April 2017 NPD Thread! Switch #1 (280k), Mario Kart: 550k

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jason1637 on 17 May 2017

Switch is killing it.

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NATO on 17 May 2017

Slarvax said:

NATO said:

If you take it at face value, from the weekly sales last posted on VGC, the average has dropped to 70k, but what is more likely is that it's gone something like this:

104k - 88k - 77k - 64k - 51k or there abouts.

As I predicted in previous posts, It will be a few months before we have a solid idea of the consoles baseline for the rest of the year.

Also, I suspect with those sorts of numbers, while switch may have held on to US, it may be #2 worldwide for april, not by a huge margin but still.

With Mario Kart at the end of the month, it should have a big boost at some point. So probably more like:

90k - 75k - 50k - 100k - 70k

but however you add that up its higher than ndp have stated, i posted 5 numbers the first being the last reported week on vgc for NA, since your first isnt 104k i assume youre going slightly into may.

90+75+50+100 is 315k, we already know they only sold 280k so your estimate is 35k over in total.

also you need to keep in mind you cant have a big sales boost if the stock for that boost isnt on shelves (which it totally isnt right now)

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pitzy272 on 17 May 2017

Bofferbrauer said:

Jranation said:
Did Persona 5 beat MK8D?

Nope, MK8 is first. But it's probable Persone 5 comes in second, with Breath of the Wild taking the third spot of the podium

Wouldn't it indicate that Mario Kart WASN'T first, since Nintendo didn't specifically mention that? Or was that part of the statement just not included in the OP?

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Lonely_Dolphin on 17 May 2017

tak13 said:

Einsam_Delphin said:

Ha, you imply that Splatoon 2 isn't a big gun! I wont be surprised at all when it's outsells Zelda.

You're on a npd thread, USA..

Um, duh?

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Bofferbrauer on 17 May 2017

pitzy272 said:

Bofferbrauer said:

Nope, MK8 is first. But it's probable Persone 5 comes in second, with Breath of the Wild taking the third spot of the podium

Wouldn't it indicate that Mario Kart WASN'T first, since Nintendo didn't specifically mention that? Or was that part of the statement just not included in the OP?

From the OP: The Mario Kart 8 Deluxe game was the top-selling video game in April with more than 460,000 physical units sold. With digital sales added, the total is more than 550,000 units.

So clearly MK8DX is number 1

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild game for Nintendo Switch continued its legendary run, coming in as the third-highest-selling video game in April.

So BotW is also set on the third spot.

This puts Persona 5 sales either between MK8DX and BotW, or even worse than Zelda (with MLB: The Show as possible second)

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the_dengle on 17 May 2017

Looking at VGC numbers for the first two weeks of April, I'm guessing Persona is #2.

I was wondering whether NPD counted digital sales for Mario Kart, but I doubt Persona hit 460k anyway, so I guess it doesn't really matter. 20% digital seems pretty good for Nintendo though.

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thismeintiel on 17 May 2017

JRPGfan said:

Frank_kc said:
It would be interesting to see the split of 350k between PS4 and XBone....I would say 220K PS4 vs 130k XBone

I think XB1 barely did 100k this month in the US, probably closer to 250k PS4.

May is looking to be a repeat of april.

Hey, looks like our predictions were pretty accurate.

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pitzy272 on 17 May 2017

Bofferbrauer said:

pitzy272 said:

Wouldn't it indicate that Mario Kart WASN'T first, since Nintendo didn't specifically mention that? Or was that part of the statement just not included in the OP?

From the OP: The Mario Kart 8 Deluxe game was the top-selling video game in April with more than 460,000 physical units sold. With digital sales added, the total is more than 550,000 units.

So clearly MK8DX is number 1

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild game for Nintendo Switch continued its legendary run, coming in as the third-highest-selling video game in April.

So BotW is also set on the third spot.

This puts Persona 5 sales either between MK8DX and BotW, or even worse than Zelda (with MLB: The Show as possible second)

Oh muh bad:( I didn't read the full PR report, and it wasn't written in the summary initially. Thanks!

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tak13 said:

Einsam_Delphin said:

Ha, you imply that Splatoon 2 isn't a big gun! I wont be surprised at all when it's outsells Zelda.

You're on a npd thread, USA..

Splatoon might have a Mario Kart-like sales trajectory - sells way more on a good-selling system than a bad one - but I'm not going to count on that. The sales on Wii U were impressive but the system wasn't exactly flush with great games.

Edit: got myself an education! Looks like Splatoon 2 should at least ensure good sales in Japan through summer. Still not sure what it will do outside Japan.