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Forums - Sales - NPD, PS4 2015 vs NSW 2018 (December added)

 

Who wins?

PS4 66 40.24%
 
NSW 84 51.22%
 
Tie 14 8.54%
 
Total:164
xMetroid said:
I really dont think the PS4 will take this. Switch has nothing early 2018 but its still ahead. It will have a killer fall/holiday period which can outplay a better first half of a year easily.

Don't forget Switch will have its first black friday deals this year, more stock, Smash and online and more ofc.

I don't know. When the year started, I thought the PS4 had a good chance of beating Switch. When you factor in that January was 5 weeks for Switch and 4 for PS4 too, you realize that they're probably about equal in terms of sales for the first two months combined. Edit: apparently PS4 would be up by 30k. 

However, what's really damning to me is that the second half of the year is going to have Fire Emblem, Super Smash Brothers, and Animal Crossing or Pokemon.

Fire Emblem's popularity is underestimated and Fates is pretty undertracked here. It sold 1.84 million copies (https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2016/160427_4e.pdf) just one month after it's release in the U.S., which was 7 months after it's release in Japan, but also 2 months before it's release in the EU and AU. I don't expect it to give a huge hardware boost, but it should give a pretty decent one in the U.S. and a big one in Japan. It will do even more if it ends up being an ambitious title. 

The other two games speak for themselves. 

Last edited by AngryLittleAlchemist - on 21 March 2018

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AngryLittleAlchemist said:
xMetroid said:
I really dont think the PS4 will take this. Switch has nothing early 2018 but its still ahead. It will have a killer fall/holiday period which can outplay a better first half of a year easily.

Don't forget Switch will have its first black friday deals this year, more stock, Smash and online and more ofc.

I don't know. When the year started, I thought the PS4 had a good chance of beating Switch. When you factor in that January was 5 weeks for Switch and 4 for PS4 too, you realize that they're probably about equal in terms of sales for the first two months combined. 

However, what's really damning to me is that the second half of the year is going to have Fire Emblem, Super Smash Brothers, and Animal Crossing or Pokemon.

Fire Emblem's popularity is underestimated and Fates is pretty undertracked here. It sold 1.84 million copies (https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2016/160427_4e.pdf) just one month after it's release in the U.S., which was 7 months after it's release in Japan, but also 2 months before it's release in the EU and AU. I don't expect it to give a huge hardware boost, but it should give a pretty decent one in the U.S. and a big one in Japan. It will do even more if it ends up being an ambitious title. 

The other two games speak for themselves. 

using resetera 125% for 5 week period, ps4 would be up by 30k.



quickrick said:

using resetera 125% for 5 week period, ps4 would be up by 30k.

OK, I updated my comment.



Isn't the second year for PS4 2014?



ryuzaki57 said:
Isn't the second year for PS4 2014?

2nd full year. It was only available for 1.5 months in 2013.

Switch released in March but its launch month offsets the lack of Jan/Feb.

2014 vs 2017 is year 1

2015 vs 2018 is year 2



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zorg1000 said:

I just thought it would be fun to compare the 2nd year of these two outstanding consoles.

 

Month Sony Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Accumulative  Difference
January* 190k, Dying Light 270k +80k Switch
February 340k, Evolve, The Order, Xenoverse 280k, Bayonetta 2 +20k Switch
March 330k, Battlefield, Bloodborne, MLB, FF Type-0    
April 175k, Mortal Kombat X    
May 155k, Witcher 3    
June 370k, Arkham Knight, Elder Scrolls Online    
July 220k, PGA 2016    
August 210k, Madden, Until Dawn    
September 355k, Metal Gear Solid, NBA, FIFA, Mad Max, Taken King    
October 275k, Assassin's Creed, WWE, Uncharted Collection    
November 1540k, Call of Duty, Fallout, Battlefront, Need For Speed    
December 1580k, Rainbow Six    
Total 5740k    

January*-4 week vs 5 week

Major releases are new games that charted in their debut month.

damn you really put work in, Good job.



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quickrick said:
zorg1000 said:

I just thought it would be fun to compare the 2nd year of these two outstanding consoles.

 

Month Sony Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Accumulative  Difference
January* 190k, Dying Light 270k +80k Switch
February 340k, Evolve, The Order, Xenoverse 280k, Bayonetta 2 +20k Switch
March 330k, Battlefield, Bloodborne, MLB, FF Type-0    
April 175k, Mortal Kombat X    
May 155k, Witcher 3    
June 370k, Arkham Knight, Elder Scrolls Online    
July 220k, PGA 2016    
August 210k, Madden, Until Dawn    
September 355k, Metal Gear Solid, NBA, FIFA, Mad Max, Taken King    
October 275k, Assassin's Creed, WWE, Uncharted Collection    
November 1540k, Call of Duty, Fallout, Battlefront, Need For Speed    
December 1580k, Rainbow Six    
Total 5740k    

January*-4 week vs 5 week

Major releases are new games that charted in their debut month.

damn you really put work in, Good job.

Thanks, it took awhile because i did it on my phone and a few times the page refreshed when i would switch from one tab to the next so i had to start over.........pissed me off a bit lol



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zorg1000 said:
quickrick said:

damn you really put work in, Good job.

Thanks, it took awhile because i did it on my phone and a few times the page refreshed when i would switch from one tab to the next so i had to start over.........pissed me off a bit lol

looking at that list, just tells why switch won't be able to compete for long, just look at how many system sellers the ps4 gets, it's almost every month, it''s staggering.



Switch doing alright. But it does need the games to do it.



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