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Switch vs Xbox One - VGChartz Gap Charts - April 2017 Update

Switch Vs. Xbox One Global:

Gap change in latest month: 490,796 – Xbox One

Total Lead: 408,034 – Switch

Switch Total Sales: 3,488,881

Xbox One Total Sales: 3,080,847

April 2017 is the 2nd month that the Nintendo Switch has been available for. During the latest month the gap grew in favor of the Xbox One by 408,034 units. After two months the Switch is currently ahead of the Xbox One by 408,034 units.

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ABizzel13285d ago (Edited 3285d ago )

There's a Switch vs. several different platforms.

vs. PS4 / XBO / Wii / DS, and probably a PS3 / X360 / PSP / and 3DS coming as well.

DS > PS4 > Wii > PS3 > X360 > PSP > 3DS > XBO

Eventually I see the PS4 outselling the Wii by the end of its lifecycle. I don't see the XBO outselling the 3DS. At best I see the Switch selling something around 3DS -> PS3 sales. But it has an uphill battle making sure NA, EU, and RoW are on board. JP is an easy 20m units sold, but the 3DS had a struggle reaching 20m in NA and EU (made it in NA, but missed it in EU), and RoW hasn't taken up on Nintendo platforms outside of the DS and Wii.

Personally I think the Switch is the handheld most gamers have been waiting for. It has the power it needs to offer a console quality experience, a decent price that will drop with revisions and the inevitable Switch lite, and frankly speaking Nintendo has an amazing line-up of exclusives that carry over to handheld well. The only challenge Switch has to face is the mobile market (tablets and Cellphones), this is an issue for child gamers until the Switch gets a hefty price drop from the Switch lite and hits $169 - $199, but core gamers and Nintendo fans will carry the platform until then.

Switch (Lifetime IMO)
25m NA --- 20m EU --- 25m JP --- 5m RoW --- 75m WW

Best case scenario, Nintendo drops a bunch of new exclusives IPs, remake a bunch of old IP's, get price down to $199 quickly, and the Switch becomes a meaghit somehow avoiding tablet and mobile gaming doomsday.

Switch (Lifetime Best case scenario)
30m NA --- 25m EU --- 25m JP --- 10m RoW --- 90m WW

XBO (by 2020)
40m NA --- 20m EU --- 0.02 JP --- 7m RoW --- 67.02m WW

PS4 (by 2020)
45m NA --- 45m EU --- 12m JP --- 20m RoW --- 122m WW

UltraNova3285d ago (Edited 3285d ago )

Hmm interesting rundown...what's your estimate on Xbox's lifetime sales in case MS gets their shit together (i.e. games, lots of games) and the Scorpio sells like hotcakes?

ABizzel13285d ago

@UltraNova

If Xbox gets everything together, with Scorpio taking off for them, and they get a bunch of AAA releases both 1st, 2nd, and 3rd party then I can see a solid turnaround for them, but ultimately it's too late for anything grand.

EU is PlayStation land regardless, so at best they'll get a decent boost there. JP is a lost cause, XBO will have been on sale in the region for 3 years and finally crossing the 100k mark, there's absolutely nothing they can do there. RoW is once again PlayStation land so at best XBO will do similar gains like EU. The only region they really have is NA.
50m NA --- 25m EU --- 0.03 JP --- 10m RoW --- 85.03 WW

That's the absolute best I can see XBO doing under prime conditions.

kangolkyle3285d ago (Edited 3285d ago )

For some reason I'm having a hard time understanding this. So the gap grew "in favor of the Xbox One by 408,034 units", but "the Switch is currently ahead of the Xbox One by 408,034 units"?

Is this a mistake, or am I misunderstanding what "grew in favor of" means?

davand1143285d ago

Yeah that was weird. It's like saying someone is winning the race while the other person is way ahead of them. I think they might have made a mistake.

Realplaya3285d ago

I think at the time of the x box at the time of their releases held a lead of x amount of units the switch then sold enough to not only catch the Xbox but put a Lead of the same amount of units. Now if the switch sales more that lead will blow up

FallenAngel19843285d ago

The author of this article made a typo.

It's supposed to say "During the latest month the gap shrunk in favor of the Xbox One by 490,796 units. After two months the Switch is currently ahead of the Xbox One by 408,034 units.

EddieNX 3285d ago

Didnt wiiu take like a year to get to 4 million? Switch is doin great

UltraNova3285d ago

Switch's launch was nowhere near the convoluted mess the Wii U was, of course the latter would sell a ton more.

Jaypi033285d ago

I think it helps that Nintendo came up with a completely new name instead of just latching U to the end of the name of an existing console.

OtakuDJK1NG-Rory3285d ago

Wii U had the Holiday. Switch had no Holiday. Switch had a period where people are recovering for Holiday spending.

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thatguyhayat3285d ago

Bring me a kingdom hearts release date and you got a deal

PiNkFaIrYbOi3285d ago

And a Final Fantasy VII release date.

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-Foxtrot39d ago

Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.

They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.

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they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.

Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted

Relientk7738d ago

Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments