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curl-6 on 01 December 2020
Tridrakious said:

What is driving Switch numbers?

Christmas shopping, pent-up demand from persistent shortages, and an evergreen catalogue that includes a relatively fresh cultural phenomenon in Animal Crossing New Horizons.



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sales2099 on 02 December 2020
curl-6 said:

Yeah I think it's too early to put PS4 and Xbone under legacy. They were succeeded less than a month ago and probably won't be discontinued for quite some time.

sales2099 said:

It will work itself out once their new studios crank out the games. But I remember the 360 PS3 gen having a certain sense of balance and equilibrium. Each console cornered different parts of the world and thus ended on a virtual tie.

First things first, win back your former #1 market. 

Winning back North America from the Switch is a very tall order and not one I personally would expect Xbox Series to be able to do.

Good thing I’m only talking about winning NA from PS :)

I wish Switch success as it does its thing. 



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The_Liquid_Laser on 02 December 2020
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If Switch continues to sell at a consistent rate compared to last year, then it will sell 32.95m according to these numbers.  That is amazing, but I don't know if they have those kind of supplies.

I personally expect Switch to have an an amazing Black Friday.  It will also have several other great weeks in December.  But I also expect to see at least one week with disappointing numbers before the year ends.  I just don't think supply is going to fully keep up with demand.



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Wyrdness on 02 December 2020

30m is an insane level of performance that would basically have the NS at 82-85m shipped come the end of 2020 if attained if such a case becomes confirmed a 19-20m year in 2021 could have NS at roughly 105m come the end of it.



curl-6 on 02 December 2020
sales2099 said:
curl-6 said:

Yeah I think it's too early to put PS4 and Xbone under legacy. They were succeeded less than a month ago and probably won't be discontinued for quite some time.

Winning back North America from the Switch is a very tall order and not one I personally would expect Xbox Series to be able to do.

Good thing I’m only talking about winning NA from PS :)

I wish Switch success as it does its thing. 

Ah, alrighty, I thought you meant XS leading NA out of all three.

Still, beating PS5 in NA is not going to be easy, PS4 beat the Xbone there in spite of the Xbox brand's strength among Americans. For the sake of competition I'd like to see it happen, but I don't expect it.

The_Liquid_Laser said:
trunkswd said:

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If Switch continues to sell at a consistent rate compared to last year, then it will sell 32.95m according to these numbers.  That is amazing, but I don't know if they have those kind of supplies.

I personally expect Switch to have an an amazing Black Friday.  It will also have several other great weeks in December.  But I also expect to see at least one week with disappointing numbers before the year ends.  I just don't think supply is going to fully keep up with demand.

Agreed; if supply were not a factor I'd say lock in 32 million plus, but simply making and distributing that many, especially in the current world circumstances, is likely too tall an order. Still, I'm hoping they can hit 30 and set a new record.

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PDiddy on 02 December 2020

Seeing the 69.9M on the switch bar both frustrates, and amuses me. On the one hand, it's so close to 70M. But on the other hand, it is the nice number.



PAOerfulone on 02 December 2020
PDiddy said:

Seeing the 69.9M on the switch bar both frustrates, and amuses me. On the one hand, it's so close to 70M. But on the other hand, it is the nice number.

It did at first, but now I enjoy it, Especially since it's about to leapfrog over 70, 71, and maybe even the 72 million mark.



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Wman1996 on 03 December 2020

I know it's tough to get a hold of, but it's interesting to see the Xbox Series X get its butt whooped by the PS5 and Switch. I mean, the PS5 is tough to get as well. But yet its numbers in the charts are still very high.



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SilenceDeadly on 03 December 2020

Hey VGC mode Team, get ready for massive adjustments on Ps5 US numbers .

You guys missed the mark big.

See you in a week or two at best :)

Also, Switch is gonna crush Wii Numbers sooner rather than later.



mk7sx on 03 December 2020
SilenceDeadly said:

Hey VGC mode Team, get ready for massive adjustments on Ps5 US numbers .

You guys missed the mark big.

See you in a week or two at best :)

Also, Switch is gonna crush Wii Numbers sooner rather than later.

Is this a prediction or do you have visual on the data?  

If the latter, please feel free to spill the beans!