NPD Leak December Sales: Switch dominated PS4 and Xbox One outsells PS4

Link from GoNintendo

NPD Group’s sales report for December 2018 video game sales in the United States has appeared to leaked early.

According to the leaked report, the Nintendo Switch was the bestselling video game console in the US for the month of December. Not only that, the report seems to suggest that the Switch has outsold both the PS4 and Xbox One combined in that month. It would be a very huge deal if this is true.

Industry insider Benji, who has access to internal sales data, has also thrown around some figures for the month of December. Benji estimates that the Switch sold over 2 million units in December, while the Xbox One moved around 1 million and the PS4 slightly under 1 million.

We’ll have the full report in the very near future, so please stay tuned. What do you think? Let us know in the comments.

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Yep, @techhog89 will be correct regarding December sales. NPD will announce the final numbers later this January.

That sounds about right. And Super Smash Bros. Ultimate launch December of 2018, it would've boost Switch sales thus surpassing both PS4 & Xbox One December NPD.

A successful console with a system selling game during the holidays should put up big numbers.

Power of Pokemon and smash.

Sounds about right. This also just like last year. Very similar trend, switch makes a good christmas present.

November 2017

Ps4: 1.5m

Switch: 900k

December 2017

Switch: 1.5m

Xbox: 1.3m

Ps4: 980k

Edit: ps4 actually 1.08m in december

Pretty damn impressive if those numbers turn out to be accurate.

Nintendo exclusives certainly shift consoles.

@Solaryellow:

At this point who doesn't own a PS4/Xone?

Well damn that's pretty impressive. Hopefully that translates into more good games coming on Switch.

Damn good numbers for everyone. It is great to have such a healthy industry right now.

That would be quite impressive. I love mine - it's a great device

With the release of SSB, those are some well-deserved sales. Not my type of game, but I picked up DK Tropical Freeze for mine.

Good for Nintendo, stay strong

Congrats to Nintendo. Now let's see some game announcements for 2019.

Without any surprise

The bigger news is that the X1 outsold the PS4. That doesn’t happen very often.

Was bound to happen, the Xbox had much more discounts during the holidays I think.

Handhelds selling well, while The One dominates for consoles.

I don't think it was expected for switch to outsell the other by that much. That is impressive for the switch. Maybe nintendo is not crazy they will hit there world wide hardware target for the fiscal year. Reggie did say once the holidays are over people will return there shitty unwanted gifts and trade for the Switch lol.

@zappat: PlayStation didn't have any Holiday sales in the US afaik.

Interesting. Xbox outselling the PS4, even more.

Incoming kshati niyantran.

@GameboyTroy still doesn't own a PS4

yup, how big is the usa population? theres plenty left to buy a ps4 and xbox.

post was nothing but damage control.

Watch out Gameboy will accuse you of gaslighting and will no doubt run to the mods lol.

Not even close.

cows in this thread

i thought i was in a media create thread lol

shitstation in last place! back to where the ps3 left off.

LOL, it's a shame that I'm not, there's only one mod that hates me, but I'm still friendly with the rest

When was the last time Xbox won an NPD. It was mid 2016, right?

Must be that sweet sweet selection of 3rd-party titles. Lots of good stuff on there :)

Oh yeah, and Smash.

It really needs Slay The Spire. Insta-buy....

EDIT: Holy shit. It's a thing!

@KBFloYd said:

cows in this thread

i thought i was in a media create thread lol

shitstation in last place! back to where the ps3 left off.

2/10, try harder

I finally got a Switch, I will be using it mostly in portable mode. Love the large screen.

This is a an educated guess, not a leak. Granted, it'll likely be very accurate, but it's not an NPD leak because there's no data to leak. December tracking doesn't end until Saturday.

Bizarre. The Nintendo console I have no desire to own is one of its most popular - and I own every N console ever made (minus a 3DS).

Looks like Nintendo may very well hit that 20m annual target they were shooting for. And they may repeat it next year, with the real next-gen Pokemon coming up, and with the Detective Pikachu hype to give it a boost.

...The real surprise though is X1 outselling PS4.

Funny that as there's one mod who hates me too lol.

sony took their foot off the gas pedal. ending the gen horribly cancelling conferences and the sales are showing it.

Great numbers for Switch! You mean to tell me that Xbox One was $100 off for two weeks in December and barely outsold PS4 which had ZERO deals in Dec? The price cuts aren't working anymore. Yikes!

THIS IS AWESOME DAMN NEWS!!! HELL YEAH!

@KBFloYd:

Cool down sheep, let's see if this trend continues. Don't forget that it's the switch and x1x that's lagging behind the ps4 in WW sales. At least let the competition play it's game of "catch up" before spewing lol worthy nonsense like this.

Mad cow disease is a terrible disease. Can someone send help for this poor guy. ROFL!

Dat damage control.

Damage controlling much?

It's the truth. There's no reason why the Xbox One, having a better deal than the last month for much longer, shouldn't be WAY higher than both the PS4 and the previous numbers for its last month. Jesus, they may as well introduce the new one this year. LOL!

$100 cheaper, man! Shameful! This is gonna be BAD year for Xbox One at this rate.

Might want to hold off until we actually get the numbers a few weeks from now before throwing around "yikes."

Embarrassing. One hundred dollars less than PS4 and still struggling.

LOL! If Xbox One is flat or under, it's a fail either way.

@FireEmblem_Man:

There's no "damage controlling" about it. I get that the ps4 came in last place THIS time, but don't go spewing garbage because of a probable "fluke", especially when MS basically had to get a genie to grant a wish for the x1 to beat out the ps4 this holiday season.

That damage control from Benji is hilarious.

Like clockwork the Sony fannies are in full damage control mode over unconfirmed numbers.