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Jranation said:
May could be really close for the Switch and PS4!

Nah, Switch has May. It's looks closer than it is due to lack of stock. 



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p0isonparadise said:
Jranation said:
May could be really close for the Switch and PS4!

Nah, Switch has May. It's looks closer than it is due to lack of stock. 

Ah I see!



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Jranation said:
p0isonparadise said:

Nah, Switch has May. It's looks closer than it is due to lack of stock. 

Ah I see!

Would  be horrible  if a new) "hot" system  can't  outsell a almost  4 year old system in its first  year. 

 

I suspect  switch will get this year  easy against  ps4 and xbox . 

 

But then again  who knows big releases+ pricecut could  mean a lot.



 

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xl-klaudkil said:
Jranation said:

Ah I see!

Would  be horrible  if a new) "hot" system  can't  outsell a almost  4 year old system in its first  year. 

 

I suspect  switch will get this year  easy against  ps4 and xbox . 

 

But then again  who knows big releases+ pricecut could  mean a lot.

Yeah, that depends on Switch stock issues and such as well. Once September rolls around and games like Destiny 2 and Red Dead and Mario Odyssey start coming out, there is going to be a big boost in sales for all systems, meaning that Switch could be outsold in those months on stock issues alone. It will be interesting to see, but I'm still very bullish on the Switch. 



xl-klaudkil said:
Jranation said:

Ah I see!

Would  be horrible  if a new) "hot" system  can't  outsell a almost  4 year old system in its first  year. 

 

I suspect  switch will get this year  easy against  ps4 and xbox . 

 

But then again  who knows big releases+ pricecut could  mean a lot.

I was worried about the stock. PS4 + Slim + Pro > Switch. 



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p0isonparadise said:
Jranation said:
May could be really close for the Switch and PS4!

Nah, Switch has May. It's looks closer than it is due to lack of stock. 

Amazon monthly sales :

#17 Switch

#18 PS4

It looks close because it currently is. Reasons why dont matter, end of the day, only the sales.

So far it looks closer than April was.



If Switch doesn't outsell the ps4 in one of its worst months (April and May are generally really slow) that would mean awful things for the stock situation. PS4 generally does around 200k in its good May showings, so the Switch would have to be even more understocked than it was in April. 



JRPGfan said:
p0isonparadise said:

Nah, Switch has May. It's looks closer than it is due to lack of stock. 

Amazon monthly sales :

#17 Switch

#18 PS4

It looks close because it currently is. Reasons why dont matter, end of the day, only the sales.

So far it looks closer than April was.

Exactly: until the Switch is readily available, we have to work with the data we have available.



JRPGfan said:

Amazon monthly sales :

#17 Switch

#18 PS4

It looks close because it currently is. Reasons why dont matter, end of the day, only the sales.

So far it looks closer than April was.

It's unlikely that the PS4 is any closer than it was in April. Don't look at just the top-selling SKU:

April:

#4 Switch Gray

#11 PS4 Slim Uncharted

#71 Switch Neon

#100 PS4 Slim

May:

#17 Switch Gray

#18 PS4S Uncharted

#31 Switch Neon

#55 Switch Gray

#88 PS4 Pro

The top Switch Gray is down, but the Neon is significantly up, and now there's another Switch Gray all the way up at 55.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/2017-04/videogames/ref=zg_bsar_videogames_pg_3?ie=UTF8&pg=1#1

https://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/2017-05/videogames/ref=zg_bsar_videogames_pg_3?ie=UTF8&pg=1



Oneeee-Chan!!! said:

Aren't you forgetting Fire Emblem Echoes ?

Thanks for the heads up. I don't really follow Nintendo so I often overlook what is new. Could you let me know if I'm miss anything else as the new games release, please?

8 hours since last update:

HARDWARE:
#13 PS4 UC4 (up 1)
#15 NS Grey (up 1)
#26 NS Neon (down 2)
#42 Retron HD (down 2)
#61 NS Grey (up 3)
#100 PS4 Fool's Edition (down 9)

SOFTWARE (Pre-orders Only) **:
#04 3DS Fire Emblem Echoes (new entry)

Does not affect this month: *
Software outside of the month only gets added if it's in the top 20: **

PS4: 2 in the top 100 / 1 in the top 50 / 1 in the top 20 / 0 in the top 10 / 0 in the top 5
XB1: 0 in the top 100 / 0 in the top 50 / 0 in the top 20 / 0 in the top 10 / 0 in the top 5
NIS:  3 in the top 100 / 2 in the top 50 / 1 in the top 20 / 0 in the top 10 / 0 in the top 5



 

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