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Forums - Sales Discussion - Global Hardware 11 January 2020

trunkswd said:
Platform N. America Europe Japan Global
97,792 82,661 129,866 364,798
43,435 87,789 26,826 192,763
29,674 14,868 158 49,888
1,583 1,395 2,487 5,752

What is it that makes you guys so sure the differnce in the US between the Switch and PS4 is that big?
Amazon tracking says the PS4 is ahead of the Switch.
I dont doubt the switch is outselling it, but its probably not by this much imo.



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I'm pretty sure Amazon isn't tracking the switch correctly. According to Amazon the standard switch models aren't in the top 100. It's happened before where Amazon hasn't put the switch in the 100 videogame charts.



JRPGfan said:

What is it that makes you guys so sure the differnce in the US between the Switch and PS4 is that big?
Amazon tracking says the PS4 is ahead of the Switch.
I dont doubt the switch is outselling it, but its probably not by this much imo.

Amazon currently has the Flagship Switch and Xbox One only in the Electronics department, while PS4 is only in the Video Games department. If the lists were combined, we know that the HAC-001(-01) Switch would be ahead of PS4 based on the items that appear on both lists.

Electronics Department (Video Game Consoles & Accessories) list:

https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Electronics-Video-Game-Consoles-Accessories/zgbs/electronics/7926841011/ref=zg_bs_pg_1?_encoding=UTF8&pg=1

Video Games Department list:

https://www.amazon.com/best-sellers-video-games/zgbs/videogames/ref=zg_bs_pg_1?_encoding=UTF8&pg=1



Barkley said:
Slownenberg said:

Yeah I would think it'll be BotW 2 and maaybe like a brand new Mario 2D game? Not a "New SMB" but a whole new 2D series. At least that would be my hope.

Unfortunately I don't think that's likely though. With both NSMB U Deluxe and Mario Maker 2 releasing just last year I'm not sure we'll get another 2d mario on the Switch full stop, much less anytime soon.

Yeah you might be right. I was hoping the NSMBU port was just to tide over people until they release a brand new reset on the 2D Mario franchise. But even if they do yeah I guess with both the 2d mario port and mario maker in 2019 they would probably wait longer to bring out another 2d mario. Maybe instead it'll just be a couple games from smaller franchises, like Bayonetta 3 + Pikmin or something. I mean I am assuming they're gonna release more than just a single blockbuster (presumably BotW 2) for the holidays considering the new systems are coming out and will garner a lot of the video game excitement of the holidays. Anyway we'll see!



Slownenberg said:
Barkley said:

Unfortunately I don't think that's likely though. With both NSMB U Deluxe and Mario Maker 2 releasing just last year I'm not sure we'll get another 2d mario on the Switch full stop, much less anytime soon.

Yeah you might be right. I was hoping the NSMBU port was just to tide over people until they release a brand new reset on the 2D Mario franchise. But even if they do yeah I guess with both the 2d mario port and mario maker in 2019 they would probably wait longer to bring out another 2d mario. Maybe instead it'll just be a couple games from smaller franchises, like Bayonetta 3 + Pikmin or something. I mean I am assuming they're gonna release more than just a single blockbuster (presumably BotW 2) for the holidays considering the new systems are coming out and will garner a lot of the video game excitement of the holidays. Anyway we'll see!

I think Bayonetta 3 is actually quite likely for this year. It's been a while since we've seen it and I expect when it finally rears it's head again it'll be just a few months away from release. I think they'll announce it for a September-December release in a spring/e3 direct.

BOTW 2 I'm not expecting to be ready for this year.

I think there'll be some surprises coming that will be both announced and released this year. What exactly they are I'm not sure. Mario & Luigi? Paper Mario? Donkey Kong Country? I expect we'll find out sometime over the next 5 months.

Maybe 3D World 2 is a contender for surprise holiday release.



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trunkswd said:
Ka-pi96 said:
So... if removing the Vita from the front page is something only ioi can do, does that mean adding PS5/Xbox something to the front page when they release will be a problem too?

Sadly, yes. I'll send him an email when we know the release dates and send him reminder emails over time. So hopefully there won't be any delay when we get to posting their launch weeks. 

I thought it was more scary than a

...Only this person has access to the back office ?



trunkswd said:
Barkley said:

I think a new game in the 3D Land/World series. I'd prefer Odyssey 2 but a lot of people will enjoy a new World game. As long as they don't just release 3D World DX.

We should be due a new Mario game either this or next year though.

My hope is Odyssey 2 or a Mario 64 remake with the Odyssey controls, new levels and what not added in. 

Gimme Mario Galaxy 3. It's coming up on 10 years since Galaxy 2 and there's so much insane potential.



trunkswd said:
curl-6 said:

Gimme Mario Galaxy 3. It's coming up on 10 years since Galaxy 2 and there's so much insane potential.

I didn't much Mario Galaxy, the levels just seemed a bit too linear to me. Maybe a game that combines all the best bits of all the 3D Mario games into 1 ultimate game? 

I dunno, i think I'd want a full Galaxy 3 to really explore the style now they have much more capable hardware to work with. Different tastes I guess.



trunkswd said:
Amnesia said:

I thought it was more scary than a

...Only this person has access to the back office ?

Other people might be able to do it. I am an Admin on the site, but I don't know how to code. Last thing I want to do is make a mistake and break something.

Yes I agree, even if it really looks simple, I have already completely shut off my whole website and locked the back office because of an attempt to modify a tiny element in a PHP code.



JRPGfan said:
trunkswd said:
Platform N. America Europe Japan Global
97,792 82,661 129,866 364,798
43,435 87,789 26,826 192,763
29,674 14,868 158 49,888
1,583 1,395 2,487 5,752

What is it that makes you guys so sure the differnce in the US between the Switch and PS4 is that big?
Amazon tracking says the PS4 is ahead of the Switch.
I dont doubt the switch is outselling it, but its probably not by this much imo.

Everytime I go to a weekly chart i always see you complaining. 



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