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Bofferbrauer2 on 21 May 2018
JRPGfan said:
Shaqazooloo0 said:
Yeah I gotta admit, Sony hit it out of the park with the first half of the year. Well deserved. Nintendo should have June onward though imo.

Curiousity got the better of me...

Nintendo June:
- Lego The Incredibles
- The Lost Child
- Mario Tennis Aces
- WolftenStein II  (old & on PS4 too)
- Crash Bandicoot N sane Trilogy  (old & on PS4 too)

Playstation June:
- Lego The Incredibles
- The Lost Child
- Vampyr
- The Crew 2
- MotoGP 18
- Warhammer 40k: Inquisitor – Martyr
- Jurassic World Evolution
- Super Bomberman R (old & on Switch too)

So its basically Mario Tennis Aces vs  Vampyr,Crew2,MotoGP,Warhammer 40k, Jurassic World Evolution.

Unless you mean E3 hype will be what sells Switch's that month?

Shaqazooloo0 said:
I think May might be close though due to that resurgence from Donkey Kong early in the month.

Its a great game, but its also a old Wii U game, that alot of Switch owners might have already played.
I doubt its enough to combat "Detroit Become Human" from Sony side.

While late ports, don't count out Wolfenstein and Crash Bandicoot too early. Being able to play these games on a portable console will probably entice quite a few to buy the System - though less of course than an exclusive or if they would have been released the same time on Switch.



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TheBlackNaruto on 21 May 2018
Shaqazooloo0 said:
Yeah I gotta admit, Sony hit it out of the park with the first half of the year. Well deserved. Nintendo should have June onward though imo.

I think May might be close though due to that resurgence from Donkey Kong early in the month.

Now that is a big prediction....June onward....even with Spider-man, RDR2 and the new COD BO4......I don't know man. Everything is up in the air to me now lol.



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duduspace1 on 21 May 2018
Kyuu said:
duduspace1 said:
Seriously, if the Switch doesn't have the NPD crown back at the next NPD, I'll start to get worried about its ability to take on the PS4. The extent of its loss (if it does lose it) would also be significant. If one chalks down the result of the last 3 NPDs to sales of the MHW/Far Cry/GOW trio which sold gangbusters and most likely gave PS4 significant momentum, there would be nothing really to explain May's result if it goes significantly against the Switch.

Nuh. If we can blame PS4's February win on Monster Hunter World, then we can also blame a hypothetical May win on God of War's recency and Detroit Become Human's release.

Not really, GOW released mid-month while MHW released about 4 days to the end of the month. Remember Switch won January NPD (Feb). MHW boost didn't really show up in the January NPD. GOW HW boost is most likely largely accounted for in the April NPD (NPD), I don't think its HW boost would extend that far.

Detroit Become Human is not likely to give as much a boost as GOW and releases close to the end of May. It should get a good challenge from the Switch June releases. The May NPD is the most likely for the Switch. If it wins then it is back challenging again. If it doesn't and if it is significantly beaten, then I doubt the Switch would have any answer for the PS4's numbers this year .

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Rob5VGC on 21 May 2018

KH 1.5+2.5 and 3 are at 68 and 81. WOO!!!!!

2.8 is in the movers section now. It's at 235. Damn Amazon should have had stock ready in advance for the hype train at its strongest. Hopefully by tomorrow, 2.8 will be in the top 100.

What could have been a holy trinity is possibly ruined. Next hype train will be at E3 though.



Megiddo on 21 May 2018

Detroit is not available at all on Amazon US. Though on Amazon JP it's currently #2 and in the UK it's currently #1 so that should give you an idea about how well it'd be doing if it was available.



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JRPGfan on 22 May 2018

God of War & PS4slim both still sold out...



Miyamotoo on 22 May 2018
duduspace1 said:
Seriously, if the Switch doesn't have the NPD crown back at the next NPD, I'll start to get worried about its ability to take on the PS4. The extent of its loss (if it does lose it) would also be significant. If one chalks down the result of the last 3 NPDs to sales of the MHW/Far Cry/GOW trio which sold gangbusters and most likely gave PS4 significant momentum, there would be nothing really to explain May's result if it goes significantly against the Switch.

MHW/Far Cry5/GoW are all significant stronger titles than Bayonetta2/Kirby/Labo, reason why PS4 had easily best April from launch (previous one was 206k) was obviosly GoW, saying even Switch didnt had great April its still selling quite good (actualy same like 2nd PS4 April), and from May Switch lineup is getting stronger. Even if Switch dont take May I expecting that difference between PS4 and Switch won't be so big like was in April.



Megiddo on 22 May 2018

Possibly, the aggressive price cuts this month may bolster Xbone beyond last place though.



nero on 22 May 2018
   CA FR   DE IT  JP  MX  ES   UK  US
HW:DE  5  5  17  250  916  2  17  17  21
DKTF  24  2  6  16  11  5  7  6  11
GoW  8  4  28  18  42  8  3  2  33
Labo  42  10  38  25  19    25  38  32
Neon  21  14  12  8  7  20  6  46  9
Grey  32  30  45  13  58  21  35  217  25
PS4  26  64  35  17  14  30  88  69  92


duduspace1 on 22 May 2018
Kyuu said:
duduspace1 said:

Not really, GOW released mid-month while MHW released about 4 days to the end of the month. Remember Switch won January NPD (Feb). MHW boost didn't really show up in the January NPD. GOW HW boost is most likely largely accounted for in the April NPD (NPD), I don't think its HW boost would extend that far.

Detroit Become Human is not likely to give as much a boost as GOW and releases close to the end of May. It should get a good challenge from the Switch June releases. The May NPD is the most likely for the Switch. If it wins then it is back challenging again. If it doesn't and if it is significantly beaten, then I doubt the Switch would have any answer for the PS4's numbers this year .

January NPD actually tracked the first 2 weeks (10-11 days?) of Monster Hunter World. According to VGC, MHW-PS4 sold 390k at week 1-2 vs around 250k for the weeks 3-6. Meaning, the effect it had on hardware sales may have been January biased. Though PS4 got Shadow of the Colossus for February (the 2nd best selling PS4 game of the month), which was countered by Bayonetta.

I dont know the tracking period for April NPD, but God of War released on the 20th. Its 2nd month (weeks 3-6?) in the US should easily crush MHW's. Add Detroit and maybe the smaller Dark Souls Remastered to the equation, and Switch's loss wouldnt be shocking at all.

God of War and Detroit are much bigger than MHW and SotC.

How can this be when it released on January 26th, does that mean NPD tracking extends that far into the following month ? What date ranges are covered by the tracking periods exactly. I seriously doubt MHW was January biased. If it was (with the effect we saw in February ) there is no way the Switch would have won the January NPD. 

Yes the PS4 can win again in May (depending on the lingering effect of GOW and how much of a boost exactly Detroit gives), I however don't expect a Landslide like April. 

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