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Nintendo Switch #1 Selling Hardware in September. Nintendo Systems = 2/3 Total sales.
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Primethius
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Wasn't expecting this personally. I put too much stock in Destiny 2.
It wont.
BanjoLayleeYookaKazooie
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Yeah I wasn't around back then but I had a similar mindset. The software should sell well (well Destiny 2 is a bit iffy but whatever) but how are Battlefront 2, CoD, yet more Madden/FIFA, Destiny 2 going to be system sellers to a significant degree? I just don't see how there's a good amount of Star Wars, sports fan, CoD gamers who haven't got a PlayStation or Xbox by this point.
I don't know if our good fried Phsyco Mantis is still confident in that 'peak year for PS4' prediction. Looks extreeeeemley unlikely to me.
Sammy Samusu
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Live footage of Capcom.
To give some perspective:
=> there was 1 Switch model on amazon in september in the top 30, placed at #15.
=> there are 3 Switch models in october, placed at #7, #12 and #21. And that is 8 days before Mario Odyssey...
==> Switch in october will most likely have phenomenal sales.
=> there was 1 Switch model on amazon in september in the top 30, placed at #15.
=> there are 3 Switch models in october, placed at #7, #12 and #21. And that is 8 days before Mario Odyssey...
==> Switch in october will most likely have phenomenal sales.
It's almost 4 years into the gen. Destiny isn't gonna be a hardware over at this point. People already have their console for the game.
Hasn't the PS4 been up YOY in NA this year?
BanjoLayleeYookaKazooie
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Woof. No scratch that I think there's enough here for a woof woof. Nintendo will be ranking the dough in this holiday.
OrbitalBeard
Member
Wow, I'm genuinely surprised. I knew Switch would have a strong month, but I really thought PS4 would claim a slight victory. Damn impressive for Nintendo. They're going to have an incredible holiday season.
Context was regarding WW shipments.
wooooooooooooooooooow. outselling ps4 during destiny 2 month is huge.
can't imagine it losing october with mario on the way, and has a legit shot at november and december if they can get enough on shelves. ps4 is probably going to have some crazy ass bundles though, and star wars hype will help drive battlefront 2 sales.
can't imagine it losing october with mario on the way, and has a legit shot at november and december if they can get enough on shelves. ps4 is probably going to have some crazy ass bundles though, and star wars hype will help drive battlefront 2 sales.
Nice, I fully expect October to be well over 500k for Switch.
LordOcidax
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🤔🤔🤔Little Monser;252493980 said:
lolololLive footage of Capcom.
Primethius
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Why do that when they can phone in an old SF2 port and Switch owners ate it up?
Monkeyball
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Nintendo doing well always makes me happy.
sixteen-bit
Member
Live footage of Capcom.
Need more tests
PS4 WW shipments YTD (as of June 30th):
2016: 5.8 mil
2017: 6.2 mil
EDIT: Lot of people in the prediction thread predicted Switch > PS4, myself included.
Duxxy3
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New hardware is software starved for only a short period. Release the same game this month and it would struggle.
Maintenance
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Astral Dog
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Hmm i thought Amazon stoped selling Nintendo hardware
LinkMaster111
Member
Switch doing well is awesome, but Im really excited about Metroid doing well. Its a fantastic time to be a Nintendo fan.
OrbitalBeard
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It's a hybrid first and foremost and the market is treating it as such. $60 software has been accepted by consumers and the most successful video game accessory in NA this year is the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller. It's being viewed as a home console just as much as a handheld device.
This hasn't been true for awhile now.
Frankfurter
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What are September hardware sales usually Like for the PS4?
Interfectum
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It's a hybrid, the user chooses what they want it to be.
Toadthemushroom
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Wonder what the LTD is at now. The 2m quoted in the source is taken from Nintendo's last quarterly financial briefing, which stated that 1.95m Switches in North America by the end of June.
Deputy Moonman
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I don't know why people are so surprised. Destiny 2 did not exactly wow everyone and sales are split between xbox one, ps4,and pc. Meanwhile the switch is a brand new console with lots of historically huge exclusives. Zelda completely skipped the wii u, so the zelda withdrawals were massive, and people have been clamoring for a mario 64-esque sequel for years. Not only that but strong Playstation sales is just not sustainable at this point. The thing has saturated the market to a point where a decline in sales was inevitable. Individual game sales however is a totally different ball game.
Jaded Alyx
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They reversed that... Years ago lol. You've never seen the many "Switch up On Amazon!" threads here?
BanjoLayleeYookaKazooie
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Last year had two new SKUs along with PSVR driving sales during the holidays. As the other user stated the PS4 would have to reach peak Wii levels of demand in order to best last year noticeably and it has... GT Sport that is totally new as a genuine system seller? And what else?
I just don't see 8/9/10 million shipped PS4s this holiday.
Gotdatmoney
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I dont get why people struggle with this. Its a new type of product for the market. It has the capability to do both. It is not one or the other.
It's a shame that this holiday season, market research has the switch losing to the Pro and the Xbox X.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1450206
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1450206
Yes, I realize those charts are insane.
NintendosBooger
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This is correct, but try convincing him of that.
If the argument is that the Switch's low specs and "limitations" as a home console compared to its peers disqualifies it from that designation, then the SNES Mini (great sales, by the way) is also not a home console.
Interfectum
Member
Yeah, unless Switch is severely supply constrained no way is it losing to either Xbox X or the Pro. I bet it outsells both combined.
Live footage of Capcom.
I'm sure they'll port Dino Crisis. Need to send more games out to die.
RayearthRob
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The Main Event
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Such a turnaround for Nintendo. Couldnt be more happy. 2018 is gonna be an insane year for them.
BanjoLayleeYookaKazooie
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Yeah, I've not got a carry case or screen protector ATM as well as games I prefer to play on the TV and I'm still extensively using my 3DS when I'm on-the-go so I have my system in the dock for a long time now. I imagine that will change soon though and I think that the flexibility is one of the best things about the system and I'm sure there are people who've had the opposite experience with the system to me (A.K.A 100% portable usage), and some people I'm sure get equal parts enjoyment from its portability and docked modes. Why people trying to put everyone in one basket when the system is so obviously designed to be more that one set way of usage? It's silly and pointless.
LordOcidax
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10/10
I feel like this is going to be how the sales will be for the rest of the generation. I am struggling to think of a way Sony (or Microsoft) could actually push back into the hearts and minds of videogamers.
Many people here claim Switch to be the greatest console of all time, and Mario Odyssey isn't even out yet...It seems like Nintendo has crafted the ideal contraption for the modern videogamer. I've never quite witnessed the sheer love for an electronic before.
Many people here claim Switch to be the greatest console of all time, and Mario Odyssey isn't even out yet...It seems like Nintendo has crafted the ideal contraption for the modern videogamer. I've never quite witnessed the sheer love for an electronic before.
Definitely a fair comparison, fam. I see it as a console with handheld flexibility. So let's agree to disagree.
What's weird, is you in my business.