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SWORDF1SH on 26 February 2018
LipeJJ said:
I wonder how much Kirby will do on March NPD. Can it pull 300k+?

How would this compare with other major Nintendo games? 



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LipeJJ on 26 February 2018
SWORDF1SH said:
LipeJJ said:
I wonder how much Kirby will do on March NPD. Can it pull 300k+?

How would this compare with other major Nintendo games? 

Kirby is not comparable to bigger Nintendo games that can easily pull 1m+ in US on the first month (even Zelda, which is not among Nintendo’s biggest games, could do it at launch). My intention is to compare it to other Kirbies. These games usually do between 1m~2m LT. I hope this one breaks onto 3m+ territory.

Another thing to note is that Kirby has great legs.



Bet with Teeqoz for 2 weeks of avatar and sig control that Super Mario Odyssey would ship more than 7m on its first 2 months. The game shipped 9.07m, so I won

Carl on 26 February 2018

It's time to drop the "debate" on whether or not the Amazon charts are biased towards a, b or c.

It's doing nothing more than disrupting real observations and discussion from people who are genuinely interested in what these charts are showing.



                            

xMetroid on 26 February 2018
nero said:
xMetroid said:
Switch getting a boost. I think it will enter top 10 again wih the arrival of Kirby.

It will have passed a long time to see it in the top 10, when was the las time?

Hmm i'm not sure, i don't think it made it in February but it was still in the top 10 in most of January i think.

 

Good god Zelda #2 that's amazing.

Shoot Kirby is in the top 20 too ! Nice.



nero on 26 February 2018

Moved up to #19, the pink ball keeps on rolling



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Lawlight on 26 February 2018
Miyamotoo said:
quickrick said:

ps4 basically sold the same amount it's alway been selling jan. my point is why do people think switch is gonna do 7 milllion when it hasn't even had 1 month where it clearly beat ps4/xb1 numbers by a large margin.

I dont know about 7m sold in US alone, but that 20m shipped consoles for FY 2018 is reachable. But like I wrote, talking about January specify, not just that January is slow month, but Switch had only Indies and again sold better than PS4 that had MHW and DBZ, that's very impressive.

It’s simple - there’s a smaller market for the PS4 to sell to. So many people have a PS4 in the US that there’s fewer people willing to buy it at that price.



Nuvendil on 26 February 2018
Lawlight said:
Miyamotoo said:

I dont know about 7m sold in US alone, but that 20m shipped consoles for FY 2018 is reachable. But like I wrote, talking about January specify, not just that January is slow month, but Switch had only Indies and again sold better than PS4 that had MHW and DBZ, that's very impressive.

It’s simple - there’s a smaller market for the PS4 to sell to. So many people have a PS4 in the US that there’s fewer people willing to buy it at that price.

That would make sense...except the PS4 just came off a huge year, both world wide and in the US.  We have to wait and see if anything has really changed there.  But that could be having an impact at this stage, though things like the Slim version and Pro will sell to those who own a basic model.  That's part of the way PS1, PS2, and PS3 kept selling.  New models to current owners.



TheBlackNaruto on 26 February 2018
SWORDF1SH said:
TheBlackNaruto said:

Well to be honest because it was kind of an off the wall statement. No one had said anything bad about the Switch yet out the blue you say these detractors don't have a leg to stand on. It was like what was the point of saying just out the blue like  that I guess lol. But you are correct the Switch is having a strong start to year 2 on the market and is looking very good!

Basically. I thought what I've said about Amazon was being taken out of context again. I've been put on the defensive a lot so was a little bit uptight. Nothing against PortisheadBiscuit.

Well there has been a lot of back and forth going on randomly so I understand lol. And nope nothing against him at all! Very cool member!



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Lawlight on 26 February 2018
Nuvendil said:
Lawlight said:

It’s simple - there’s a smaller market for the PS4 to sell to. So many people have a PS4 in the US that there’s fewer people willing to buy it at that price.

That would make sense...except the PS4 just came off a huge year, both world wide and in the US.  We have to wait and see if anything has really changed there.  But that could be having an impact at this stage, though things like the Slim version and Pro will sell to those who own a basic model.  That's part of the way PS1, PS2, and PS3 kept selling.  New models to current owners.

In the US? Sales look fairly flat to me with the $199 PS4 helping a lot. Sales were still down by quite a bit compared to 2015. Worldwide, of course, it’s showing legs like a normal PS console would. And not sure why regular PS4 owners would need to move to the Slim though a small fraction have upgraded to the Pro. And no, that’s not how the PS1, PS2 and PS3 kept selling. Consoles are different to handhelds - in general, people just don’t change to a different model unless they need to. The PS consoles keep selling because as time goes by prices go down making it more affordable to more people while, at the same time,the library gets better. Selling new models to current owners - that’s a Nintendo practice. How many 3DS models did they release? 7?



SWORDF1SH on 26 February 2018
xMetroid said:
nero said:

It will have passed a long time to see it in the top 10, when was the las time?

Hmm i'm not sure, i don't think it made it in February but it was still in the top 10 in most of January i think.

 

Good god Zelda #2 that's amazing.

Shoot Kirby is in the top 20 too ! Nice.

It seems Switch is making a late February surge. This should see off the Xbox promotions