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

[PAOerfulone]

Week 35 Breakdown:

PlayStation 4:
Down in all regions.

Xbox One:
Down in all regions

Nintendo Switch:
Up in the United States, Europe, and the Rest of the World.
Down in Japan.
Up overall.

This week marked the release of the upgraded Nintendo Switch SKU last year which beefed up the battery, that release saw a noticeable hardware bump in Japan, which is why it is down this week in that region. But this also highlights a bigger stretch, we are now entering the brief 3 week period in between the release of that updated model and the release of the Nintendo Switch Lite - coming up on Week 38. Weeks 36 and 37 should still go off largely the same as they have been up to this point with the Switch comfortably building on its lead. But from Week 38 onwards will be the REAL test. Now, with the Super Mario 35th Anniversary Direct that dropped earlier today, it is now confirmed that Super Mario 3D All Stars is real and it will release on September 18th. And we all know that any time a Mario game comes out, Nintendo will ship more hardware in accordance with it, so there should be a very noticeable boost on the week 3D All Stars comes out... Which just so happens to be Week 38!! How about that?!
Now, I still don't think the level of sales for Week 38 this year will be on the same level as last year, but it'll be closer than I originally thought with that release. From then on, it's all hands on deck.