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Launch aligned sales numbers after 48 months in the US and Japan for PS4, NSW, and XB1

Bodomism

Banned
Sold-through numbers for both countries

US(NPD)
PS4 ~20.2M
NSW ~27M
XB1 ~17.3M

Japan(Famitsu)
PS4 ~6.3M
NSW ~18.5M
XB1 ~98K

Total of US+Japan
PS4 ~26.5M
NSW ~45.5M
XB1 ~17.4M

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You have to wonder where Switch would be today if it had launched at the same time as XB1 and PS4.
What a beastly console.
It would have been extremely underpowered. Remember that 3DS released in early 2011 and WiiU in late 2012. I doubt that Nintendo could release a portable hardware in 2013 much more powerful than a PSVita. Also, killing 3DS after few years seems not a great idea. Switch came in a perfect spot, without new machines or competition. Truly masterclass planning built on the failures of the WiiU project.
 
I don’t understand what is driving all the switch sales. Is it the new mario Kart remote control game? Or animal crossing? Or something I don’t know about? The only game I am looking forward to for my switch is Metroid Prime 4
 
I don’t understand what is driving all the switch sales. Is it the new mario Kart remote control game? Or animal crossing? Or something I don’t know about? The only game I am looking forward to for my switch is Metroid Prime 4
People are bored during quarantine, more competition for primary TV means more use for secondary consoles, women are discovering gaming thanks to Animal Crossing.

2. US and Japan are the biggest dedicated video game hardware market.
Europe is a single market and is much larger than Japan.
 
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Armorian

Banned
So? Switch is low on scale for third party publishers with their AAA games and will be non existant once cross gen period finally ends. Switch 2/Pro will improve situation of course but I doubt this console will be better than X1.
 

zedinen

Member
Nintendo, the only entertainment company in the world that hasn't grown in 12 years despite unprecedented stay-at-home demand due to the global pandemic.

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Weak software sales dependent on ten Nintendo games, low digital sales, MAU and paid subscribers reflect an outdated business model masked by Covid lockdowns.

Microsoft's sales could overtake Nintendo's very soon, something unimaginable in 2008.
 
Nintendo, the only entertainment company in the world that hasn't grown in 12 years despite unprecedented stay-at-home demand due to the global pandemic.

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Weak software sales dependent on ten Nintendo games, low digital sales, MAU and paid subscribers reflect an outdated business model masked by Covid lockdowns.

Microsoft's sales could overtake Nintendo's very soon, something unimaginable in 2008.
I wonder why you cherrypicked the year where the Wii peaked. Really makes you think.

Also despite their outdated business model, Nintendo has made more profits with 4 years of Switch than Sony did during 7+ years of Playstation 4. Something tells me Nintendo is gonna be okay.
 
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carlosrox

Banned
Nintendoomed 'o clock !


Crazy how Nintendo does this pretty much on their own, too.

Wake me up when Sony can do numbers like this with their games alone.
 
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Sold-through numbers for both countries

US(NPD)
PS4 ~20.2M
NSW ~27M
XB1 ~17.3M

Japan(Famitsu)
PS4 ~6.3M
NSW ~18.5M
XB1 ~98K

Total of US+Japan
PS4 ~26.5M
NSW ~45.5M
XB1 ~17.4M

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1. It's much easier to get sold-through data from weekly and monthly sales trackers like Famitsu and NPD for timeframe comparison.

2. US and Japan are the biggest dedicated video game hardware market.

3. We have 46 months shipment numbers with Switch at 79.9M and PS4 at 67M

You've deliberately cut out PS4s and X1s 2 years in US?

EDIT

You are using Switch months as baseline.
 
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Kokoloko85

Member
Nintendo made the right choice to do a Hybrid handheld cheaper than consoles. Nintendo just doesnt sell consoles good enough.

Well done to them. I just wish they had those Wii U prices and discounts.
Hopefully we get some new AAA IP. Im also looking forward to more Fire Emblem, Zelda, Pikmin, Luigi’s mansion etc.

OP loves these cherry picked stats for pointless threads though...
 
If you could provide 48 months tracking report of PS4 or even XB1 I'll glady put it at the OP.

Why 48 months? Because it's current Switch LTD.
Comparing the first 48 of Switch, with the middle-late 48 of PS4/XBO, some AFTER their replacements were already available (and a bunch more after their replacements were announced) is the kind of statistics I've come to expect from a B Bodomism thread.
 

Woopah

Member
Comparing the first 48 of Switch, with the middle-late 48 of PS4/XBO, some AFTER their replacements were already available (and a bunch more after their replacements were announced) is the kind of statistics I've come to expect from a B Bodomism thread.
"Launch aligned" is literally the first two words of the thread title.

Having said that I do think this thread would be better if we used worldwide shipments instead of sales in just the two biggest markets (although it's tricky getting this for Xbox I know).
 

ethomaz

Banned
It's launch aligned no? That's simply the total of the 48 months after launch, so I don't see the problem 🤔
48 months has addictional holiday spike sales on Switch... the holiday happens on month 50 on PS4.

Switch is ahead in shipment but the number get close between April and September when PS4 matches the number of higher holiday sales of Switch... of course the number difference peaks at January when Switch has these additional holiday sales.
 
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Bodomism

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"Launch aligned" is literally the first two words of the thread title.

Having said that I do think this thread would be better if we used worldwide shipments instead of sales in just the two biggest markets (although it's tricky getting this for Xbox I know).
We have 46 months shipment data but it was already being discussed where Switch is only trailing behind NDS and ~13M above PS4.
 

ethomaz

Banned
I took my time to show the actual situation with official data.
They next quarter the diff will probably drop to around 7m.

QuarterPS4PS4 CumulativeSwitchSwitch CumulativeDifference
14,54,52,742,74-1,76
237,51,974,71-2,79
32,710,22,927,63-2,57
43,313,57,2414,871,37
56,419,92,9217,79-2,11
62,422,32,1319,92-2,38
7325,32,9422,86-2,44
8429,39,4232,282,98
98,437,72,4634,74-2,96
102,3402,1336,87-3,13
113,543,54,841,67-1,83
123,947,410,8152,485,08
139,757,13,2955,77-1,33
142,9605,6861,451,45
153,363,36,8568,35
164,267,511,5779,8712,37
17976,5
182,579
193,282,2
203,986,1
218,194,2

Edit - Fixed. I missed a PS4 quarter.
 
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