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GameStop has revealed that Nintendo Switch sales doubled in the week following E3.
- Thread starter NintendoMariah
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I think that user is referring to the 15 unknown Gamestop Switch SKUs we saw before E3.
Of course they count, but I'm just explaining the reasoning behind the sales increase. People are assuming it's because of e3 hype, but actually GameStop had a great deal that week. We see that sometimes on old games that get big price drops and re-enter the npd charts.
nintendo at e3: here's a smash game with fucking everything
investors: word on the street is that people are really mad about this waluigi guy missing SELL SELL SELL
investors: word on the street is that people are really mad about this waluigi guy missing SELL SELL SELL
Yeah, what matters to the enthusiast does not always matter to the general public. It was a bad E3 presentation because some key games did not appear or were delayed, but I think Mario Party, Pokémon, and Smash is more than enough to please casuals for buying the system.
Portability, not ports. Until people realize that the convenience of console level experiences on the go is a primary driver of Switch's appeal, they will continue to be baffled by its success. You can't take the PS4 or XB1 with you. For many, that makes playing the same games on those systems less valuable than playing them on the Switch.
I would imagine all console sales spiked up after E3, but naturally Gamestop is hyping the newest platform and Switch probably spiked the most since a ton of gamers don't have one yet. Most gamers know the routine now: if you're within a few months of E3 and want something, wait for E3. Too many times we've seen price cuts, bundles, and new hardware announced at E3.
So I wouldn't take this as meaning "people" are approving of Switch and its future software lineup so much as it was people already sold by its existing lineup waiting for the right moment to buy.
So I wouldn't take this as meaning "people" are approving of Switch and its future software lineup so much as it was people already sold by its existing lineup waiting for the right moment to buy.
It's marketing. Pokémon go plus set in johto hardly fits the bill for what I'd consider a mainline game.
Do you not consider the remakes mainline games either? The average pokemon buyer likely cares more about this than other recent pokemon games so this is probably a very niche opinion
Part of the reasoning. The other part is from the e3 hype. Plus, that trade in deal lasted less than a week. And was kind of stealth dropped so a lot of people probably didn't even know about it. E3 hype plus trade in deal resulted in monster sales at Gamestop.
What exactly about this game makes it "not mainline" to you? What other spinoffs have had full regions with trainer battles, gym battles, story, etc.?
The remakes keep game mechanics, they don't take away most of the gameplay
I saw a lot of people take advantage of the switch trade deal so seems it was known well enough
Amazing how many people on this forum don't realize that consoles typically sell their best in their fourth and fifth years.
It was always going to be the case with the half step generation of Pro and X keeping momentum too.
The post you quoted is straight up facts. And there's the e3 demo backing it up.
I never understand why people say Switch has no game this holiday when it has Pokemon and Smash Bros, arguably even bigger (sale-wise) than Mario and Zelda from last year. These two games are the most mainstream of Nintendo franchise, way more than your Zelda Metroid DonkeyKong etc.
It's because people wrongly keep saying that Pokemon Let's Go is just Pokemon Go ported to the Switch and that Smash is just a port as well.
Most people aren't really concerned about their holiday sales, it's more the rest of the year in which they don't have too many big sellers.
This holiday will undoubtedly be far larger than last holiday which only had Mario and Xenoblade.
I mean you can have a poor E3 showing and still perform well. The two aren't mutually exclusive. 2017 was pretty abysmal for Sony, but the PS4 clearly wasn't affected by it.
well folks, Era's wrong again
Nope. Smash isn't a system seller. Everyone who wants Smash already owns a Switch.
Or so I was told.
I mean, the bestselling game this gen is a port of GTA5, so it's not like that this is a phenomenon that actually hurts a console.
Wow, do people still not realize that a lot of these games could not be played on the go with a great control system? And that some of these games may have given people the extra push to pick up an exciting new console that has some of the greatest exclusives ever made? Also in the knowledge that new Smash Brothers and Pokemon games — two among Nintendo's biggest franchises — are releasing this year?
Yikes! That's a bit of a PR disaster for you to deal with.
One of the most clear trolls trying to claim that already bailed on the thread after being called out.
Yeah, no one actually believes that nonsense.
sure
they could have also had a good E3 showing, performed well, and still had people on the internet who were unimpressed
If you are going to make a joke about the stock market, don't make it obvious that you don't have a clue.
I don't think it'll do super amazing by any means in June, but my point is that GameStop (biggest videogames retailer in the US?) probably knows what they're talking about. At least knows more than most of us.
You know what's fact? The makers of the game saying it's mainline.
Hey Benji.
Do you have any comments on Dad of Wars legs as well Detroit?
Also has Octopath Traveler looked decent on preorders?
So basically all consoles receive a summer bump. Likely from kids/colleges being out of school. Using that summer job money
Switch is going to take June, July, August. I can feel it in my bones.
The Fortnite fever is real.
They are the ones making the game. If they say it's mainline then it's mainline. You don't make the rules for this.
Period.
Doubled from what? Compared to what time period? Week over week? If so what's the weekly trajectory been so far? A statement like this is pretty meaningless by itself. Surely E3 is going to sell some units, but double the amount of [no information] is still [no information].