Nah, it's pretty likely that Switch will take it after December. The gap isn't that big
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NPD November 2018: All three consoles over 1.3m for the month
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Isn't the 14 million number worldwide and not US ? So your math wouldn't be correct.
Usually they launch in the same month though. Here's CoD selling huge numbers in October, and then still outselling BFV in November.
@MatPiscatella I understand if you cannot give out the information but can you give an indication of it which models drove growth for PS4 and XBOX (pro/non pro and X/non X)? Did the cheaper, aggressively priced models see a higher % increase compared to the ~4K machines? I understand this is probably a dumb question but just interested.
Not to mention exclusive Starfox content and Arwing toy.
I want to pick it up if it stays at $40, but I've got a feeling these are going to be hitting the clearance bins.
You mean as the best selling console of the year? Not really, the Switch will kill it on December and most probably overtake the PS4. December is always an incredible strong month for Nintendo.
They would, if they had more units of the Spiderman bundle. But it seems Sony was happy to selling just a X amount of that bundle.
The OP portion really seems to undersell how successful Fallout 76 was despite it's issue. It's at #4 without the digital numbers reported.
That's absolutely nuts unless I'm misunderstanding how the NPDs are reported.
Great month for the industry though, it makes me really happy to see
That's absolutely nuts unless I'm misunderstanding how the NPDs are reported.
Great month for the industry though, it makes me really happy to see
Not a dumb question... Nov/Dec is when the lower priced SKUs will thrive. Switch is the only platform that experienced YoY growth in November, however, and sales were driven by the Neon 32GB SKU and the Mario Kart bundle.
You've got it... no digital sales included for Fallout 76, and I have to imagine the digital share for it would be substantial.
what would a new Stadium game even do that Pokemon doesn't do now? mini games?
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The best calculations indicate that the Switch will outsell the PS4 by around 1m in December, which is more or less the gap between them right now.
Nintendo usually takes December. Nintendo always kills it for Christmas.
How far ahead is the PS4 currently for the year?
Switch will sell over a million more than the PS4 IMO. Possibly closer to 1.5 million depending how things shake out.
Maybe you know something I don't but why are people thinking it will outsell the PS4 by that much
It's like people are just writing the PS4 off like it's done
Even though the Switch will likely overtake PS4 in Dec for the year, still a great showing by them to be as close as they are in year 5 of a console vs year 2 of a console that launched 2 of its biggest IPs.
True but aren't GoW and Spidey the two biggest exclusive IPs of this gen for Sony ?
Is RDR2 on track to outsell BO4 or no?
Also is there PSVR numbers by chance?
I personally don't have any info on this, but insiders have commented that the performance of the Switch on December has been amazing (as it common with Nintendo hardware), while the PS4 have had a decent performance but the lack of any promotion is leaving it behind the Switch. As it seems Sony won't have any promotion on this month, the data seems to suggest that the Switch will out-perform the PS4 by a large margin, enough to erase the gap between them.
Again, we all could be wrong, but so far, this seems to be what the available data is suggesting.
Really sad that Fallout 76 was the fourth best selling game in the US last month but neither Hitman 2 or Darksiders 3 made the top 20. Both of those are far more finished and better games. People really fell for that con Bethesda pulled.
It LITERALLY says that:
"Hardware for November: PlayStation 4 was the leading hardware platform of November 2018 in unit sales. Nintendo Switch was the leading hardware platform of November 2018 in dollar sales. The PlayStation 4 remains the leader in hardware platform dollar sales year to date."
Yes they turned out to be. Both titles had some serious doubt as to how well they would preform though.
It's all about perspective. I'd argue it's just as impressive that despite a lacklustre overall lineup this year and no movement on price the switch will come close to matching the PS4's best ever year in its second year.
Truth be told both the PS4 and switch are huge successes and represent an incredible turnaround for both companies from last gen.
I'll eat crow if wrong but I'm going ps4 December even if it loses I don't think it will be by a million
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Fallout 76 certainly did ok. But the gap between it and Fallout 4's opening is substantial.
Thanks. That's not as big of a spread as I thought. Some ppl were expecting Sony to sell over 2m ps4s
Switch will handily outsell it. It was the top seller last year with no new big game launches, while this year has Smash. PS4 also has no significant deals for the month
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above splatoon 2?
was there a sale for these 3....?
- Pokemon: Lets Go Pikachu
- Pokemon: Lets Go Eevee
- Super Mario Part
- Mario Kart 8
- Super Mario Odyssey
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Just Dance 2019
- Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy
- Mario & Rabbids: Kingdom Battle
- Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
above splatoon 2?
was there a sale for these 3....?
FYI, the Switch outsold the PS4 by about 500k last December.
This year, Smash is launching and the PS4 doesn't have any deal.
Seems the general consumers behaviour moved to preempt the purchase of consoles during Black Friday week (November) with the deep discounts instead of waiting for the weeks closer to Christmas (December).
I have the feel that both XBO and PS4 will be down month over moth this December just like happened last year.
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It must be said that XBO and PS4 have already a big install base in US so it's only natural that among who that still has to purchase one there are the more price sensitive consumers that would flock to BF deals.
It's just that console sales bigger in November than December was a pretty uncommon event until very recently.
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Thanks a lot Mat. Not surprised the Mario Kart bundle is really strong. What a boon for Nintendo that (enhanced) port has been. It's basically the strongest performer for them. If it is not the best selling game on the system now it definitely will be in the long run.
I sometimes wonder if paid online is lowering Splatoon 2 sales...
I'd argue that it's more impressive in a year where the biggest multi platform game of the gen launched, along with two of the biggest exclusive IP's this gen (which sold in record numbers), and Fortnite (which the Switch didn't get until midway through the year) the Switch (with a less impressive 2018 software wise than 2017) will manage to outsell the biggest console of the gen.
Not really. Supply was constraint because of the $199 Spiderman Ps4. There was all the demand that wasn't fulfilled.
Meanwhile Switch was selling at $299. So Sony needs to sell 3 Ps4 at that price to match 2 Switch.
To be fair there were pre Black Friday sales and some Ps4 Pro at $399 were also sold, but the unit gap was very small.
Switch was roughly 35% of all hardware $ spend this month.
While the rest of 65% is split between Xbox One, Ps4, 3DS, classic consoles and legacy consoles.
