This game obviously would have if it weren't for the vouchers.
Not in a voucher world.
You are expecting Sw/Sh to have worse legs than Let's Go ?So probably around 1.7-1.8m with digital then? Not bad, but still a decline for the series; as I expected.
Will probably end up around 3.5m-3.7m, slightly down on Sun/Moon. The series just doesn't get the super strong long-tail that it used to anymore; likely in no small part due to the aggressive annual/semi-annual schedule that it has fallen into.
I think 6m should be manageable, maybe 6.5m depending on the US performance.First week sales were over 3m for Pokemon Let's Go and over 5m for Smash Bros. Ultimate. PR for Sword / Shield should be out this week.
I think is pretty safe to say Animal Crossing will sell a ton of numers in the long run, i'm not even interested to see if lifetime numbers will surpass DS and 3DS games.
Though i'm kinda curious to see the launch of Animal Crossing, the series always sold amazing thanks the legs, but maybe this time we may looking for a big opening? Like, 1 million maybe? (digital included or excluded)
Frankly, I just don't see it. Versus Let's Go, Sword/shield has so many advantages :it's not out of the question, remember let's go was more for casual, and we know those games usually have better legs.
First week sales were over 3m for Pokemon Let's Go and over 5m for Smash Bros. Ultimate. PR for Sword / Shield should be out this week.
So is the main series even if it doesn't have to be specifically marketed like that & no series reaches these kind of numbers without a large portion of the casual audienceit's not out of the question, remember let's go was more for casual, and we know those games usually have better legs.
Frankly, I just don't see it. Versus Let's Go, Sword/shield has so many advantages :
- No Smash 3 weeks later, sole focus of the Holidays
- RAIDS which have a lot of potential in Japan through LAN + events organized to keep people coming back (Tournaments or new Giga forms spawning)
- Ties in with the anime
- The Lite which opens a new market
- Not a remake.
So is the main series even if it doesn't have to be specifically marketed like that & no series reaches these kind of numbers without a large portion of the casual audience
Frankly, I just don't see it. Versus Let's Go, Sword/shield has so many advantages :
- No Smash 3 weeks later, sole focus of the Holidays
- RAIDS which have a lot of potential in Japan through LAN + events organized to keep people coming back (Tournaments or new Giga forms spawning)
- Ties in with the anime
- The Lite which opens a new market
- Not a remake.
That 3 million number was for the whole month(which makes it clear just how much of monster SM was) and Sword and Shield had a bigger shipment than Smash at least, so we'll see.Europe and Japan (Japan as we can see right now) should have a bigger opening.
America i think will be very hard to top, for context, Sun/Moon in 2 weeks did 3.7 million (in the whole America), Smash Ultimate did 3 million (only in USA).
I think worldwide should slighly beat Smash Ultimate.
That 3 million number was for the whole month(which makes it clear just how much of monster SM was) and Sword and Shield had a bigger shipment than Smash at least, so we'll see.
Ryng, tell me if you agree, but I think we'll have something like that :
Probably not from game freak if it isn't a third version, but we could see some more external spinoffs.Pokémon sales have been more frontloaded in recent years because with only one exception in 2015 we have had a Pokémon game every single year since Black/White 2. I think there won't be a mainline Pokémon game next year which should make Sword/Shield less frontloaded than all the games since 2012.
I'm not expecting anything other than more mobile titles, Pokemon Home, and potentially Detective Pikachu 2 in 2020Probably not from game freak if it isn't a third version, but we could see some more external spinoffs.
Ryng, tell me if you agree, but I think we'll have something like that :
Vs Let's go :
Europe : ×1.75
Japan : x2.25
US : same as Japan
--> Sw/Sh launch ~6-6.5m using that correlation
Vs Smash :
Europe : ~1.5
Japan : 1.25
US : ~1
---> Sw/Sh launch ~ 6m
It would be a great time for Pokken 2I'm not expecting anything other than more mobile titles, Pokemon Home, and potentially Detective Pikachu 2 in 2020
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Nailed it.
Huh.
Selling more then 5M in Japan was always a rare occurrence (since 1983 it happened just 11 times).However, what's most interesting is whether a game can cross the 5m mark again. Perhaps Animal Crossing?
Selling more then 5M in Japan was always a rare occurrence (since 1983 it happened just 11 times).
And yes the next AC could be a possible new candidate.
Selling more then 5M in Japan was always a rare occurrence (since 1983 it happened just 11 times).
And yes the next AC could be a possible new candidate.
DS got almost half of them, it was a beautiful monster exception.I know, but it became more common during DS era and even 3DS had a 5m seller (AC indeed). Well, if we want to be comprehensive, Minecraft should be there too, across all platforms.
We now have Mr Rime, so Jynx has been completely invalidated and we can be happy it got cut forever.
If AC doesn't do it, then Ghost Trick 2 is the only other game that could ever hope to sell 5m.
DS got 5 of them, it was a beautiful monster exception.
Combining all three versions, there is also YW2 on 3DS.
NES: 1
GB: 2
GBA: 1
DS: 5
3DS: 2
All of them by Nintendo/Pokemon Co with the exception of YW2 which is by Level 5.
However, what's most interesting is whether a game can cross the 5m mark again. Perhaps Animal Crossing?
Jynx is based on a Yokai, so I don't know where the hell that comment came fromUnless you produce a source (a fucking real one) this is going to be my first report in my entire history of posting on forums.