Console Records for USA BF Week:
360 - 1061k (2011)
PS4 - 927k (2017)
DS - 891k (2009)
Switch - 830k (2019)
XBO - 809k (2017)
Wii - 766k (2008)
PS3 - 499k (2011)
3DS - 495k (2011)
WiiU - 421k (2012)
PSP - 221k (2008)
Vita - 143k (2012)
| Shadow1980 said: Interesting. If we assume that the Switch was averaging ~75-80k/week for earlier in the fall, and got triple that for Pokemon week, then we could be looking at over 1.2M for the month. Now, last year the Switch sold 1356k, so 1.2M is probably an underestimation considered that the last week of this November was the best week ever for the Switch, and we saw a main-series Pokemon game (S&S had to have moved more hardware than Let's Go). We could be looking at something closer to 1.5M for the whole month.. |
Don't know if November is counted as 4 or 5 weeks. But VGC figures for last 4 weeks give 1.53m total for NA. So just USA is probably around 1.32m for those 4 weeks.
Last 5 weeks would be - NA:1.64m, USA:~1.42m
It's really telling how stronger November has become in this gen compared to the previous ones, specially BF Week. Seeing Wii best BF only at 586k is really weird.....
| colafitte said: It's really telling how stronger November has become in this gen compared to the previous ones, specially BF Week. Seeing Wii best BF only at 586k is really weird..... |
Double checked and I made a mistake, looked at week before BF for 2008 USA only. So it's best year was 766k in 2008, not 586k in 2010 lol.
Barkley said:
Double checked and I made a mistake, looked at week before BF for 2008 USA only. So it's best year was 766k in 2008, not 586k in 2010 lol. |
That makes more sense 
. Despite that, my point still stands, because we know how Wii did in December those years compared to November.
Trump economy.
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| numberwang said: Trump economy. |
The stock market is stagnating.
Shadow1980 said:
The fortunes of the video games market are, as far as anyone can tell, not dependent on the state of the economy, be it boom or bust. Sales continued to rise during the last recession, which took place early last generation, contrary to what one would think given how many people fell on hard times. Similarly, we had another smaller recession in 2001, again early on in a console generation, yet the console market experienced significant sales growth. The console cycle of grow-peak-decline-repeat seems to just go on its own pace, almost as if people continue to spend on entertainment even in tough economic times (movies likewise seem to be recession-proof). Granted, we haven't seen anything nearly as severe as the Great Depression in 90 years, so we don't know how recession-proof games really are, but so far, the Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, Bush II, Obama, and Trump economies have meant precisely diddly squat when it comes to consumer spending on video games. |
Thanks, I was wondering exactly that for the launch of the PS5/Xboxtwo ( I'm expecting a recession in the next year or so right on time for the launch of those consoles)
| numberwang said: Trump economy. |
Please don't bring this political crap in here thanks. There is a separate forum section for that.
curl-6 said:
Please don't bring this political crap in here thanks. There is a separate forum section for that. |
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