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Q1: Nintendo shipped 1.88m NSW hardware (-5% YoY), 17.96m NSW software (+120% YoY)
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Odyssey
11.17m (+ 760k)
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
10.35m (+ 1.13m, nothing else is even close)
Zelda BOTW
9.32m (+ 840k)
Splatoon 2
6.76m (+740k wow close to Odyssey)
1-2 Switch
2.45m (+ 160k)
ARMS
2.01m (+ 160k, even with 1-2)
Kirby
1.89m (+630k)
Xenoblade 2
1.42m (+110k)
Labo
1.39m combined
....DK: TF ( + 1.40 million. DK wins)
11.17m (+ 760k)
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
10.35m (+ 1.13m, nothing else is even close)
Zelda BOTW
9.32m (+ 840k)
Splatoon 2
6.76m (+740k wow close to Odyssey)
1-2 Switch
2.45m (+ 160k)
ARMS
2.01m (+ 160k, even with 1-2)
Kirby
1.89m (+630k)
Xenoblade 2
1.42m (+110k)
Labo
1.39m combined
....DK: TF ( + 1.40 million. DK wins)
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SW sales continue to impress. So many titles showing real good legs. HW sales are slightly down but that's not really surprising. Nintendo is banking everything on the end of the year.
Is hardware down simply because Q1 2017 still fell into the launch period or any other reasons for that?
Mario Kart confirmed as the console's biggest IP.
Smash won't come close to that title.
That post-E3 result is interesting considering the doom & gloom here about the presentation. Pokémon and Smash probably were enough to convince people to get the hardware.
That and it was a quieter quarter for them. Labo wasn't an amazing seller and they only had Mario Tennis and Donkey Kong in the gaps
Wonder if the software sales will change much now that Switch is wide open. I doubt it, because pirates are not always buyers.
Yea, my gut guess would be that retailers ordered as many Switch's as Nintendo could produce April and May last year after the thing completely sold out it's March launch.
This Q1 was probably a little more conservative and steady for many retailers.
there really was not compelling software to move hardware this Q. Mario and Fortnite came "too late" to the party to make any significant amount
damn, great numbers. arms got to 2 million copies. kirby will get to 2 mil too for sure, next one to 10 mil is zelda,
I'm fairly confident they'll meet that SW target. Interesting that Nintendo remains so confident on the HW target? They either have more stuff to announce this year or they're extremely bullish on how much impact smash and Pokemon will have.
I'm still thinking around 19 millio.
Not a bad start. Considering they're expecting most of the sales to come this holiday. Will be interesting to see if that happens or not.
I think this shows Nintendo does best when it doesn't try and push for the kids market, which it's often typecast as doing.
I'd imagine a fair proportion of Switch owners are now adults who grew up with Nintendo, who now have more expendable income for more games. Or at least I know I fit squarely into that bracket.
I'd imagine a fair proportion of Switch owners are now adults who grew up with Nintendo, who now have more expendable income for more games. Or at least I know I fit squarely into that bracket.
I'd like to see what Nintendo's definition of "software" is. Sony only includes "full games" in their definition, I'm pretty sure that means it excludes a lot of the indie shovelware. I'd be interested to see if a $2 indie shovelware game counts the same to shipments as a $60 first party title. I'm pretty sure that it does count that way for Nintendo, but it would be interesting to get clarification.
Pirating isn't free yet, and still quite sketchy all around. Nintendo even stepped up their game considerably compared to the 3DS, now it's almost a guaranteed ban if you tamper with game files if only for mods. I don't see it becoming a relevant factor until next year at the earliest
Switch is a software monster, but those hardware sales should be a touch better. Not surprising given that there were a lot of ports and Labo was not the break out hit that maybe they were banking on.
I think Nintendo needs to finally bite the bullet and become more aggressive with third parties. They got a good platform for sure here, but it's time to bury the past and become more proactive with third parties, you can't ask your internal devs for a system seller every 2-3 months.
I think Nintendo needs to finally bite the bullet and become more aggressive with third parties. They got a good platform for sure here, but it's time to bury the past and become more proactive with third parties, you can't ask your internal devs for a system seller every 2-3 months.
In the other thread I said:
Q1 - 2m
Q1 - 3m
Q3 - 12m
Q4 - 3m
So far they are just about on track for that. However, I find it unlikely that they will hit 20m units shipped, at least without a huge overshipment in Q4 which will in over into Q1 2019.
Q1 - 2m
Q1 - 3m
Q3 - 12m
Q4 - 3m
So far they are just about on track for that. However, I find it unlikely that they will hit 20m units shipped, at least without a huge overshipment in Q4 which will in over into Q1 2019.
DKC: TF will clear 2 million easily on the Switch looks like. Well deserved, an original DKC game on Switch is pretty much assured.
I personally did not expect Mario Tennis: Aces to sell as much as it has in a month.
Even Labo is so much more than I expected. I honestly thought it would crack 1million in its whole lifetime, and both sets have already surpassed 1m.
Insane how much success the Switch has been in all kinds of genres.
Even Labo is so much more than I expected. I honestly thought it would crack 1million in its whole lifetime, and both sets have already surpassed 1m.
Insane how much success the Switch has been in all kinds of genres.
Wii x 3DS x Wii U x NSW shipments, by quarter basis, launch-aligned
Switch is selling better than the 3DS.
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|Quart| Wii | 3DS | WIU | NSW |
|FY1Q3| 3.19| | 3.06| |
|FY1Q4| 2.65| 3.61| 0.39| 2.74|
| FY1 | 5.84| 3.61| 3.45| 2.74|
|FY2Q1| 3.43| 0.71| 0.16| 1.97|
|FY2Q2| 3.90| 2.36| 0.30| 2.93|
|FY2Q3| 6.96| 8.35| 1.95| 7.23|
|FY2Q4| 4.32| 2.10| 0.31| 2.93|
| FY2 | 18.61| 13.52| 2.72| 15.06|
|FY3Q1| 5.17| 1.85| 0.51| 1.88|
| LTD | 29.62| 18.98| 6.68| 19.67|Switch is selling better than the 3DS.
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It also looks like Kirby on Switch is gonna be the best selling Kirby game since Kirby's debut on Game Boy way back in 1992.
As of right now, Nintendo still included only both retail and digital sales of packaged software.
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Only games that have a retail release count. There's absolutely 0 official data on the eShop only titles.
Low software delivery really paid out this quarter... the userbase near increased 320% but software sales only 120%.
I'm astounded that Zelda is going to break 10m on Switch alone
Hell, Splatoon will end up breaking 10m, barring a Splatoon 3 in the near future
Q3 has main series HD Pokémon with Kanto love and Smash Bros Ultimate.
Yeah I think they're good
Hardware is definitely slowing down.
Hopefully it recovers with Pokémon + Smash. I am not that certain they will though.
Hopefully it recovers with Pokémon + Smash. I am not that certain they will though.
So, of the 17 million are 7-8 million Nintendo published titles?
they said since E3 hardware sales are going up, and software wise, there is a bigger library ready + seems to be somewhat better than what last year offered
LABO is being categorized the same way as Amiibo, so take that out of the equation.
Which one is it? Q2 should sell more than last year with Q3 blowing it out of the water.
when you put it like this it feels pretty unlikely they'll hit 20m.
Will pokemon and smash sell them 10M+?
Not sure about others but I went off the rails around E3 and just started firing cash out at games.