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Forums - Sales Discussion - November NPD 2020

 

Best selling family this month (units)?

Nintendo family 69 77.53%
 
Playstation family 19 21.35%
 
XBOX family 1 1.12%
 
Total:89

Well, I was wrong. By a lot.



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I think the shipments by month in kilograms was a bit misleading to Gibson and to us because it's likely that a lot of that shipment got eaten up in october and not november.



Looks like stock issues derailed a lot of expectations.



Huge fail on Nintendo's end for not being able to get stock under control for the holidays.
Very disappointing sales, no matter how you look at it.



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I had a feeling the holidays would be a bit lower than what some were expecting. Even then that’s still a pretty good number



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RolStoppable said:
p0isonparadise said:

Switch was top console selling 1.35 million.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201210006138/en/

Terrible numbers. COVID really messed up BF. Oh, and no Pokemon.

Looks like PS5/XBX were lower than I expected. 

Did any state actually take measures against retail shopping?

Neither my state nor none of the bordering states really did anything against retail shopping.

Some retailers put restrictions themselves, like Walmart only selling PS5 and Xbox online.



tag:"reviews only matter for the real hardcore gamer"

RolStoppable said:
p0isonparadise said:

Switch was top console selling 1.35 million.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201210006138/en/

Terrible numbers. COVID really messed up BF. Oh, and no Pokemon.

Looks like PS5/XBX were lower than I expected. 

Did any state actually take measures against retail shopping?

Retailers did. They discouraged large crowds and heavily promoted online shopping.

Just google black friday 2020 crowds and you'll find plenty of articles.



Yea sales for all 3 consoles were extremely disappointing. Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft should've prioritized stocking for the holiday season more than anything but failed to deliver.



Wow! Switch beating out the new boys!



Pocky Lover Boy! 

1.3m is decent all things considered. The stock for the OG model was just not there this year like it'd been in previous years.

December will probably be relatively flat as well, stock isn't too abundant still.