Either that or they're secretly building components for something else and not focused on PS4.
That last part was /s. But really strange that PS4 did not sell way more than MS in the US. They had to have held back, maybe to limit sales below preferred price. I was trying to help a relative find the Spiderman bundle and the thing was sold out everywhere. Literally.
Or, they're finalizing a PRO slim at 12nm and are trying to deplete all current stock. Eventually the PRO will replace slim at it's current pricepoints.....or even be the only PS4 they manufacture in the latter years...
Switch has plenty of "exclusives," thats the reason why its selling so well. Games. It certainly isnt because it's the "most powerful console."
And not sure why youre talking about the Switch's "outstanding" numbers but shitting on the PS4. If the Switch's numbers are outstanding than the PS4's must be astronomical because if you look you will see it sold more.
One would argue that Switch has exclusive games, which is why it has overtaken XBOX from the time it's released and consistently outsold it throughout this year.......Some were re-releases from Wii-U, but at least these games are in demand. Smash just released and that should do well outside of it's online issues etc....but generally Nintendo gamers buy their games in droves.....
I think PS4 will continue to lead the charge if it has stock, if it doesn't then the numbers will be closer only in NA like we see here or Switch has a chance of outselling PS4 in December....People have to understand though, whilst Sony has to ship lots of consoles to Europe and America and a bit less so in Japan, XBOX is not lighting Europe on fire, it has basically Zero presence in Japan. So Sony has to balance it's stock out.....
Spiderman PS4 was outsold within seconds, everytime it was in stock....This is simply a case of unfulfilled demand, but you also don't want to ship more to NA and on the flip, Europe are now shortchanged. So it makes sense for Sony to ship numbers closer to it's highest November on average to NA.....Again, balance....balancing shipments in various regions where there is high demand.....It's a problem MS does not have tbh....
And yet Nintendo Switch is the first in revenue. Nintendo can sell more than 10Million MK8D+Switch at 199$ in a month if they cared about unit number like Sony with spiderman bundled.
Sony held back is nothing but a damage control by fanboys.
December is looking grim for PS4 with Smash Ultimate + Nintendo December ultra instinct and rip in advance for that
Nintendo Switch is going to win in 2018 hardware sales like what had Matt(NPD) predicted earlier.
Xenoblade 2 ~ 200K = 1.5Million Hardware in December 2017
Smash Ultimate ~ 4-5 million = ????? Hardware in December 2018
So I see you like Nintendo, nothing wrong with that....I think Switch is attracting a demographic a bit different to PS4........Smash should do well, Nintendo will sell lots of consoles, but so will PS4.....As for this NPD, PS4 still outsold Switch even with a supply issue....Bare in mind, we have been talking about these supply issues way before November NPD worldwide, PRO in particular has been in short supply from the time it released and in many parts of the world.....Slim supply was defintely affected by being bundled with Spiderman.......I don't know if Spiderman slim consoles will continue in December, I just checked Amazon (saw no spiderman bundle there), just checked again all I'm seeing is some customized units, which again spells to supply issues.
Your proof is nothing more than sony shipped a target number of promotional price hardware than Nintendo but Nintendo cared more about revenue than Sony hence Nintendo is the no.1 in this month for revenue.
Can't wait to see your reaction when PS4 is far behind Switch in December and to see your spin and damage control about it.
When you buy a Switch what do you get, do all those parts and accessories not add up? I know Nintendo has taken an approach years ago not to lose profit on hardware, but how much are they making per switch? Yet, I like that Nintendo reaffirms that bringing quality games is more important than just having the most powerful hardware....Even in hardware, they differentiate themselves enough with the portable part to give themselves a chance to hit other types of gamers, other demographics, so it explains how they could sell so well too....but the games are certainly the main key....
I think Sony has also done very well with VR this year, perhaps we can get these numbers, but certainly, Sony has a heavier burden manufacturing, balancing and satisfying demand across many of their devices for the holiday period......Their product reach is much bigger than XBOX or Nintendo, the regions they ship to worldwide etc.....
Sony defenders are strong in this NPD.
I think what happened was they were thinking PS4 would destroy Xbox One and Switch as everyone was bringing up $200 Spidey bundles as if that was the only console sold in the US in November..... and that even ignores all other Sony console variations.
They were expecting a victory by 3 TDs, but won by a FG in OT.
I think most Sony fans were saying that PS4 would post even better numbers if they could supply enough Spiderman bundles to satiate demand, it's clear they couldn't.....I guess they shipped enough so they could top NPD, but more-so because they have other regions to supply where demand is just as great as NA or slightly less.....
They've been outselling all consoles throughout the year, I'm pretty sure they're satisfied with these results, knowing what they were able to ship etc.... I have a feeling some folk want to minimize this and not concede that Sony did have supply issues...It's really not an excuse, it's a fact...Let's put it this way, PS4 without a price reduction and no supply issues has been outselling the other consoles throughout the year.......A reduced PS4 with a great game with an iconic character was a great idea, but Sony could not supply all it's consoles to NA and forget the rest, just to say they won an NPD by a million.......Rest of the World is what brought Sony back from a shaky PS3 start, they won't forget "ROTW"....It's a balancing act....
