We confirmed their original claims in the post below, yes. We can't verify whether the data is 100% in line with NPD data though. It's better to wait till Tuesday for the public release.
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November 2018 NPD (U.S. Hardware) Predictions - Closes Tuesday, December 11th
- Thread starter donny2112
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We confirmed their original claims in the post below, yes. We can't verify whether the data is 100% in line with NPD data though. It's better to wait till Tuesday for the public release.
Sadly it's down significantly for the year, not sure what Sony can do since the Switch will be the most sold console at the end of the year in only its second year.
Yeah PS4 December has potential to look really really weak for it. It was down YoY already in November. December wont have Cyber Monday and it appears they have no major deals planned.
It's entirely possible PS4 finishes in 3rd place this year for December and Switch ends up the best selling hardware for 2018. Because Switch December will be a monster
It's entirely possible PS4 finishes in 3rd place this year for December and Switch ends up the best selling hardware for 2018. Because Switch December will be a monster
Smash Bros. will cancel out the lack of Cyber Monday for Nintendo and then some, most likely.
Current momentum would need to hit a wall like right now for it to finish at 17m. I don't see that happening.
Worth noticing that Switch software is selling way better and at a higher price too + bigger volume of sales through eShop and DLC (3DS eShop was still relatively new back then).
Riiight. Sony had no need to worry abou slow PS3 sells at first because it's the "weak" years. Lol
XB1 could benefit from Sony's lack of promotional price too but as far as Switch goes if it's up I don't see it being these astronomical numbers people have been predicting. Just a modest increase or flat. 1.5M is still an amazing number.
Judging by Benji's most recent post, that won't hold Switch back at all.
PlayStation Store : November's top download
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
- Fallout 76
- Battlefield V
- FIFA 19
- Spyro Reignited Trilogy
- God of War
- NBA 2K19
- Marvel's Spider-Man
- The Last Of Us Remastered
You think Sony are disappointed in smashing their own yearly hardware targets again? PS4 is selling like crazy in its twilight years and way above expectations. Just because Switch is also selling great great Sony need to "do something"? Nahh
I guess it depends.
Did Benji imply a King Kong monster or a King Ghidorah monster?
I guess that is without digital too...
I hope Nintendo drops some PR to show the sales with digital at some point
Is Smash still pushing sales hard a week after release?
Edit: Well, your follow up post probably confirms that.
I'm curious, what do you think the impact on Sony with Switch winning the year?
Oh cool! Then that's good to hear.
Spyro did amazing.
Yes, read Benji's posts. PS4 might possibly end up third at the end of the year. That's not a good result.
Doesn't really matter if PS4 shows a weaker December than expected. The platform is mature, it has a huge installed base and full third party support + lively digital adoption ratio.
What's most interesting is to see how Switch will perform as it's its second December.
What's most interesting is to see how Switch will perform as it's its second December.
what holds the record?
...san andreas...or
feel like I'm forgetting something obvious
I don't see how Xbox One will be able to sell 1 M more than PS4 in December.
I think Benji said XboxONE is having a rough December for the first week. So I'm not sure if the gap will shrink this month.
You misread his post. Third is possible for the month of december, not the full year. PS4 has more than a million units lead above the Xbox One for the year so far.
PS4 at worst will be down YoY by some margin but even then we'll have to see the official quarterly results some days after in January to see if that's also the trend worldwide.
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Honestly yeah
In terms of 2018 there isnt any "loser". Everyone has had a tremendous year. Obviously it's still fun to discuss placements and who is selling the best, but trying to paint any of the 3 as having a bad year in the US is crazy talk.
People should enjoy it while it lasts because next year will likely be much worse
He meant third in December, not for the year. Third for the year would be a disaster considering its almost a million ahead of XB1. I'd be quite surprised if PS4 isn't third this month, XB1 actually has deals and they are good. Should be at least a couple hundred k ahead of PS4.
Surely its going to take it since we have digital now, and Smash still has the Christmas period of sales to come.
Not me that said that.
I think people are getting me and the other sales poster in here confused
If Switch manages to outsell PS4 for the year thanks to December then Sony won't be anymore distraught than Nintendo was when PS4 kept winning most months of the year.
These companies don't actually care about petty console wars.
I mean worldwide PS4 has been down yoy for whole year (when it comes to shipments). US has been the one against the trend and up yoy so far.
Would 3-3.3m for Smash Ultimate be retail only? Hmmmmm, what if Smash Ultimate could do almost 4m with digital counted D: