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Predict the winner of the month

Switch, by a lot 22 30.99%
 
Switch, barely 21 29.58%
 
PS4, by a lot 6 8.45%
 
PS4, barely 20 28.17%
 
XB1, by a lot 1 1.41%
 
XB1, barely 1 1.41%
 
Total:71
Ryng on 09 February 2018
Shadow1980 said:
Ryng_Tolu said:

Both Welfare and Donny said is 4 weeks... i honestly have some doubts now :-/

Either they just forgot, or the NPD is no longer following the NRF's calendar. Considering they've done the latter since the 90s, I don't see any reason for them to stop. I'm inclined to think Welfare and Donny are simply in error.

EDIT: More proof the NPD follows the NRF calendar:

https://www.npd.com/wps/portal/npd/us/news/press-releases/pr_090212/
http://www.gtdc.org/NPD.pdf (see footnote on page 10)

You was right Shadow, this is a 5 weeks month, not 4. My apologies.

https://www.resetera.com/posts/4352947/

I'll never doubt about you again :p



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JSG87 on 09 February 2018
JSG87 said:

I was expecting
NSW>PS4>XB1

But I'm now expecting

PS4>NSW>XB1.

After how well MHW performed in its opening days I think PS4 would have gotten enough of a boost to tale the month even if Amazon didn't indicate that.

 

Oh and

 

PS4 300K

NSW 220K

XB1 97K

I'm editing my prediction to correct for 5 weeks & MHW later release in January.

 

NSW>PS4>XB1

 

NSW 290K

PS4 250K

XB1 120K



p0isonparadise on 09 February 2018

Switch - 350k
PS4 - 270k
XOne - 220k



Welfare on 09 February 2018

In the spreadsheet donny provides in the OP of each prediction thread, it lists January 2019 as the leap week. Looks like that was wrong.

[NSW] 343K
[PS4] 281K
[XB1] 216K

Last edited by Welfare - on 09 February 2018

Won bet with t3mporary_126 - I correctly predicted that the Wii U's LTD at the end of 2014 would be closer to 9 million than 10 million. http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=6673287

palou on 09 February 2018
GProgrammer said:
newwil7l said:

Why do people keep saying this? Amazon did not have Switch winning November.

Look at that Months Ranking, which include the good friday numbers

How on earth did, PS4 outsell the Xbox One?

How did PS4 sell double the Switch?

Looking at these rankings I would call it Switch > XB1 > PS4, though I suppose you could also argue it was XB1 > Switch > PS4, One thing is clear the PS4 should of come last. Yet it was the exact opposite PS4 sold the most

 

8.Xbox One S

12. PS4 Slim

13. Switch Neon

16. Switch Gray

29. Xbox One X

48. Xbox One X

55. Xbox One S

60 PS4 Slim

82. PS4 Pro

91. PS4 Slim

Consider, also, that November is the month of big store discounts, which the Switch did not get.



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GProgrammer on 09 February 2018
palou said:

Consider, also, that November is the month of big store discounts, which the Switch did not get.

That may be true. It does show though the Amazon was a terrible indicator last November for the USA sales numbers.

I think theres a heavy leaning towards Nintendo Products, Why? Perhaps people that buy Nintendo stuff like to shop online, I have no idea why this is

Looking at Software for Janurary 2018

1 MHW

2 Super Mario Odyssey

3 Zelda

4 Mario Kart

 

Will the NPD numbers show this? I'm guessing not



palou on 09 February 2018
GProgrammer said:
palou said:

Consider, also, that November is the month of big store discounts, which the Switch did not get.

That may be true. It does show though the Amazon was a terrible indicator last November for the USA sales numbers.

I think theres a heavy leaning towards Nintendo Products, Why? Perhaps people that buy Nintendo stuff like to shop online, I have no idea why this is

Looking at Software for Janurary 2018

1 MHW

2 Super Mario Odyssey

3 Zelda

4 Mario Kart

 

Will the NPD numbers show this? I'm guessing not

What concerns NPD software, one thing to consider is that NPD includes digital sales for everyone except Nintendo.



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xMetroid on 09 February 2018
xMetroid said:
Switch : 272k PS4 : 212k Xbox one : 140k

So for 5 weeks :

 

1- Switch : 320k

2- PS4 : 270k

3- XBone : 180k



jason1637 on 09 February 2018
jason1637 said:
[NSW] 245k [PS4] 192k [XB1] 160k

Since its a 5 week month I'm gonna edit my predictions.

[NSW] 270k

[PS4] 225k

[XB1] 200k



quickrick on 09 February 2018

new prediction

[NSW] 255k

[PS4] 260k

[XB1] 190k

new prediction