July 2018 NPD: Switch #1, Octopath Traveller #1 software, UPDATE

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Chorlin on 17 August 2018

I wonder how is Bleszinski doing. You know, CLIFF Bleszinski, Ho ho ho.

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quickrick on 17 August 2018

switch numbers have my jaw dropped. finally a month where switch does insane numbers.

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zorg1000 on 17 August 2018

JRPGfan said:

Seems our In Progress NPD prediction tool was off by a bit.

In there was it:
Switch 1.0
XB1 0.5
PS4 0.34

But actual numbers (above by Miyamoto) says:
Switch 1.0
PS4 0.71
XB1 0.58

It got it right that the Switch won the month, but it greatly under predicted the PS4 sales, and seems to have over valued the XB1 numbers.

Im actualy abit surprised by the news, that the PS4 did as well as it did this month.
The online rankings for PS4's wherent great in july on amazon/bestbuy/gamestop ect.

I think the Xbox ratio is an acceptable margin of error, 0.50 vs 0.58, thats right in the same ballpark which is all i expect from the prediction tool.

As for PS4, it was way off, probably due the widespread Pro shortage online, now that some retailers are getting it back PS4 seems to be performing closer to normal.

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p0isonparadise on 17 August 2018

Largest July's of 8th gen:

Switch - 263k (2018)
Switch - 222k (2017)
PS4 - 218k (2015)
PS4 - 217k (2017)
XBO - 189k (2015)
PS4 - 187k (2018)
PS4 - 187k (2014)
XBO - 171k (2016)
PS4 - 161k (2016)
XBO - 151k (2018)
XBO - 131k (2014)

This is also the largest sales for a console in July since 2011 when the 360 sold 277k.

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Jranation on 17 August 2018

Yay!!!! Switch and Octopath doing sooo well!!!!
MK8D and BOTW too!!!

And it broke the record too!!! WOW!

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BlackBeauty said:
Happy for Octopath. A jrpg. It did THAT.

And a new IP too!

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Stuart23 on 17 August 2018

So,when does the software list is going to be out?

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jason1637 on 17 August 2018

Congrats to Switch. July is a slow month so Octopath being #1 doesn't surprise me

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Megiddo on 17 August 2018

jason1637 said:
Congrats to Switch. July is a slow month so Octopath being #1 doesn't surprise me

It doesn't surprise me in terms of physical only sales. However it would surprise the hell out of me if it's still #1 on the actual NPD report which includes digital for most (non-Nintendo) games.

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quickrick said:

switch numbers have my jaw dropped. finally a month where switch does insane numbers.

Lmao! I was just thinking where is he to fell us that Switch only won because ps4 had shortages. For the Switch to have the highest July of the last five years is certainly an eye opener.

EDIT: highest July in 7 years.

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