Mat piscatella, NPD Group’s video game industry analyst said on Twitter that more games will be released on Nintendo Switch in 2019 than PlayStation 4 and Xbox One combined.
Did you know how many games for Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One were released in 2019?
“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 game releases for Switch last year, 400+ more than the PS4 and Xbox One combined.”
Piscatella published a table that shows that in the first three years far more games on the Switch were published as on the Nintendo Wii, The Wii peaked at around 400 games released in its third year, less than a third of the number released on the Switch published games.
We tracked over 1,480 new releases on Nintendo Switch in the U.S. in 2019. That’s… that’s a lot of new releases on Switch last year, over 400 more than the PS4 and Xbox One combined.
– Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) January 9, 2020
He adds that games discovered in the eShop have been a challenge for developers, as one of the great ways to beat the deals charts is to sell games for just $ 0.99.
“Findability remains a difficult challenge,” he said. “At the moment, when prices are at $ 0.99, it’s not ideal to get to the top of the deals charts.”
From GamePulse and The NPD Group: New Release count by Platform for 2017, 2018 and 2019 in the U.S., Physical & Digital.
If you’re thinking the Switch marketplace got a lot more crowded this year, and that a whole bunch of games were releasing all the time, well, you’re right. pic.twitter.com/ByW1azu3zC
– Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) January 9, 2020
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