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Forums - Sales Discussion - Wii vs Switch vs 3DS vs PS4 : shipment accumulation by declared fiscal quarter result

NS is showing a better trend than 3DS, this looks to me like the most important thing we can get from those data.



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Q1 is really bad. It's getting crushed by the Wii and Ps4 same period of their lifecycle.



The_Liquid_Laser said:
Switch is doing well now, but it's final sales curve is going to look like the DS. The DS did pretty well in its first couple of years, but then it really took off to unprecedented levels. Expect to see that from Switch next year. The people who don't think the Switch will clear 80m are in for a huge surprise.

low bar much? Ps1, ps2, ps3, ps4, Wii, GBA, DS, X360 all cleared 80 mil. That's not an accomplishment, if it doesnt oursell the Wii then Nintendo has declined 



As long as its selling more or less on par with the PS4, which it is, everything else is gravy. That's more than a good enough sales pace for now. The key for Nintendo will be maintaining momentum in years 4/5/6, what its selling now is more than fine.



contestgamer said:
The_Liquid_Laser said:
Switch is doing well now, but it's final sales curve is going to look like the DS. The DS did pretty well in its first couple of years, but then it really took off to unprecedented levels. Expect to see that from Switch next year. The people who don't think the Switch will clear 80m are in for a huge surprise.

low bar much? Ps1, ps2, ps3, ps4, Wii, GBA, DS, X360 all cleared 80 mil. That's not an accomplishment, if it doesnt oursell the Wii then Nintendo has declined 

So Sony is declining for over 10 years now since they can't get close to PS2 numbers anymore? By your own logic, yes, they do, PlayStation is doomed.



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FIRST POST UPDATED

 

My personnal theory about why Nintendo has not revised the forecast :

If they still manage to reach it, this will make a very strong buzz in the medias. If they fail and announce 18,9 or 19,3M, 99% of the customers don't give a fuck about it. Only the 1% of experts in VGCHARTZ and the investors will care, which at the end won't influence the 99% of consumers who are planning or not to buy the console soon.

Last edited by Amnesia - on 30 October 2018

Amnesia said:

FIRST POST UPDATED

 

My personnal theory about why Nintendo has not revised the forecast :

If they still manage to reach it, this will make a very strong buzz in the medias. If they fail and announce 18,9 or 19,3M, 99% of the customers don't give a fuck about it. Only the 1% of experts in VGCHARTZ and the investors will care, which at the end won't influence the 99% of consumers who are planning or not to buy the console soon.

Ya missing the goal really isn't a big deal since it's such a high amount, I mean PS4 missed their fiscal year target once and nodoby cares.



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Yeah it doesn't really matter if they don't quite hit there forecast, from the moment it was announced it seemed far too ambitious. It just inspires silly expectations in forum users. Everyone else couldn't care less. Ignoring the 20m figure ever existed, shipment figures are going to be very very good for this FY



They'll probably revise the forecast after Christmas in January. No reason to do it now and needlessly but a cloud over the holiday rush.



3DS had a revision along with New Super Mario Bros 2 in the same quarter and Switch still matched its shipments.



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