I think a 3M December would be in play in this scenario.Man, if there is a revision of the Switch next year and the base model gets a price drop, add in Pokemon that holiday season and this thing is going to gooo
I think a 3M December would be in play in this scenario.Man, if there is a revision of the Switch next year and the base model gets a price drop, add in Pokemon that holiday season and this thing is going to gooo
Heh...looks like i was wrong...Switch is very likely to do 2+ million this month now
Biggest December for a piece of hardware this generation coming
It already is https://www.resetera.com/threads/ni...on-in-the-us-smash-3m-botw-4m-smo-4-7m.87800/Got a feeling Super Smash bros will be over 3 million at least. Don't know why exactly but I'm gonna bet on that.
Seems low...Got a feeling Super Smash bros will be over 3 million at least. Don't know why exactly but I'm gonna bet on that.
All Nintendo 1st party evergreens are performing phenomenal
Smash is stratospheric
The entire world holds its breath waiting to see if Nintendo ships 19, 20 or 21m Switches until March.
In addition to that, it's a holiday with its first Pokemon and Smash, both released just before it so their related sales bump will affect holidays sales.This is only its second holiday, if it wasn't beating last year that'd be news.
I don't know its numbers, but I can tell you that less than it deserved (a gazillion units or two).
20m is probably still tough because I don't know if they're going to get as large of YoY raises in Japan and Europe, but maybe.
20m is just a tough number of hit especially with only one hardware model basically. The PS2 is the best selling system of all time and it topped 20m shipments once in its lifecycle, the Wii as red hot as it was managed to do it only twice, the PS4 has done it once.
Nintendo needs more than one model Switch if they want to sell 20 mill/year IMO.
Nice, a 2-2.5M HW month would be a great result for Switch.Switch is very likely to do 2+ million this month now
Biggest December for a piece of hardware this generation coming
- No console this generation (3DS, XBO, PS4,NSW) has ever sold more than 1.7 million units in December in US.
Yes, but is Far Cry that big?- No console this generation (3DS, XBO, PS4,NSW) has ever sold more than 1.7 million units in December in US.
- The last console to sell more than 2 million units in US were DS and Wii back in December 2010.
Switch over 2 million would be definitely big.
While no one care about software sales, digital sales and profits.The entire world holds its breath waiting to see if Nintendo ships 19, 20 or 21m Switches until March.
While no one care about software sales, digital sales and profits.
XB1 sold more than PS4 last December, too. XB1 is quite strong in December, and PS4 has no deals, so this was expected imo.The fact that even the XBox is outselling the PS4 is kinda telling me that PS4 blew its load in November and with no special deals for December, it fell flat on its face.
That is an expected outcome with no deals in such a month.The fact that even the XBox is outselling the PS4 is kinda telling me that PS4 blew its load in November and with no special deals for December, it fell flat on its face.
It really depends on January sales as well. Going into BF/Let'sGo and Smash, Switch looked flat YoY which lead many to quesiton how 20m was possible, but with Smash launching so late in the year, and with some of the 'Switch had a bad year' think pieces already in the can by some sites, I can't help but think it will have an unusually strong January WW.
If Nintendo was so insecure for this target, that is apparently the end of the world for them if it's not achieved with so much emphasis it's given, they would move at more drastic actions than a 1 day cheaper Mario Kart bundle for Black Friday.While no one care about software sales, digital sales and profits.
Its so weird to think it was like 5 years ago when people were saying this current generation would be the last because of cell phones or something.
Lol. I wish I could travel back in time to 2013 with this thread for all the "mobile is the only future" and "Nintendo needs to go third party" people. Call of Duty had a couple of years where people said it was dying off too.
Lol. I wish I could travel back in time to 2013 with this thread for all the "mobile is the only future" and "Nintendo needs to go third party" people. Call of Duty had a couple of years where people said it was dying off too.
Last year NoA released PR with the 4.8M units sold for US early in January. I can see something similar this year.Man Smash was just the perfect title for Nintendo this holiday season. 2 mil in December, Smash selling like crazy and they got a super Mario Bros in January.
That's some serious momentum going into fiscal year end.
Do Nintendo usually release PR after Xmas or we wait until NPD in January?
2 million is not enough if they want to reach their goal though. 2,4-5 however....
Man Smash was just the perfect title for Nintendo this holiday season. 2 mil in December, Smash selling like crazy and they got a super Mario Bros in January.
That's some serious momentum going into fiscal year end.
Do Nintendo usually release PR after Xmas or we wait until NPD in January?
Considering they should break 10 million, they might put out a PR on that.Last year NoA released PR with the 4.8M units sold for US early in January. I can see something similar this year.
I think they did PR last year early in January. I'd expect another one this year.
Or maybe one big one whenever Smash passes 10M sold through.
Switch is very likely to do 2+ million this month now
Biggest December for a piece of hardware this generation coming
All Nintendo 1st party evergreens are performing phenomenal
Smash is stratospheric
Switch is very likely to do 2+ million this month now
Biggest December for a piece of hardware this generation coming
Oh boy. Maybe 4 million for Smash possible? Either way, I expect at a few records to be 'smashed" this month.
Switch is very likely to do 2+ million this month now
Biggest December for a piece of hardware this generation coming
Above 2M is largely enough. The target is shipped units, not sell-through.
Last year NoA released PR with the 4.8M units sold for US early in January. I can see something similar this year.
January 4th:I know it's a shipment target, but 2m sold probably means ~2,3 shipped while 2,5 sold would mean ~2,8 shipped. I don't think the former result would be enough
I'm sure that PR came around december 10th, not january
For Call of Duty I have only this left to say:
I still question myself how this game can sell so well, doing the absolute same thing over and over and over again with more and more predatory microtransactions while quality is getting lower and lower.