I remember that was Nintendo of Europe that announced the milestone, they can´t be wrong on that.
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Nintendo FY3/2021 Q2 Earnings Release, Switch Hardware Q2 - 6.85M (+42.7% YoY), 68.3M LTD
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I uh dont see how Xenoblade doubles its sales without the next entry being of a considerably higher budget or having a major genre shift.
Yeah but that's a general milestone for the game(so includes Japan), whereas Vash's figures are specifically Nintendo shipments.
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Operating profit margin should be at an all time high this fiscal year (currently at 37.87% after two quarters).
Wow, so Sony's botched PS3 launch was even worse for Sony than Wii U was for Nintendo.
How can it be from them, since Nintendo of Europe doesn´t have that date? Since it was from NoE, then it is official.
From memory, Octopath traveler is published by Square in Japan and those sales are excluded from Nintendo's.I think Nintendo reported that Octopath Traveler passed 2 million units, and that was Europe. Awesome work, btw.
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I get that, and maybe I´m wrong but since NoE tweeted it that means is official, no?
As others have stated, Nintendo of Europe is correct (of course!) that the total sales of the game have exceeded 2 million but the entirety of that figure is not attributable to Nintendo given differences in who publishes the game by region.
Very interesting, where were these numbers released?
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Thanks!
My intention was to try to figure out what the average lifecycle of a game to better assess the duration of magnitude of sales beyond the initial launch window.
It seems like there are three categories of games
1) Large & Evergreen; sell millions of units each year
2) Medium; can break 3-5m in its launch year and then sell 1m+ for another 2-3 years,
3) Small: <2m launch games that just sell about 100k/quarter
I see MK8 approaching 40m next year, maybe AC too, then BotW + Smash near 25m. Odyssey and Pokémon in the low 20s.
I wish I got the data for all the other consoles over time, but they said Maybe one day.
As a said, almost all of this is in the public domain except the half dozen small games. So I figured it was fine to share.
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By releasing on a way way way way bigger userbase, which is very important for frontloaded genres, and after greatly expanding its audience with both 2 and DE. Having sold a lot also means the budget is gonna be higher too.
I wonder if this could happen if Nintendo gets enough of those AC Switch bundles out.
Animal Crossing: New Horizon sells 13.41 million copies in its first 6 weeks, becomes the best-selling game in the series
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/index.html as of march 31st: in its first 6 weeks: EDIT: sales of the AC games (source): Animal Crossing - 2.27M Animal Crossing: Wild World - 11.75M Animal Crossing: City Folk - 4.32M Animal Crossing: New Leaf - 12.55M Animal Crossing: New...www.resetera.com
Looking back at this thread, people were expecting 30 million ACNH copies sold just for this year. I think they're on to something.
OH nice, some numbers to add =)
Numbers for Bayo, DQXIS and the Warriors games.. wonder if we ever will see something for them, I could see them being close to or above 1M.
Numbers for Bayo, DQXIS and the Warriors games.. wonder if we ever will see something for them, I could see them being close to or above 1M.
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I think you guys would find the chart above interesting. It shows the rolling 12 month unit sales of Nintendo's biggest titles.
It shows that have these guys are continuously building a base of sales around there Evergreen titles and now it's just a fucking machine approaching 100 million units of first party sales on an annual basis.
It's also interesting to note the shape of the sales. Mario kart and Zelda are very consistent overtime while Pokémon tends to be all a front.
In addition to what I said multiple times throughout the thread, some of my historical data comes from me using way back machine and tracking the disclosure a Nintendo's website.
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I think you guys would find the chart above interesting. It shows the rolling 12 month unit sales of Nintendo's biggest titles.
It shows that have these guys are continuously building a base of sales around there Evergreen titles and now it's just a fucking machine approaching 100 million units of first party sales on an annual basis.
It's also interesting to note the shape of the sales. Mario kart and Zelda are very consistent overtime while Pokémon tends to be all a front.
Should have made it clear those are my preliminary forecasts. Thanks for the reminder.
How do I post an image like that instead of links of my pics? What uploader do you use?
BTW that's brilliant.
I think you can easily create one in Powerpoint, since it gives you a lot of options to create those charts. Then you do a full screen screenshot, then upload to the best image uploading site ever,
Imgur.
It's the one place where it can handle traffic as large as Reddit.
Digital Ratio dropped this quarter for both switch and PlayStation
57-> 38% for switch
73-> 59% for PlayStation
57-> 38% for switch
73-> 59% for PlayStation
I just use a direct image link and use the post's emb feature (in the features of the post window there is the icon next to camera icon that looks like a rectangle with a mountain inside) and it just does it. It works on any uploaded that provides a direct image url
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I've never said it's a problem. I've always said it's a point of comparison to show Nintendo's potential digital growth.
Thanks for giving additional clarification. I didn't think I'd be updating the chart twice this week.
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FE, Xenoblade and DKC TF climbing up slowly but steady. Looking at these numbers made me realize we will probably see the next Kirby game next year which supposedly HAL wants it to be somthing great. That Monolith project they teased years back should maybe make an appearance sooner or later.
You've got already plenty of responses.
To give a clear perspective on the difference between digital sales during peak Wii/DS era and Switch era:
During the Switch era Nintendo's digital sales are growing at a rate close to 100% each fiscal year.
Digital sales in the first two quarters of the current fiscal year are close to the whole digital sales of the previous fiscal year.
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Yeh they will naturally see growth in digital but its in no way realistic to expect them to get anywhere near Sony's numbers. They don't push online multiplayer in their own games (and thus Nintendo Online subscriptions) but push local co-op experiences for the most part and they lack the third party titles that account for huge chunks of that Sony revenue which is mostly microtransactions
Nintendo also has specifically said they are committed to retail because without it they could not offer their unique experiences like Ring Fit / Labo / Mario Kart Live so they are hardly gunning to get to those numbers. They show little desire to grow that part of the business through any of their own initiative
When did you update it last? What was the last figure you had for XB2?Thanks for giving additional clarification. I didn't think I'd be updating the chart twice this week.
CESA releases a sales white paper every year that gives updates on million sellers based on the calendar year. Since Nintendo participates in the organization, we get to see the yearly sales of certain games.
Yea they should instore their Nintendo Select line for Switch soon. I think Kirby, DKC TF, ARMS and like Xenoblade C2 should be part of it.
I agree.
First wave:
ARMS
Kirby Star Allies
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Second wave:
Pokemon Let's Go
Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition
Yoshi's Crafted World
1, 2 Switch
They don't normally add pokemon games to this line i think, i don't know why tbh. Yoshi and HW should def be on there. Maybe Fire Emblem as well maybe. They usually instore the line like in year 3 so we should see it soon if they are planning on doing one for Switch. There is so many games that can be put on it, just writting that i forgot Mario Tennis Aces was a thing and could get a second life with that treatment as well.
Don't hold your breath.
I think we will see the Nintendo Selects line on Switch at the earliest in 2022.
I'm actually wondering how the mainstream adoption of digital purchases will impact their strategy for the Nintendo Selects line (digital let them do temporary price cut while retaining high margin compared to physical copies).
Yeah the only reason I'm really considering LGPE for this is it's more of a spinoff/newcomers' first pokemon game. The real money is in Sw/Sh.
I don't know about elsewhere, but in the US the Animal Crossing Switch isn't a bundle, it's just a themed Switch. The game is sold sperately.
ARMS, Yoshi, MUA 3, Tropical Freeze and Astral Chain would benefit from price cut, no doubt.