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Forums - Sales Discussion - December NPD 2018 thread



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Acevil said:
p0isonparadise said:
Smash was #1 for the month and sold 3,592,000 at retail. Largest opening for an exclusive.

New king of exclusives. It should have decent digital rate with that said I wonder if this will ever be beat retail wise.

How many major releases were released n the NS in 2018?

Idk about everyone else but I was expecting Smash t sell very well...... all considering.



Smash ended up being the 5th best-selling game of the year solely with retail sales alone, incredible.

It's also the best-selling exclusive of the year.



Intrinsic said:
Acevil said:

New king of exclusives. It should have decent digital rate with that said I wonder if this will ever be beat retail wise.

How many major releases were released n the NS in 2018?

Idk about everyone else but I was expecting Smash t sell very well...... all considering.

What is your definition of a major release?



When the herd loses its way, the shepard must kill the bull that leads them astray.

NSW 1770k
XB1 930k
PS4 820k

Yeah, those numbers look about right to me. No big surprises.



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ratolmc said:
In a generation with the likes of Red Dead 2, Zelda BOTW, Bloodborne, God of War, Persona 5, Mario Odyssey, and Uncharted 4 only one game reigns supreme.

Witcher 3

 

Intrinsic said:
Acevil said:

New king of exclusives. It should have decent digital rate with that said I wonder if this will ever be beat retail wise.

How many major releases were released n the NS in 2018?

Idk about everyone else but I was expecting Smash t sell very well...... all considering.

Does it  even matter??    It is still a HUGE accomplishment regardless! 🤷‍♂️    





Switch generated the highest December-month hardware dollar sales for a single platform since the Nintendo Wii in December 2009.



So in the end Smash generated more dollars in sales than Spiderman, GOW, FC5 (because NPD doesn't track units sales nor bundles). I did not expect that. Sometimes i can't figure out how NPD software is going to be....It's a lost cause.

I guess Spiderman and FC5 (and probably GOW too) probably sold more units, but with how NPD works we can't know for sure....

USA loves Nintendo and their games, that's for certain.



colafitte said:
So in the end Smash generated more dollars in sales than Spiderman, GOW, FC5 (because NPD doesn't track units sales nor bundles). I did not expect that. Sometimes i can't figure out how NPD software is going to be....It's a lost cause.

I guess Spiderman and FC5 (and probably GOW too) probably sold more units, but with how NPD works we can't know for sure....

USA loves Nintendo and their games, that's for certain.

Smash had a bundle as well and isnt including digital so really no reason to assume those games outsold it.



When the herd loses its way, the shepard must kill the bull that leads them astray.