April NPD (Circana) 2023 Thread + Predictions

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spynx on 15 May 2023

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-Adonis- on 15 May 2023

Mar1217 said:

trunkswd said:

Zelda OLED model launched at the end of April.

Oh welp, thought it happened during last week

You should be ashamed ! /s

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UnderwaterFunktown on 16 May 2023

It's gonna be a pretty massive one in total. My prediction:

Revenue: 485k

[PS5] 500k
[NS] 440k
[XBS] 250k

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CosmicSex on 17 May 2023

Nintendo wins units sold and PS5 wins revenue. I forgot that TotK Switch launched in April not May!
Switch and PS5 are up double digits over last year offsetting losses by Xbox.

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trunkswd on 17 May 2023

Great job on anyone who predicted the Switch to be the best-selling console of the month.

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Mar1217 on 17 May 2023

Woah ! I wonder how close the hardware numbers could've been between the PS5 and Switch cuz unless the PS5 stocks were less than usual or demand has simply gone down, or the Zelda effect truly was a behemoth for the Switch hardware sales, I can't understand what happened here.

Now with the gargantuan release of TOTK, Imma also predict a comfortable win for the Switch on May hardware wise.

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trunkswd on 17 May 2023

Yeah, OLED Zelda came in very strong at the end of the month and put in work. Would have been a different story without it, but that's the way it goes in a hits driven business sometimes.
— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) May 17, 2023

Sounds like PS5 would have been #1 if it wasn't for the Zelda OLED model.

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trunkswd on 17 May 2023

OP updated with full breakdown article. Americas estimates should be out later today. Will take some time to work through the numbers.

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UnderwaterFunktown on 17 May 2023

Switch with the suprise win! Kind of sounds like PS5 was down significantly compared to previous months though looking at the hardware revenue, but it's still up compared to last year so that's something.

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