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Forums - Sales Discussion - PS4 Won November NPD ( PS4 1.54M, XBO 1.4M, NSW 770K)

Acevil on 08 December 2017

Honest question is 800,000 in November a bad number or are people hyperboling because switch has been winning the last couple of months.



 

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KLAMarine on 08 December 2017
PEEPer0nni said:
KLAMarine said:

 

 

Gonna guess you guys go silent when NPD has Switch winning the month.

But it won't. Nintendo has no games for Q1 2018 and the rest are niche franchises like Kirby, Yoshi or Fire Emblem. Are you kidding me? Those are not system sellers. They probably will force you to wait till the holidays for a big game just like MS does 

I think you misread my post.



ironmanDX on 08 December 2017
Acevil said:
Honest question is 800,000 in November a bad number or are people hyperboling because switch has been winning the last couple of months.

I'm still not convinced that these are legitimate numbers. Google found me nothing. Though, I'm admitting to not searching for too long.



quickrick on 08 December 2017
Acevil said:
Honest question is 800,000 in November a bad number or are people hyperboling because switch has been winning the last couple of months.

it's all about context, switch first holiday fully stocked, with mario, kart, splatoon, mario odyssey, and zelda, yea it's kinda bad. this is nintedo next handheld and console, i see there market shrinking. 



KLAMarine on 08 December 2017
quickrick said:
Nautilus said:

And Bayonetta, and Octopath Traveller, and Shin Megami Tensei V, and Metroid Prime 4, and Megaman 11, and so on.And dont forget whatever else Nintendo will reveal in January!

none of those are system sellers.

Perhaps not to you but they all help add to Switch's library which will help it sell.



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Acevil on 08 December 2017
KLAMarine said:
PEEPer0nni said:

But it won't. Nintendo has no games for Q1 2018 and the rest are niche franchises like Kirby, Yoshi or Fire Emblem. Are you kidding me? Those are not system sellers. They probably will force you to wait till the holidays for a big game just like MS does 

I think you misread my post.

I want him to make the bet! Don't reveal December is still a thing.

ironmanDX said:
Acevil said:
Honest question is 800,000 in November a bad number or are people hyperboling because switch has been winning the last couple of months.

I'm still not convinced that these are legitimate numbers. Google found me nothing. Though, I'm admitting to not searching for too long.

I'm treated them as they are for now. They might not be but that would make the value some people are giving to this thread that extra special if these numbers are completely false.



 

Miyamotoo on 08 December 2017
Sh1nn said:
Game hardware (including SNES Classic, etc.) sales volume in the US was up 44% in November (cumulative Apr–Nov FY3/18 sales were up 38%), while software sales were up 2% (down 1%). The PS4 came out top for hardware
sales, with a likely large impact from Black Friday sales. The Xbox One, which launched the new high-spec X console, came in second. Both consoles saw roughly 40% growth YoY.

The Switch saw a large increase in sales volume in comparison to October, but we still sense that trends are slowing down. We do not explicitly forecast monthly sales volumes in each region, but we have the impression that US sales volume for the Switch in November was within expectations. Nintendo's hardware sales tend to see strong trends in December thanks to seasonal demand, and thus we believe that sales will grow MoM in December.
As for software, Call of Duty: WWII (Activision Blizzard) came out top in the US (PS4 came top on a SKU basis; xbox One second), while Super Mario Odyssey came in second (Switch exclusive, Nintendo)

There are no specific numbers in the update but the included figure seem to show PS4:Switch at about 2:1 and Xbox One was marginally (maybe 10%) less than PS4

 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/mizuho-securities-the-ps4-came-out-top-for-hardware-in-november-2017-xbox-second-switch-last.10177/

 

Just for record, this are not official NPD numbers, this is information are from Mizuho Securities Equity Research, we dont have even real source.

We yet need to receive official NPD results next week, so its better to erase NPD from headline.



acdcste on 08 December 2017
quickrick said:
Acevil said:
Honest question is 800,000 in November a bad number or are people hyperboling because switch has been winning the last couple of months.

it's all about context, switch first holiday fully stocked, with mario, kart, splatoon, mario odyssey, and zelda, yea it's kinda bad. this is nintedo next handheld and console, i see there market shrinking. 

Let’s wait till we actually get some official figures. And even if it is true, 800,000 units is not terrible. Like how you keep going back to the “fully stocked” arguement as well when clearly it isn’t.



quickrick on 08 December 2017
KLAMarine said:
quickrick said:

none of those are system sellers.

Perhaps not to you but they all help add to Switch's library which will help it sell.

not just to me, but those franchises don't sell great in the US by any means. might was well start naming any game.



Miyamotoo on 08 December 2017
quickrick said:
Acevil said:
Honest question is 800,000 in November a bad number or are people hyperboling because switch has been winning the last couple of months.

it's all about context, switch first holiday fully stocked, with mario, kart, splatoon, mario odyssey, and zelda, yea it's kinda bad. this is nintedo next handheld and console, i see there market shrinking. 

800k can't be bad in any case, especially because Switch was selling at full price while PS4 and XB1 had huge price drops during BF deals. For record, PS4 also sold around 800k in first November outside Holiday season. But other hand, this are not even official numbers and numbers.