NPD: More Games Released on the Switch in 2019 Than the PS4 and Xbox One Combined - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 07 May 2020 / 3,673 Views
NPD Group video game industry analyst Mat Piscatella via Twitter said more games were released on the Nintendo Switch in 2019 than the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One combined.
"We tracked over 1,480 new releases on Nintendo Switch in the U.S. in 2019," said Piscatella. "That's... that's a lot of new releases on Switch last year, over 400 more than the PS4 and Xbox One combined."
Piscatella released a chart showing there have been far more games released on the Switch in the first three years than were released on the Wii. The Wii peaked at around 400 games released in its third year, which is less than a third of the number of games released on the Switch.
He adds that games being discovered on the eShop has been a challenge for developers as one of the big ways to top the deals charts is to sell games for just $0.99.
"Discoverability continues to be a difficult challenge," he said. "Right now getting to the top of the deals charts requires $.99 pricing or thereabouts. Not ideal."
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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To be fair Wii and Switch game count is not really apples to apples since its a lot easier for indies to put their games on something, plus there’s a lot more of them to begin with since the smartphone boom. Personally I’d probably wouldn’t even count most of those Switch games and only compare how many AA+ games there are on each.
Yeah. The kind of games that can be released on video game systems today with indies and digital shops and different pricing methods from free all the way to super priced special editions is totally different than the Wii era, which again is totally different than even one generation before it. Simply can't compare the two. Maybe physical releases would be a better comparison, but that would of course ignore the many great games on Switch that only come out digitally.
I love the Switch, but more does not equal better. The hordes of $5 games flooding the eShop in no way shape or form compare to a proper Indie or AAA release. That being said, I do have more playtime on my Switch than my PS4.
Would love to a breakdown if these figures by price. Curious to know how many of these are just mobile ports.
I see a lot of $.99 cents to $10 on the eShop.
This is insane, in a good way though 🙂.
This isn't a good thing... there's a lot of shovelware being put into the switch to the point where the "Newly Released" is cluttered by garbage, and the good games are being drowned out by them.
Says a lot about the indy market, since big AAA games where a bit scarce. Although we got Zelda, Luigi's mansion 3, Dragon quest 11 and a few other heavy hitters.
Like ps4? Or you think all ps4 games are quality aaa?
Considering that PS4 gets pretty much every big AAA game, I think PS4 definitely got more high profile games this year. Whether I find games like Call of Duty Modern Warfare worth buying is another story, but when it comes to AAA I definitely think PS4 got more AAA games than the Switch.
Impressive. I did buy quite a lot of Switch games last year.
Congrats Switch. The games are there!
But, but... Switch haz no Gamez...
Which is ...true, there's no game despite Mario, Zelda, Pokemon and Mario, Zelda, Pokemon
Alot of shovelware
Like ps4? Or you think all ps4 games are quality aaa?
That's what happens when a console is successful. People want a slice of the pie. Not so many shovelware titles on Wii U or Vita.
There's plenty of shovelware on the Wii and Vita. Also, the PS4 has plenty of shovelware. The Switch just got more in 2019 than the other consoles did combined.
"The Switch just got more in 2019 than the other consoles did combined". So you mean ps4 had a lot more shovelware than Switch in 2017, 2018 and total years combined?
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