March 2021 NPD results- PS5 is the fastest selling console in US history.

[Goukosan 2,255]

and yet the Switch still outsold it. 

 

 

 

Monster Hunter Rise Debuts at #2 for the month after being on the Market for only 7 days. 

 

 

[Goukosan 2,255]

Hardware Numbers. 

 

PS5 - over 390K 

 

Switch - over 520K

 

(lower end of Switch estimate.  For Switch to have won the units + hardware revenue in March it would have sold more than PS5 to overcome the price gap) 

 

 

Series X/S -  

 

(I heard anecdotally that a few people bought it for gamepass so there's that I guess) 

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MK8 is Ninty’s GTAV. 

[Remij 4,680]

Switch still outsold it....because of limited stock...

[Goukosan 2,255]

2 minutes ago, Remij said:

Switch still outsold it....because of limited stock...

 

No shit Sherlock.   

 

But with that said consoles don't typically sell 500K in March unless it's a newly launched system. 

 

Both PS5 and Switch are doing impressive things at retail. 

[DynamiteCop 2,086]

People aren't buying them, I mean they are but this data is very deceptive. It's not gamers buying them, it's scalpers hoarding them. This generation probably has the least amount of units in gamers hands we've ever had.

[Remij 4,680]

3 minutes ago, Goukosan said:

 

No shit Sherlock.   

 

But with that said consoles don't typically sell 500K in March unless it's a newly launched system. 

 

Both PS5 and Switch are doing impressive things at retail. 

You're the one who felt the need to say 'yet it still outsold PS5'.. lmao.

 

And this entire transition cycle is anything but typical.

 

And yes.. PS5 is doing impressive things at retail.

Edited April 16, 2021 by Remij

[Goukosan 2,255]

2 minutes ago, Remij said:

You're the one who felt the need to say 'yet it still outsold PS5'.. lmao.

 

And this entire transition cycle is anything but typical.

 

And yes.. PS5 is doing impressive things at retail.

 

Yes, I felt the need to state what actually happened. PS5 is the fastest selling since launch and Switch outsold it in March. 

 

Obviously the PS5 is outselling both the PS4 and Switch launch aligned. 

 

It also puts into perspective how well Switch is doing selling over 500K in March (which rarely happens unless it's launch period) and how well PS5 ia doing by breaking launch records while there's a chip shortage. 

 

Multiple things can be true at once. 

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rumours are 2.8 million Xflop Series consoles to 8 million PS5's.

[Goukosan 2,255]

9 minutes ago, DynamiteCop said:

People aren't buying them, I mean they are but this data is very deceptive. It's not gamers buying them, it's scalpers hoarding them. This generation probably has the least amount of units in gamers hands we've ever had.

 

5 - 6 months later scalpers are still "hoarding" PS5s and consumers aren't buying them? .... bro you're so fucking stupid. 

 

 

If people aren't buying the systems, scalpers can simply return the system.   See Wiiu's Jan or Feb post launch for reference.  Scalpers returned the system en mass because no one was buying it.    It's been 6 months, yet PS5 is breaking records.  If the demand wasn't there scalpers wouldn't have a market. 

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Spider-Man Miles Morales has already outsold TLOU2 & GoT in US LTD sales

[Remij 4,680]

2 hours ago, Goukosan said:

 

Yes, I felt the need to state what actually happened. PS5 is the fastest selling since launch and Switch outsold it in March. 

 

Obviously the PS5 is outselling both the PS4 and Switch launch aligned. 

 

It also puts into perspective how well Switch is doing selling over 500K in March (which rarely happens unless it's launch period) and how well PS5 ia doing by breaking launch records while there's a chip shortage. 

 

Multiple things can be true at once. 

Yes.. PS5 is outselling the Switch... and yes PS5 would be outselling the Switch if there was more stock.  It's not special that hardware abundantly in stock outsells hardware that isn't.

 

What is insane is how well Switch sells despite being a shitty system with mostly WiiU leftovers.

[Goukosan 2,255]

32 minutes ago, Remij said:

Yes.. PS5 is outselling the Switch... and yes PS5 would be outselling the Switch if there was more stock.  It's not special that hardware abundantly in stock outsells hardware that isn't.

 

What is insane is how well Switch sells despite being a shitty system with mostly WiiU leftovers.

 

How often does a non launch system sell half a million in March? 

 

Even if PS5 had enough stock to outsell Switch the Switch selling half a million in March is still great numbers. 

 

The pretzels you lemmings twist yourself into to try to downplay Switch's success 

Edited April 16, 2021 by Goukosan

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3 hours ago, DynamiteCop said:

People aren't buying them, I mean they are but this data is very deceptive. It's not gamers buying them, it's scalpers hoarding them. This generation probably has the least amount of units in gamers hands we've ever had.

Lmao the cope is real

[DynamiteCop 2,086]

5 minutes ago, Voidler said:

Lmao the cope is real

Your delusions are real, basically no one can get their hands on this Hardware because of bots and scalpers and you in your infinite stupidity actually believe the bulk of these are in homes. LMFAO, no doubt the 80th percentile of these are in scalpers hands and also in businesses functioning as resellers.

[Playstation Tablet 1,726]

6+ million scalpers bought PS5s, no one else, and they're stacking them to build a tower to the moon. Makes sense.

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50 minutes ago, DynamiteCop said:

Your delusions are real, basically no one can get their hands on this Hardware because of bots and scalpers and you in your infinite stupidity actually believe the bulk of these are in homes. LMFAO, no doubt the 80th percentile of these are in scalpers hands and also in businesses functioning as resellers.

Damn his brain is melting 

[Mr. House 3,371]

%80 of sold PS5 owned by scalpers. 

[Goukosan 2,255]

1 hour ago, DynamiteCop said:

Your delusions are real, basically no one can get their hands on this Hardware because of bots and scalpers and you in your infinite stupidity actually believe the bulk of these are in homes. LMFAO, no doubt the 80th percentile of these are in scalpers hands and also in businesses functioning as resellers.

 

So scalpers are buying and hoarding these PS5s for 6 months and no consumers are purchasing PS5s from them? 😂🤣

 

This is even more delusional than that Jan 2018 Switch cliff that was supposed to arrive... 3 years ago. 

[Remij 4,680]

2 hours ago, Goukosan said:

 

How often does a non launch system sell half a million in March? 

 

 

When you consider that Switch serves 2 markets... eh, not that surprising.

 

You keep trying to ignore the fact that Switch serves the console AND handheld markets.  One in particular that Nintendo has always done VERY well with...  

Edited April 16, 2021 by Remij