Despite shockingly low results for November in the USA, I don't see a reason to put much stock into it. After all, both the PS5 and XSX|S had weak results too and they shouldn't have had them, because it's their third year of availability. Switch having a bigger percentage drop than them had to be expected due to Switch's age, but all things considered, we are not witnessing a Switch-only problem here.
The US retail landscape for holiday sales had started a transformation in the late 2000s when major Black Friday deals were introduced, so already back in 2010 it was more sensible to wait for November and December sales combined before drawing conclusions. Later on Cyber Monday muddled the picture even more, especially because it can fall into either the November or December tracking period depending on the year.
Legend11 correctly predicted that GTA IV will outsell Super Smash Bros. Brawl. I was wrong.
