The NPD Group analyst Mat Piscatella has predicted that the Pokémon franchise will continue driving Nintendo’s performance in 2019. Read on below for more info:
Mat Piscatella, The NPD Group
In console hardware, Switch grows, leads market – I have Switch achieving more than 35 share of hardware unit sales in the US in 2019, with Pokémon and continued strength of Nintendo’s evergreen franchises driving the performance.
Michael Pachter, Wedbush Securities
Last year’s report card:
- Xbox One X cut to $349 by year-end: F, the price is pretty consistently $399, and though spotty at $349 during Black Friday, it didn’t hit my target and likely won’t
- No new hardware from any of the big three: A+, unless you count Pokéballs
- Dramatic cut on PSVR: B, I didn’t define the word “dramatic”, and the cuts have largely been $100
- A new Elder Scrolls game: D-, teased at E3 but not yet announced
- Battle Royale in Call of Duty: A+, nailed it
- Switch sales under 20 million: A+, tracking to 13 million this year
- A mobile Warcraft game: F, although Diablo Immortal was announced
- Continued mobile flops from Nintendo: A+, enough said
- No BIG game announcements from Rockstar: A+, unless you count giving up the trademark on Agent as an announcement
Source: GamesIndustry.biz
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