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[Bodomism]

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

 

[Stuart360]

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.

 

[Iced Arcade]

God damn the switch a monster.

 

[kretos]

Great thread, thanks for the insight that i was severely lacking

 

[Thief1987]

I'm wondering does op's fanatic ego grows bigger after each of this useless threads?

 

[Lionel Richie]

Some people have predicted that the next gen launch would halt the Switch momentum and how did it respond? By having the best February of any console since the Wii in 2009.

 

[sandbood]

Holy Moly, nearly 50 millions in just 2 countries after 4 years!

 

[mckmas8808]

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 sold worse since the technology would have suffered.

 

[Inviusx]

How we looking for dollar sales though?

 

[Bonfires Down]

Some people have predicted that the next gen launch would halt the Switch momentum and how did it respond? By having the best February of any console since the Wii in 2009.

That was such a weird take which could only happen in the Gaf bubble. Or even weirder the idea that Nintendo needed a Super Switch to "compete" with the new consoles.

 

[Zekra Dezivad]

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.

 

[Imru’ al-Qays]

Where's Europe/rest of the world?

 

[Lionel Richie]

Where's Europe/rest of the world?

This thread is only valid if it looks at units sold in South Africa.

 

[Hosam6xavi]

Switch is a beast

 

[Thief1987]

Where's Europe/rest of the world?

Does not fit the narrative

 

[Bodomism]

Does not fit the narrative

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

 

[Bodomism]

Some people have predicted that the next gen launch would halt the Switch momentum and how did it respond? By having the best February of any console since the Wii in 2009.

January+February 2021 for combined numbers of US and Japan.

Nintendo Switch ~2.3M units
Playstation 5 ~0.68M units

 

[Lionel Richie]

January+February 2021 for combined numbers of US and Japan.

Nintendo Switch ~2.3M units
Playstation 5 ~0.68M units

B-B-BUT DOLLAR SALES!

 

[Terrible_Majesty]

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

 

[Bodomism]

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

Nintendo Exclusives

 

[Imru’ al-Qays]

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.

 

[Lionel Richie]

women are discovering gaming thanks to Animal Crossing.

 

[Armorian]

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.

 

[demigod]

Didn't know folks in Japan still plays games.

 

[zedinen]

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.

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.

 

[Bodomism]

People are bored during quarantine, more competition for primary TV means more use for secondary consoles, women are discovering gaming thanks to Animal Crossing.


Europe is a single market and is much larger than Japan.

I'm comparing countries and not continents

 

[Bodomism]

Didn't know folks in Japan still plays games.

Switch is likely to sell around 30M in Japan which is similar or bigger than UK+Germany+France+Italy+Spain for PS4.

Japan is entering a new golden age of gaming.

 

[Zoro7]

Bit convenient to leave out a market as big as Europe.

 

[Bodomism]

Bit convenient to leave out a market as big as Europe.

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.

 

[phil_t98]

Crazy numbers for all consoles. Switch just on another level

 

[Bernd Lauert]

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.

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.

 

[carlosrox]

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.

 

[turtlepowa]

When i first heard about Switch i thought RIP Nintendo. Boy was i wrong and i'm glad i was. Nintendo.

 

[Zoro7]

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.

Lol what does your last sentence even mean?

 

[MayauMiao]

Didn't know folks in Japan still plays games.

They do, it's just that they don't called it battle royale.

 

[FatKingBallman]

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

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.

 

[Superayate]

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

It's launch aligned no? That's simply the total of the 48 months after launch, so I don't see the problem

 

[FatKingBallman]

It's launch aligned no? That's simply the total of the 48 months after launch, so I don't see the problem

I see. Using Switchs months as a reference.

 

[v_iHuGi]

I'm pretty sure that Switch will approach Ps2 like numbers.

Console will be here until 2023/2024, Pro version will give it a little more time before the successor arrives.

 

[MicrosoftMediaPro]

Nintendo is King

 

[Kokoloko85]

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...

 

[Bodomism]

Crazy numbers for all consoles. Switch just on another level

Unlike PS4, Wii, and PS5, Nintendo Switch didn't set the world on fire but the momentum of Nintendo Switch is a sight to behold especially without an official price cut after 4 years on the market.

 

[Captain Toad]

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]

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]

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.

 

[Bodomism]

"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.

 

[Bodomism]

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.

It's literally,
First 4 years of Switch vs first 4 years of PS4 vs first 4 years of XB1 in the US and Japan.

 

[Imru’ al-Qays]

Are we seriously denying that Animal Crossing is bringing women into gaming? Give me a break.

 

[ethomaz]

Duplicated.

 

[ethomaz]

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

Quarter	PS4	PS4 Cumulative	Switch	Switch Cumulative	Difference
1	4,5	4,5	2,74	2,74	-1,76
2	3	7,5	1,97	4,71	-2,79
3	2,7	10,2	2,92	7,63	-2,57
4	3,3	13,5	7,24	14,87	1,37
5	6,4	19,9	2,92	17,79	-2,11
6	2,4	22,3	2,13	19,92	-2,38
7	3	25,3	2,94	22,86	-2,44
8	4	29,3	9,42	32,28	2,98
9	8,4	37,7	2,46	34,74	-2,96
10	2,3	40	2,13	36,87	-3,13
11	3,5	43,5	4,8	41,67	-1,83
12	3,9	47,4	10,81	52,48	5,08
13	9,7	57,1	3,29	55,77	-1,33
14	2,9	60	5,68	61,45	1,45
15	3,3	63,3	6,85	68,3	5
16	4,2	67,5	11,57	79,87	12,37
17	9	76,5
18	2,5	79
19	3,2	82,2
20	3,9	86,1
21	8,1	94,2

Edit - Fixed. I missed a PS4 quarter.