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TheBlackNaruto on 21 February 2018

Switch took the win! And XB1 came in second! Nice! So all 3 seem to have did very well!



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Kairos on 21 February 2018

So, this month is virtually a tie



AJNShelton on 21 February 2018
nemo37 said:

it was confirmed that the difference between Switch (the system in first place) and the console in third-place (according to people here it is PS4, but I did not see that stated in the report) was 3%

Well for me, 350 000 of 1 million is 35% and 320 000 of 1 million is 32% and the difference between 35% and 32% is 3% so I don"t clearly get why do you think my estimations are wrong



StarDoor on 21 February 2018
nemo37 said:
SKMBlake said:

We can asume that the numbers are:

-Switch 350 000
-Xbox One 330 000
-PS4 320 000

No. Your numbers do not take 3DS into account (though I am not sure if that was included in the number) and it was confirmed that the difference between Switch (the system in first place) and the console in third-place (according to people here it is PS4, but I did not see that stated in the report) was 3%. Of course the report did say that unit sales were above 1 million so we could be underestimating the total.

The 3% difference was between the highest revenue (PS4) and lowest revenue (Xbox One).

EDIT: Wait, that's still ambiguous. I mean, there was a 3% difference in revenue between PS4 and Xbox One.

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LipeJJ on 21 February 2018
Pinkie_pie said:
I'm surprised sales were so close between the 3 in January. Looking at amazon I thought switch was gonna win by at least 50k

Do we have official numbers already? That's amazing.



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LipeJJ on 21 February 2018

Congrats to Switch!

And how the hell Zelda keeps charting so high? I think we might rethink our LT predictions for it. O.o



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duduspace1 on 21 February 2018
nemo37 said:
SKMBlake said:

We can asume that the numbers are:

-Switch 350 000
-Xbox One 330 000
-PS4 320 000

No. Your numbers do not take 3DS into account (though I am not sure if that was included in the number) and it was confirmed that the difference between Switch (the system in first place) and the console in third-place (according to people here it is PS4, but I did not see that stated in the report) was 3%. Of course the report did say that unit sales were above 1 million so we could be underestimating the total.

I think the 3% difference is when you're sorting on the basis of revenues from sales in which case PS4 came first.



PAOerfulone on 21 February 2018

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killeryoshis on 21 February 2018
duduspace1 said:

The Nintendo 3DS handheld console just had its best January since 2013 in terms of consoles sold, according to the NPD Group. For hardware dollar sales, it was the portable’s best January since 2014.

Weird, so the Switch hasn't even started cannibalizing it yet is selling so well already ?

Nintendo console usually fall out of a cliff by this time of their lives. The fact the 3DS is doing so well shows that Nintendo is learning how to get a console to have a longer tail. They will definitely apply what they learned from the 3DS to the Switch later on. 

I think the 3DS is a good low tier platform to get into for those who can't afford a Switch. A 2DS is like $80 with a game and the 3DS is like $170 now. Switch will probably into those sales as the price gets lower.



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globalisateur on 21 February 2018

PS4 almost won by units and even won by revenue ! And Ryng thought Switch would win by 80 or 100k ! That and Bayonneta flopping in japan must be hard for him.

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