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DonFerrari on 16 November 2017

Nothing unexpected... Wii will be ahead of PS4 for several weeks, but I don't think Switch will be able to keep ahead of PS4 for long periods of time.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

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DonFerrari on 16 November 2017
Shadow1980 said:
irstupid said:

Never liked aligned launches. It's misleading.

Exactly.  Global sales never tell us the whole story. Differing launches region to region and differing regional buying habits can make a big impact, especially when comparing early-life sales. That's why I prefer to break things down to the regional level. But even at the regional level, there are still caveats. What time of year the system is released, when price cuts are issued and how big those cuts are, stock issues. Having strong early-life sales may be a good indicator that a system is performing well, but frequently fails to be a predictor of lifetime sales performance. Systems all have differing sales trajectories throughout their lives. One only needs to look at the 360 vs. the Wii from last generation in the U.S.:

Launches aligned, the Wii managed to attain a massive lead of about 15.5M units, but that lead declined as fast as it grew, and the 360 eventually outsold it.

Granted, that's an extreme case, but at the very least it tells us that global early-life sales are never going to give us good indicators of how any two systems will stack up against each other several years down the road.

yep. any first or even 3rd year after release prediction can completelly miss the mark



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

Bofferbrauer2 on 20 November 2017

I think PS4 Numbers got edited to reflect better Sonys sales announcements. As a result the gap between the PS4 and the Switch is apparently almost 400k smaller than what was reported before here on the site according to the gapcharz: http://www.vgchartz.com/article/270277/switch-vs-ps4vgchartz-gap-chartsseptember-2017-update/



The Nintendo eShop rating Thread: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=237454 List as Google Doc:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aW2hXQT1TheElVS7z-F3pP-7nbqdrDqWNTxl6JoJWBY/edit?usp=sharing

The Steam/GOG key gifting thread: https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread/242024/the-steamgog-key-gifting-thread/1/ 

Free Pc Games thread: https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread/248138/free-pc-games/1/

Kristof81 on 21 November 2017
Bofferbrauer2 said:

I think PS4 Numbers got edited to reflect better Sonys sales announcements. As a result the gap between the PS4 and the Switch is apparently almost 400k smaller than what was reported before here on the site according to the gapcharz: http://www.vgchartz.com/article/270277/switch-vs-ps4vgchartz-gap-chartsseptember-2017-update/

I'm not sure what methodology was used in gap charts and of course, I could be mistaken. Below is my methodology and the numbers are based on VGC data. If you spot a mistake, please let me know, but mind you, the totals are correct.

Week Date PS4 Week Date NS
1 16/11/2013 1,071,184 1 04/03/2017 1,400,822
2 23/11/2013 98,775 2 11/03/2017 226,397
3 30/11/2013 963,588 3 18/03/2017 226,274
4 07/12/2013 343,670 4 25/03/2017 300,888
5 14/12/2013 493,043 5 01/04/2017 268,257
6 21/12/2013 760,582 6 08/04/2017 206,417
7 28/12/2013 462,998 7 15/04/2017 189,027
8 04/01/2014 286,604 8 22/04/2017 234,374
9 11/01/2014 216,231 9 29/04/2017 353,425
10 18/01/2014 188,036 10 06/05/2017 156,766
11 25/01/2014 175,638 11 13/05/2017 133,929
12 01/02/2014 186,754 12 20/05/2017 132,340
13 08/02/2014 172,395 13 27/05/2017 136,809
14 15/02/2014 169,144 14 03/06/2017 133,841
15 22/02/2014 473,534 15 10/06/2017 138,744
16 01/03/2014 189,493 16 17/06/2017 196,919
17 08/03/2014 147,109 17 24/06/2017 136,193
18 15/03/2014 159,532 18 01/07/2017 99,109
19 22/03/2014 242,809 19 08/07/2017 128,083
20 29/03/2014 204,498 20 15/07/2017 135,194
21 05/04/2014 188,751 21 22/07/2017 272,770
22 12/04/2014 160,625 22 29/07/2017 190,996
23 19/04/2014 162,924 23 05/08/2017 165,957
24 26/04/2014 146,118 24 12/08/2017 198,011
25 03/05/2014 139,295 25 19/08/2017 139,953
26 10/05/2014 137,825 26 26/08/2017 188,262
27 17/05/2014 126,289 27 02/09/2017 176,195
28 24/05/2014 132,357 28 09/09/2017 175,006
29 31/05/2014 216,534 29 16/09/2017 177,770
30 07/06/2014 158,740 30 23/09/2017 176,578
31 14/06/2014 148,240 31 30/09/2017 222,359
TOTAL   8,723,315   7,017,665

Source data:

PS4: week ending 14/06/2014 http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly/41805/Global/

NS : week ending 30/09/2017 http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly/43009/Global/[/url]


*I presume that NS figures were adjusted at some point between last update and today, hence 11,000 units difference. This will be corrected on the next update. Edit: adjusted as promised 

Last edited by Kristof81 - on 22 November 2017

GuyDuke on 21 November 2017
Bofferbrauer2 said:

I think PS4 Numbers got edited to reflect better Sonys sales announcements. As a result the gap between the PS4 and the Switch is apparently almost 400k smaller than what was reported before here on the site according to the gapcharz: http://www.vgchartz.com/article/270277/switch-vs-ps4vgchartz-gap-chartsseptember-2017-update/

Yeah, it would be great to investigate this. I posted it in Green's thread so we can verify this new data and see if it adds up.



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Kristof81 on 22 November 2017

Week 32 update:

Platform Global Total
Wii 278,478 9,045,750
NS 174,687 7,192,352
3DS 162,109 5,133,422
PS4 147,380 8,870,695
DS 100,911 5,823,878
PSP 83,172 3,479,015
X360 79,243 3,701,480
XOne 70,724 4,684,968
PS3 60,022 3,696,996
PSV 40,641 2,315,418
WiiU 20,399 3,063,585


AJNShelton on 22 November 2017
Kristof81 said:

Week 32 update:

Platform Global Total

   
X360 79,243 3,701,480
XOne 70,724 4,684,968

   

Holly cow, the 360 sold more than the One.



GuyDuke on 22 November 2017

Wii is unreachable O-O



Bofferbrauer2 on 23 November 2017

Week 33 is up on the main already

Switch slowly crawling closer and closer to the PS4



The Nintendo eShop rating Thread: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=237454 List as Google Doc:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aW2hXQT1TheElVS7z-F3pP-7nbqdrDqWNTxl6JoJWBY/edit?usp=sharing

The Steam/GOG key gifting thread: https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread/242024/the-steamgog-key-gifting-thread/1/ 

Free Pc Games thread: https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread/248138/free-pc-games/1/

Kristof81 on 23 November 2017

Week 33 update ...

Platform Global Total
Wii 255,828 9,301,578
NS 187,954 7,380,306
3DS 163,520 5,296,942
PS4 150,172 9,020,867
DS 99,729 5,923,607
PSP 77,459 3,556,474
X360 77,112 3,778,592
XOne 66,640 4,751,608
PS3 58,304 3,755,300
PSV 37,963 2,353,381
WiiU 21,473 3,085,058