Yeah... and the software numbers just being physical are... well... phew.
You've GOT TO be kidding me. Haaaaaaahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahah
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December 2018 NPD Results: Switch highest selling console of 2018 by units and revenue, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate top selling game of December
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Yeah... and the software numbers just being physical are... well... phew.
You've GOT TO be kidding me. Haaaaaaahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahah
Great month and year for Nintendo! Surprised PS4 nearly matched it at this stage of its life, I expect it to start falling behind this year by a decent bit unless they finally drop the price officially below $300. Xbox also had a good year overall, and the industry is healthy which is most important. Looking forward to 2019's big hitters!
I'm not making excuses. Just pointing out one (big) factor that it was the highest selling console of 2018.
I bet it will be the highest selling console of 2019 too, by possibly an even bigger margin as the PS4 and Xbox One sales continue to decrease leading into the next generation.
I imagine it varies wildly by game. Smash Bros is guaranteed to have a much higher ratio than Pokémon for instance.
I want to believe that is a parody post, not sure though.
Smash Ultimate numbers are impressive. Claiming no 5 spot in 2018 like that in a short time and only one platform.
MatPiscatella Don't know if you can answer my question, but...worth a try
I have two friends that bet on a podcast between RDR2 or Black Ops 4 being the best-selling game of 2018. If you include PC sales, which friend should pay up?
I have two friends that bet on a podcast between RDR2 or Black Ops 4 being the best-selling game of 2018. If you include PC sales, which friend should pay up?
NES Classic > PS1 Classic in December?
If so ouch, Sony really botched it.
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Yup, done! I've made these before, but I was actually making this one on the go so it kind of came out a mess (originally I hadn't intended for it to be a general NPD thread at all, just the hardware stuff).
Anyway, it should be more to your liking now I hope :)
If I'm understanding it right the NES Classic outsold everything except the most popular Switch SKU for both December and the year as a whole.
The greatest success story of last year for me has to be Monster Hunter World. Can't believe it somehow managed to keep its spot in the top 10 for the whole year, Capcom literally struck gold with that one. If they play their cards right, they could honestly have a franchise that could go toe to toe with some of the biggest western games.
Also, Smash is just wow.
Also, Smash is just wow.
Holy shit big N, those physical sales numbers for Smash are incredible!
It is surprising to see Kirby and DKTF outsell MH & Crash.But Octopath isn't on there. Other titles I expected included: Diablo 3, Crash Bandicoot, Monster Hunter,
Yeah with all the news and hype we're all kind of riding the wave here. Thanks!
Wow, the PS1 Classic must've flopped hardcore. A deserved flop for how much Sony fucked up with it, but daaaaaaaamn.
The wording suggests as far as individual SKUs are concerned it would be second. It doesn't appear to be saying it moved more units than the platforms PS4 or Xbox One when accounting for all their SKUs
Damn. So in the end Smash ended up being the best selling exclusive? I know there was a topic for this.
Nintendo has seemingly made an insane amount of money this holiday season so there's really nothing to say in regards to financials.
Yeah, I should've phrased that differently.
Super Smash Bros is a sales juggernaut!!!
I find it so boring that CoD, Madden and NBA 2K are always in the top 5 each year. It took a new flagship Rockstar open word game to beat CoD from the top spot. But it is what it is.
I find it so boring that CoD, Madden and NBA 2K are always in the top 5 each year. It took a new flagship Rockstar open word game to beat CoD from the top spot. But it is what it is.
The price drops are all the evidence we need regarding the PS1 Classic.
