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GuyDuke on 15 November 2017
Barkley said:
GuyDuke said:
Week 30 and 31 are up and the gap shrinks again.

Should continue to do so for the next several weeks, until January/February when the Gap will start widening again. With Holiday sales Switch should be able to make up the remaining 1.7m and pull ahead in launch aligned periodically.

Yes, once PS4 enters its second holiday period, Switch will definitely trail behind again.

Nintendo will have to work hard in 2018 to send up both enough shipments and enough system-selling software.



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Barkley on 15 November 2017
GuyDuke said:
Barkley said:

Should continue to do so for the next several weeks, until January/February when the Gap will start widening again. With Holiday sales Switch should be able to make up the remaining 1.7m and pull ahead in launch aligned periodically.

Yes, once PS4 enters its second holiday period, Switch will definitely trail behind again.

Nintendo will have to work hard in 2018 to send up both enough shipments and enough system-selling software.

It sounds like shipments won't be a problem, It's just lineup we have to wait on, and hope they haven't pulled out all their big guns already. It could be a slow start to 2018 if there's nothing to announce for that period, I don't think there's anything currently announced for early 2018. Perhaps Fire Emblem will be Q1.

If not then we'll just have to see how long all the hype they've built with their already released titles can keep the systems moving fast.



GuyDuke on 15 November 2017
Barkley said:
GuyDuke said:

Yes, once PS4 enters its second holiday period, Switch will definitely trail behind again.

Nintendo will have to work hard in 2018 to send up both enough shipments and enough system-selling software.

It sounds like shipments won't be a problem, It's just lineup we have to wait on, and hope they haven't pulled out all their big guns already. It could be a slow start to 2018 if there's nothing to announce for that period, I don't think there's anything currently announced for early 2018. Perhaps Fire Emblem will be Q1.

If not then we'll just have to see how long all the hype they've built with their already released titles can keep the systems moving fast.

I believe a Yoshi title is coming. But it's a B-tier title... Yoshi hasn't been popular since the GBA days.

Kirby Star Allies is slated for Spring 2018, so probably Q2. Overall, they could have a Direct in January like they did this year and announce titles for late Q1 (March) and Q2 onwards. We knew nothing of MK8DX, ARMS, Snipperclips and Splatoon up until Jan 2017.



zorg1000 on 15 November 2017
GuyDuke said:
Barkley said:

It sounds like shipments won't be a problem, It's just lineup we have to wait on, and hope they haven't pulled out all their big guns already. It could be a slow start to 2018 if there's nothing to announce for that period, I don't think there's anything currently announced for early 2018. Perhaps Fire Emblem will be Q1.

If not then we'll just have to see how long all the hype they've built with their already released titles can keep the systems moving fast.

I believe a Yoshi title is coming. But it's a B-tier title... Yoshi hasn't been popular since the GBA days.

Kirby Star Allies is slated for Spring 2018, so probably Q2. Overall, they could have a Direct in January like they did this year and announce titles for late Q1 (March) and Q2 onwards. We knew nothing of MK8DX, ARMS, Snipperclips and Splatoon up until Jan 2017.

Yoshi is still popular, New Island on 3DS & Woolly World on Wii U each sold over 1 million.

3DS has a strong install base but the game was mediocre while Yoshi on Wii U was great but on a low install base.

Switch has a strong userbase and if the game is well recieved than it could do over 2 million.



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GuyDuke on 15 November 2017
zorg1000 said:
GuyDuke said:

I believe a Yoshi title is coming. But it's a B-tier title... Yoshi hasn't been popular since the GBA days.

Kirby Star Allies is slated for Spring 2018, so probably Q2. Overall, they could have a Direct in January like they did this year and announce titles for late Q1 (March) and Q2 onwards. We knew nothing of MK8DX, ARMS, Snipperclips and Splatoon up until Jan 2017.

Yoshi is still popular, New Island on 3DS & Woolly World on Wii U each sold over 1 million.

3DS has a strong install base but the game was mediocre while Yoshi on Wii U was great but on a low install base.

Switch has a strong userbase and if the game is well recieved than it could do over 2 million.

Popular is an inflated term in this case. Yoshi isn't really a system-seller and Japan doesn't care most of the time about it. While the games sold over a million, Yoshi used to sell over 4 million back in its prime.

This doesn't even compare to how Zelda and Mario Kart moved consoles back in the beginning of 2017. I'm afraid Yoshi isn't up to the task to carry Q1 on its own.



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GuyDuke on 15 November 2017
SpokenTruth said:
GuyDuke said:
Week 30 and 31 are up and the gap shrinks again.

Did you remove weeks 30 and 31?  The tables stop at 29.

Meant ''are up on VGC'' but clearly not updated in the OP table lol.

It was kind of a subliminal message ''Update it, Green''



zorg1000 on 15 November 2017
GuyDuke said:
zorg1000 said:

Yoshi is still popular, New Island on 3DS & Woolly World on Wii U each sold over 1 million.

3DS has a strong install base but the game was mediocre while Yoshi on Wii U was great but on a low install base.

Switch has a strong userbase and if the game is well recieved than it could do over 2 million.

Popular is an inflated term in this case. Yoshi isn't really a system-seller and Japan doesn't care most of the time about it. While the games sold over a million, Yoshi used to sell over 4 million back in its prime.

This doesn't even compare to how Zelda and Mario Kart moved consoles back in the beginning of 2017. I'm afraid Yoshi isn't up to the task to carry Q1 on its own.

I agree, its a solid support title for between major releases but not a system seller on its own.



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Green098 on 15 November 2017

Updated OP

Switch hits 7 million



GuyDuke on 15 November 2017

yeah!! new milestone! (also, a reason to tag)



PAOerfulone on 15 November 2017

And now the tide begins to change.



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