Its a silly metric since Switch will sell more third party software by order of magnitude, but what are chances of Switch having more third party million-sellers than PS4 now that it has Capcom's support and an eventual DQ with a Monsters game potentially on the way?
The number is 5 to beat. Unless you count Iceborne Master Edition as its own G-type game.
The number is 5 to beat. Unless you count Iceborne Master Edition as its own G-type game.
As the source for the story notes, they said they were in the final stages of development post covid issues. Curious if they said anything about the release in the interview.
No what I am saying is they had covid issue during April according to the interview. In June they said they were in the finals stages of development.
If it's 2021 why can't they say it already? What are they waiting?
We know that Rune Factory 5 or No More Heroes 3 got delayed to 2021, why can't they confirm the delay of BD2 yet?
I think Nintendo has something to do with that. Since they are publishing.
I could totally see Nintendo releasing it in December and giving it a short interval from announcement. Not sure if it's a good idea for this kind of game but eh, that's a bridge to cross if we reach it.
I think they want to, but I think Square doesn't want that. Square likes a show.
Honestly, given that it is so close to being done, would it be wiser to release it in december or in a potentially packed 2021?
I really dont know if its done, just assuming
Hey, it's better than what Super Sentai and Ultraman got. Also, since when was Kamen Rider anime?
I didn't buy one because I didn't think it would get much use with how small my apartment is.
Pulling 100K weeks in October is super impressive. Mario kart live always seemed like a product with limited overall appeal, it's not for everyone. It'll be interested to see how word of mouth goes. IMO it seems like a great product but it's expensive and isn't something you'll get as much use out of like a regular game like Mario kart.
Considering that Mario Kart Live is targeted towards kids just like LABO was... The debut numbers aren't really surprising.
74k is more than I had anticipated they would have available in terms of stock lol, and it's only 54% sell-through? Not that it's a bad performance, of course, this isn't going to perform like a mainline Mario Kart, after all.
96k for Switch is a strong number for sure, still going strong (and still out of stock, so it's not even like we have an what the system is capable of right now).
I think Mario Kart Live's performance must be assessed more in light of a peripheral rather than an actual game because of its cost and its nature. That said, it's an interesting project from Nintendo that I'm happy it exists as it exploits Switch with AR. It'll be interesting to see sales in the long-run, especially under holidays and if Nintendo will release other characters.
Right, this is nothing like an actual Mario Kart game: it's a peripheral with a game attached, not the next Mario Kart (MK9, not MK10). The expectation should be that it does a lot less than a mainline MK game imo, and 74k as a start for such a peripheral seems decent (not great, not impressive, but not bad, either).
Better debut than Ring Fit, btw. Sky's the limit 😜
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Mario Kart Live seems to me like a holiday product. Wasnt expecting it to sell out from the start.
Will be interesting to see
Will be interesting to see
I never want MKL for my own but it looks very nice as a gift. Even if you don't plan to play the game you're basically gifting an RC car.
Looks like the non-pre-order shipment Chris mentioned was fairly substantial. Could Nintendo have accurately predicted demand this time around? Or maybe all the remaining units are the Luigi pack nobody wants? :P
Yeah I'm considering this as a gift to my kids for christmas myself. And I could see this being the case for many
Impressive that Switch manages to do nearly 100k without any big release thanks to its big list of evergreen titles.
I wonder how much hardware Nintendo is saving up for December and early January if they are increasing the amount of Switches being made
I wonder how much hardware Nintendo is saving up for December and early January if they are increasing the amount of Switches being made
With stock issues, to boot. Could possibly be well over that if the stock were there.
I hope they have a tonne. For a 30M units production, you'd expect shipment to be able to go over 25M I think. However, Europe and US sales are also hugely up year on year, so there's a tricky balancing act there as well. Hopefully we easily break the 6M barrier for the year, though!