But PS4 and XB1 sales are still very healthy even this late into their lifecycles. Switch topping them for the year was still no insignificant feat
OG title:
NPD: Switch top platform of December 2018, highest selling console of 2018 by units and revenue
Updated title:
December 2018 NPD Results: Switch highest selling console of 2018 by units and revenue, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate top selling game of December
Past 5 NPD thread titles:
NPD November 2018: All three consoles over 1.3m for the month
NPD Oct 2018: COD: BO4 and RDR2 top the charts, PS4 best selling hardware
NPD Sep 2018: Spider-Man has largest launch in PlayStation exclusive history, PS4 best selling HW
NPD August 2018: Madden NFL 19 #1, Switch #1 in hardware
NPD July 2018: Octopath Traveler #1, Switch Best Selling Console
not sure what's proper title you're saying other than "NPD Month Year". November title doesn't even mention which games on top
True enough. When hardware sees a 40% drop a couple of weeks after release, you fucked up on a level that can be seen from space.
It's a really impressive feat all the same. Nintendo said these plug and play systems are disappearing but looking at these sales it's hard for me to really believe so.
Cannot wait to hear the WW numbers for Smash - and digital is not included which means that Smash is probably going to be number one for quite a long time. Unless Pokemon Gen 8 can beat it out or something next year.
Simply amazing numbers for Nintendo.
Simply amazing numbers for Nintendo.
It was resolved earlier, the thread was just getting started at the time. Thanks!
I'm honestly super impressed by PlayStation. They are closing in on 90 + million and still managing to do quite great numbers. 100 + million shouldn't be too far off from reality now.
Congratulations to Nintendo! This is called the Smash Effect.
IMO this is an unprecedented moment in gaming. We have PS4 - a 5+ year old console duking it out toe to toe with the Switch. That should say A LOT about the PlayStation brand and Nintendo Brand.
Congratulations to Nintendo! This is called the Smash Effect.
IMO this is an unprecedented moment in gaming. We have PS4 - a 5+ year old console duking it out toe to toe with the Switch. That should say A LOT about the PlayStation brand and Nintendo Brand.
BotW will be the Switch's GTAV in that it'll be an evergreen game that constantly will be picked up by new Switch owners since it's such a must have game.
Yeah. I still can't believe how Mario Kart 7 keeps going, either!
I think plenty of 3rd Party games did very well on Switch for what they were. It is hard to break something like 500k+ (or the equivalent of selling that many units at full price since we are dealing with revenue) with old ports at budget prices like Crash. MH probably didn't come close considering it didn't outsell Mario Kart, Zelda, or Odyssey in its first month like Octopath Traveler and Mario Tennis did and neither of those broke the Top 10 for the year either.
Yep, Smash certainly was always going to be one the best seller of the year. Nintendo advertised it as the Event Game, the content and the reviews along proved that it was and those sales are pretty great.
Going to be very fun to watch the legs on this one, espicially with the DLC Characters probably bringing in entirely brand new fans with wild unexpected character choices. Probably going to be one of the top 5 sellers of the entire switch lifespan when all is settled.
2019 is going to be really big for Switch, Continued sales of prior nintendo games, Smash DLC with (most likely) wild third party picks, Fire Emblem, Animal Crossing, A Proper Mainline Console Pokemon game, and probably something else that hasn't even been revealed yet (Mario Maker Switch maybe? And also possibly Bayo 3 and Metroid Prime 4 releases as well? They aren't going to sell as well as the other titles, probably come in lower than Luigi's Mansion 3, but they'll still sell well). Add in possibly a new rumored hardware revision and maybe a price drop on the first model and woof... gonna be a big one.
Going to be very fun to watch the legs on this one, espicially with the DLC Characters probably bringing in entirely brand new fans with wild unexpected character choices. Probably going to be one of the top 5 sellers of the entire switch lifespan when all is settled.
2019 is going to be really big for Switch, Continued sales of prior nintendo games, Smash DLC with (most likely) wild third party picks, Fire Emblem, Animal Crossing, A Proper Mainline Console Pokemon game, and probably something else that hasn't even been revealed yet (Mario Maker Switch maybe? And also possibly Bayo 3 and Metroid Prime 4 releases as well? They aren't going to sell as well as the other titles, probably come in lower than Luigi's Mansion 3, but they'll still sell well). Add in possibly a new rumored hardware revision and maybe a price drop on the first model and woof... gonna be a big one.
