I think I saw someone claiming to be Chad post stuff on Twitter last year, but as far as I know nobody knows if its the real one.
That's not the only crazy fact today. For example, revenue generated from Sony's PSN in 2018 is higher than Nintendo's total revenue for 2018.
The irony is that this more or less always has been the case in Europe. With a few exceptions, Sony tends to perform better than Nintendo. Especially in the UK, Italy, Spain.Switch is a beast in the holiday season, holy FUUUUUCK
But PS4 seems to make up for it in the eurozone
i didnt really understand before, but now i am fully aware of why MS does not reveal hardware sales figures anymore
You mean Saucer?
Well Switch and PS4 were very close in the NPD, and they are very close Worldwide. It's not that different really.I was led to believe it wasn't the best selling console of 2018, so this comes as a surprise.
Man, when you spend enough time in NPD threads, you really do start to believe that America is the whole world huh.
Yup, it's why I don't read too much into NPDs. It's good to know how well the consoles are doing regionally but it's important to remember that there's a whole world out there. When you focus too much on one region's sales you tend to forget the rest of the world and live in your own bubble.I was led to believe it wasn't the best selling console of 2018, so this comes as a surprise.
Man, when you spend enough time in NPD threads, you really do start to believe that America is the whole world huh.
Sell-in (shipped). Sell-through numbers are actually higher (18 million in 2018).Because I just read it on twitter from David Gibson:
Are these numbers sell-in or sell-through?
Otherwise, still strong 5th year
Hasn't PS4 sold more in UK in 2018 ?More like ERA bubble. Its like UK and France make all of EU. Bunch of small countries where PS s dominating. I live in south eu and xbox and switch re irrelevant. There s asia besides Japan. And its not like ps4 s isnt selling in west.
anyway, sony its time for price cut. 200 and build more userbase for ps5.
Yep. That's so awesome about the PlayStation. It's a worldwide brand, doing good everywhere.Yup, it's why I don't read too much into NPDs. It's good to know how well the consoles are doing regionally but it's important to remember that there's a whole world out there. When you focus too much on one region's sales you tend to forget the rest of the world and live in your own bubble.
sony seems to have a grip on the smaller markets as opposed to the huge markets where they just have a good enough time outside of europe, but nintendo does exceptionally well in those bigger markets when it comes to game time in the christmas season. but is that sustainable for growth? smash and pokemon released at near the same time this year so that probably boosted things, but...
That's not the only crazy fact today. For example, revenue generated from Sony's PSN in 2018 is higher than Nintendo's total revenue for 2018.
Sony did at least step up their digital sale/deal game in the EU. Back then, good digital sales always were only for NA. Now, you get good/big deals on PSN like every two weeks.
.Software sells hardware. PS4 simply has the best overall lineup for the mass market for years now. And their biggest game has yet to come. TLOU2 will probably crazy numbers.
This is why you aren't in charge of Nintendo! Their software is there bread and butter. Pretty sure they don't care about console wars with PS4 selling 300k more...See Nintendo, this is why you spread your release schedule. Eat some initial software sales to sell more consoles.
That's not the only crazy fact today. For example, revenue generated from Sony's PSN in 2018 is higher than Nintendo's total revenue for 2018.
This is why you aren't in charge of Nintendo! Their software is there bread and butter. Pretty sure they don't care about console wars with PS4 selling 300k more...
That's not the only crazy fact today. For example, revenue generated from Sony's PSN in 2018 is higher than Nintendo's total revenue for 2018.
Don't paint the picture like Sony sat on their hands twiddling their thumbs. At the end of the day Sony's first party drove sales, and when Sony is not there, Third party pick up the slack considerably. In my mind, it's a miracle Nintendo comes out on top at all. Just this month 2 heavy hitters in KH3 and RE2 which will be driving sales in Q1 for PS4.Well, they're losing worldwide against a console that is 5 years old with their hot new thing and they sliced their forecast by 3 millions. Q1 and Q2 next year will tell the story of how well the Switch can handle software droughts.
The bottom line is that Nintendo is doing great despite a software strategy that is proving to be less effective than it could. They're aware of it and they addressed it in their forecast slash statement. I'm sure they'd want to do better, if they had the resources to.
Well, they're losing worldwide against a console that is 5 years old with their hot new thing and they sliced their forecast by 3 millions. Q1 and Q2 next year will tell the story of how well the Switch can handle software droughts.
The bottom line is that Nintendo is doing great despite a software strategy that is proving to be less effective than it could. They're aware of it and they addressed it in their forecast slash statement. I'm sure they'd want to do better, if they had the resources to.
All that revenue and still don't have half decent customer service or refund policies.