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Forums - Sales Discussion - February NPD 2019 thread

Yay Congrats to Switch!



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zorg1000 said:
Rough estimates

NSW ~365k
PS4 ~285k
XBO ~225k
3DS ~55k
Other ~140k

Thanks.

Switch doing really well without major new releases. Wonder what will happen when Pokémon launches.

PS4 and XBO down yoy as expected. Wonder how much new games and price cuts can boost them before they're replaced.



It's crazy the things MS has to do, now, to even stay in competitive range of the PS4. Even with SKUs making the XBO basically $199, it loses by 60K+ in its strongest territory.



Switch and PS4 are under tracked here.



Bofferbrauer2 said:
Switch: 385K
PS4: 204K
XBO: 221K

XBO had a strong 50$ off Promo (plus a 100S off One X Fallout 76 bundle), and Switch the 35$ Gift card promo, but PS4 had neither of those.

Additionally, all the bigger games that month fizzled out apart from Apex, so not many reasons to buy a console outside of the promos.

Underestimated the PS4 and slightly overestimated the Switch; XBO almost perfect estimation.

But yeah, looks like it's going to be very hard to beat the Switch any month this year.



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When we look wekly sales, Switch is around 30% for January and February, Japan is around 50% up until now, so that means that FY Q4 (Jan-Mar) will around 30-35% WW up compared to same period of last year.
Switch started this year great, and sales can only be better when strong games start launching.



thismeintiel said:
It's crazy the things MS has to do, now, to even stay in competitive range of the PS4. Even with SKUs making the XBO basically $199, it loses by 60K+ in its strongest territory.

At this point they probably dont care how close they get to the PS4. As long as more XBO are being sold they are happy to focus on next gen. 



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I'm confused. Have the real numbers leaked yet?

Or am I only looking at predictions? Be specific please..



Azelover said:
I'm confused. Have the real numbers leaked yet?

Or am I only looking at predictions? Be specific please..

I posted the leaks a few posts back

NSW ~365K

PS4 ~285k

XBO ~225k

3DS ~55k

Other ~140k



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zorg1000 said:
Azelover said:
I'm confused. Have the real numbers leaked yet?

Or am I only looking at predictions? Be specific please..

I posted the leaks a few posts back

NSW ~365K

PS4 ~285k

XBO ~225k

3DS ~55k

Other ~140k

Ah, thank you!

That PS4 number is correct right? Thank you again.