The various Nintendo Switch games in the Top 20 all saw an increase in sales this week (despite the
drop in Hardware sales), thanks to the public holiday on Friday and the recent launch of Super Mario Odyssey bringing in lots of new users hungry for games.
With the stronghold the Nintendo 3DS family has had on the handheld gaming market, you may not have noticed that the 3DS has actually
slipped in hardware sales compared to last year, at least so...
With the stronghold the Nintendo 3DS family has had on the handheld gaming market, you may not have noticed that the 3DS has actually slipped
in hardware sales compared to last year, at least so...
We've seen a steady
rise in hardware sales for PS4, and you can expect another in the next round of sales reports, thanks to these games just released today in Japan:
According to video game hardware sales research, Nintendo has seen a steady increase
in hardware sales over the past few weeks — including a 137 % sales global sales increase with the Wii U. Certainly games like Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Shin Megami Tensei IV, the digital release of New Super Luigi U,...
While software sales were down, the release of several blockbuster consoles over the holidays — including the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 — resulted in a 99.8 percent increase
in hardware sales during the period.
For a third straight week since its price dropped, the PlayStation 4 was
first in hardware sales, dropping by just a few thousand units week - over-week to finish at 25,700.
The Xbox One is no different, though it did take the top
spot in hardware sales for the week, it did so when sales of the 3DS are tepid at best.
The thing about the switch sales is that even if it was a monster year for
Nintendo in hardware sales, Sony still sold more, now add to that the 4 previous years of sales that PlayStation 4 already have.
Not only was the Playstation home to a slew of excellent — exclusive and multiplatform — games it also has continued its staggering sales
numbers in hardware sales.
Sure but PS3 despite it's low 4 % software sales compared to 360's 14 % beat the
XB360 in hardware sales that week.
US sales body NPD has released its figures for games industry sales in February in North America, and they show a massive 47 per cent increase in software sales and 19 per cent
hike in hardware sales — with total national sales hitting a massive $ 1.33 billion.
Sony's PS3 claimed the # 2 spot with 11.8 K in sales (down from 16K), followed by the PS Vita which held basically flat at 10.8
K in hardware sales.
The console outfit was positive about 3DS sales, reaching 3.89
m in hardware sales and 27.38 m from software.
The Wii U on the other hand is tracking far behind the Wii despite seeing a 110 % increase
in hardware sales from last month.
Nintendo is still in a good position, with the Wii taking third
place in hardware sales just as Wii Music is released in Japan.
The company is likely looking forward to receiving a
boost in hardware sales with the pending release of the Xbox One S, the smaller and slimmer version of the Xbox One that will see its 2 TB version launched on Aug. 2 for $ 399.
«The one worry for the industry is, will this sharp increase
in hardware sales result in a steep decline in a few years time?»
Despite the
dip in hardware sales, the Xbox division still managed to post a total revenue of $ US1.95 billion (# 1.2 billion) for the quarter, which was only a one per cent drop on the same time last year.
Unsold Spectacles, the camera sunglasses the company's CEO Evan Spiegel touted as its
future in hardware sales, accounted for $ 40 million of the losses.
Also impressive is the fact that the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One actually came in third and
fourth in hardware sales for October.
The drop is more limited for Splatoon 2, with 16 617 units sold -LRB--11 %), and seems to be mostly due to the
drop in Hardware sales.
As it's poised to be the first new machine of the gate, the Wii U will mark the beginning of the new hardware cycle, and GameStop has already devised its launch strategy to take advantage of the eventual
spike in hardware sales.»
Microsoft's foggy Xbox future has been a recurring conversation in recent years since Sony took a massive
lead in hardware sales.
Apart from the
rise in the hardware sales and subscription revenue of Sony Interactive Entertainment, the company also emphasized that it will continue to expand its PlayStation 4 portfolio this year with much - anticipated games such as Star Wars Battlefront II, Destiny 2, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, and Gran Turismo Sport.
The nations largest bookseller has released 11 different devices and has experienced a gradual
decline in hardware sales and e-books.
They're also reporting that they now have 14.5 million registered users, an increase of 2.5 million in only 3 months, with 15 percent of the new user base coming from the US, as well as a sizeable
increase in hardware sales — 145 %, in fact.
They had a full two - year lead on Sony and Microsoft and got dwarfed in effort by both companies,
in hardware sales, in game sales, and in promotional strength, in only a few months after their recent releases.
Naturally, the increase
in Hardware sales is primarily due to the release of the New Nintendo 2DS XL.
During the Golden Week kids are out of school in Japan, so there is normally a spike
in hardware sales and software dedicated to younger audiences, so much so that even Animal Crossing: New Leaf — Welcome amiibo is back in the charts after a while.
You'd never prioritize Pokemon over stuff like GoW, R&C, Horizon, Death Stranding, CoD, etc etc etc, so there's not enough wallet priority from people like you, for Nintendo to make enough money to counter the drop
in hardware sales, however small it is, that would result.
Sony's response to tonight's NPD figures focused on PS3's tenth consecutive month of year - over-year growth, citing an 18 percent increase
in hardware sales and 58 percent revenue increase since last May.
In other words I expect VR to provide a small increase
in hardware sales but ultimately the majority of sales to come from those who already own a PlayStation 4 or Xbox One.
I'm predicting that the PlayStation 4 will see a slight 16 % YoY increase
in hardware sales to 395K.
Sony has held a comfortable lead
in hardware sales and also beat Microsoft to launch the world's first console VR headset last year, the PlayStation VR.
Also, the 3DS is doing very well, both
in hardware sales and 1st and 3rd party support.