The new Nintendo handheld is the base Switch and has been since launch. Switch Lite is simply the 2DS in this matter - and I didn't see a fuss about that not outselling the base or XL 3DS models.
I actually think Just Dance is the safest bet of that bunch. We saw what the best selling Switch 3rd Party NPD charts looked like. Just Dance is like COD on Switch
Last we heard about ARMS was back in December 2018 and it was already over 2.20 million copies before it dropped the Top 10
300K in a quarter for a SRPG is less than stellar?
People like to forget that SRPG is a very niche genre and that said genre is pretty much dead (or struggling hard) outside of XCOM and FE.
Not only that but it tracking above games like Persona 5 that are seen as super successful games in here
I'm a little bit disappointed too, Xenoblade 2 did 1.06m in December 2016 then 250k in the next quarter. Three Houses more than doubled XbC2's first quarter but then "only" shipped 290k in its second quarter which is by far the strongest quarter of the year. Expected 400-450k, still a great performance tho.
3H launched at the start of the quarter and xenoblade at the end, not comparable. Also it is very possible they shipped a lot in the first quarter so they didnt need to ship much in this one.
Everything is relative. While I was very surprised and happy to see Xenoblade 2 go from 1M to 1.76M during the non holiday period , fire emblem debuted with 2m+ , so expectations are bound to increase. It managing only 300k in the biggest quarter is not what I expected
You have to consider, people that buy switch at holidays, is Fire Emblem the type of game they would buy as their first game? I doubt, it seems much more likely it is a game they would pick up as second or 3rd games. The competition for attention against Ring Fit, Pokemon and Luigi means it would benefit much from the holidays
I think XC2 benefited from a much calmer post-launch time. There was barely anything of note in the first half of 2018 (unless I'm forgetting something).
Their ticker symbol is NTDOY. And - go figure - their stock price is down today.
I get that the quality and review for the games aren't the same (LM3 is just a better game), but it's crazy that our boy Luigi can sell 5x what a Marvel game can do, especially considering Marvel as a brand is in such a high spot thanks to the movies and Spider-Man PS4.
I'd love to see the numbers for all the games in the series... does anyone have those?
I just remember watching Skyward Sword's sales back in the day and going "oh...."
They'll talk abojt their strategy, show some comparison graphs with the sales, and have a Q&A. May announce a mobile game or update/announce a non-gaming venture like the theme park or Mario movie
Animal Crossing is not even out yet.
There's a storm coming.
No way it will ship less than 420k units until Switch is done selling.
