NPD Analyst: Switch Hardware Sales Currently Leading the US Market in 2019 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 August 2019 / 4,370 Views
Video game industry analyst at NPD Mat Piscatella took to Twitter to announce the Nintendo Switch is currently leading the hardware sales market in the US, beating out the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. He also announced Nintendo is the top-selling publisher.
Switch is going to have one heck of a good 2019... and beyond. Letting people play their games wherever, whenever, without a required internet connection, with tons of content appealing to every gaming segment.
— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) June 11, 2019
Switch hardware sales are currently leading the US market in a big way, Nintendo is the leading software publisher, and neither of these facts show any signs of slowing anytime soon.
— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) June 11, 2019
Tell ya what, if we see some kind of console arms race of $500+ boxes, multiple sub services and highest end internet required... well then I'd feel even better about Nintendo continuing to lead than I do now.
— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) June 16, 2019
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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Is he Nintendo PR?
I guess Rol jumped the part where he is cheering for Nintendo and that they keep dominating against more expensive consoles that need internet.
Tell ya what, if we see some kind of console arms race of $500+ boxes, multiple sub services and highest end internet required... well then I'd feel even better about Nintendo continuing to lead than I do now
This is cheerleading.
I've been told the Switch will fall of a cliff though
Completely deserved. It's a great piece of hardware.
I love the pretty much unlikely scenario he creates to believe Nintendo will stay in the lead. $500+ boxes, very unlikely. $500 will most likely be the highest end price. Multiple sub services, what do this matter? You don't need to pay for any of them. Highest end internet required, who is even claiming or believe this will happen? This one he literally just made up to make his tweet sound more plausible.
That Nintendo is leading the year is a now shit sherlock since they won the months NPD. The rest is just he cheering.
This will probably continue well into 2020 until next gen hardware is released holiday 2020. So Nintendo will probably have around 2.5-3 years total in the spotlight, not bad.
Well, that's slightly misleading. You should specify it is for 2019, not overall.
As for Matt's statement, it's not unusual for an older console to still lead for a bit before the new consoles gain their footing. Of course, I doubt they'll perform as poorly out of the gate as he insinuates.
"NPD Analyst: Switch Hardware Sales Currently Leading the US Market in 2019". That's the title, it clearly says 2019 there, so don't know where you get that misleading from?
As for the next gen consoles, I'd say it depends on the price. At $500+ pricetags, I'd think the sales would start out comparatively slow, if the price is below $500, then I think combined sales of PS5/Scarlett will start similarly to the PS4/XBO launch combined total sales. And at 599 or above, look at PS3, as that's been done.
Lol, obviously that wasn't the title when it was posted. Hence my comment.
Whoao...These people are so brillant and smart. We really need them to know the truth... I will probably touch myself later today in reading again her twitts.
Don't be that French
