be strong, but it ain't THAT strong! Plus, with the only game for the 2nd half of this year being Paper Mario: The Origami King, and no hardware revisions or price cuts in the works, it's not looking like the 2nd half of 2020 will be as strong as the 2nd half of 2019. Obviously, COVID-19 has thrown a monkey wrench into Nintendo's (and everyone else's) plans for this year. So we'll see what exactly they have in store. Since the Paper Mario rumor turned out to be true, there's a better chance that 3D Mario remastered collection may be true as well. I'd imagine they'd have SOMETHING big planned. Regardless, I see 2020 being roughly the same as 2019 in terms of sales. Whether or not it will be the peak year remains to be seen based on their plans.

I expect more of a Mario collection, similar to the All-stars for the SNES, just with all the Super Mario games from NES through Wii U except NSMBU and SMM  since they have already their equivalents on the Switch, the 3DS titles since the latter is still selling, and Super Mario World 2 since that's more a Yoshi than a Mario game and thus probably rather gets into his own collection.

Last edited by Bofferbrauer2 - on 14 May 2020