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Game hardware (including SNES Classic, etc.) sales volume in the US was up 44% in November (cumulative AprNov FY3/18 sales were up 38%), while software sales were up 2% (down 1%). The PS4 came out top for hardware
sales, with a likely large impact from Black Friday sales. The Xbox One, which launched the new high-spec X console, came in second. Both consoles saw roughly 40% growth YoY.
The Switch saw a large increase in sales volume in comparison to October, but we still sense that trends are slowing down. We do not explicitly forecast monthly sales volumes in each region, but we have the impression that US sales volume for the Switch in November was within expectations. Nintendo's hardware sales tend to see strong trends in December thanks to seasonal demand, and thus we believe that sales will grow MoM in December.
There are no specific numbers in the update but the included figure seem to show PS4:Switch at about 2:1 and Xbox One was marginally (maybe 10%) less than PS4. Using last years numbers and the 40% growth we get rough estimates for the consoles though:
*edit* numbers and percentages are wrong but the ranking is the same.
Source is a report from Mizuho Securities Equity Research, they send monthly update on US/Japan console game sales to their clients.
Well see what Dec brings but with the lack of a substantial amount of preorders for One X and Switch likely doing better I can see Switch and Xbox swapping positions next month.
sales, with a likely large impact from Black Friday sales. The Xbox One, which launched the new high-spec X console, came in second. Both consoles saw roughly 40% growth YoY.
The Switch saw a large increase in sales volume in comparison to October, but we still sense that trends are slowing down. We do not explicitly forecast monthly sales volumes in each region, but we have the impression that US sales volume for the Switch in November was within expectations. Nintendo's hardware sales tend to see strong trends in December thanks to seasonal demand, and thus we believe that sales will grow MoM in December.
There are no specific numbers in the update but the included figure seem to show PS4:Switch at about 2:1 and Xbox One was marginally (maybe 10%) less than PS4. Using last years numbers and the 40% growth we get rough estimates for the consoles though:
*edit* numbers and percentages are wrong but the ranking is the same.
Source is a report from Mizuho Securities Equity Research, they send monthly update on US/Japan console game sales to their clients.
Well see what Dec brings but with the lack of a substantial amount of preorders for One X and Switch likely doing better I can see Switch and Xbox swapping positions next month.