Looking at the thread showing the top 10 Nintendo Switch indie titles, it reminded me how long I've seen Stardew Valley at the top of the eShop charts.
We're getting reports time and time again of how excellently titles are selling on the eShop - including cases where games that didn't perform great on Steam reached 10s of thousands of units on Switch. Being top of the eShop chart on Nintendo Switch actually means something - there is a lot of software being sold there every day, so for Stardew Valley to be consistently top or close-to-top every week since release must mean there is already a massive number of units sold.
I'd personally assume Stardew Valley is approaching 1 million sales, with no signs of slowing down. It's truly an evergreen title, and seeing it on the top of the eShop every week is only going to encourage more people to see it and pick it up as the Switch continues to sell more units.
Stardew Valley is apparently at around 3.5 million units sold on Steam - an unprecedented success. HOWEVER - could it possibly be... could the Switch version actually outsell the Steam version in the long-term? Owning both versions, I certainly enjoy playing Stardew on my Switch more than PC (in fact, I haven't touched the PC version since buying the Switch one) and everybody I know who has played both agrees. This positive word of mouth will surely benefit the Switch version in the coming months (even years?).
Multiplayer release will give the PC version a boost when it comes out, but I'd assume the same to be true when the Switch multiplayer update launches too.
What do you guys think? It's a bold prediction, but definitely an intriguing one and fun to consider. It would be extremely symbolic for one of Steam's biggest surprise hits of recent years to be surpassed by the sales potential of the Nintendo Switch - probably solidifying the console as a powerful home for indies for years to come.
We're getting reports time and time again of how excellently titles are selling on the eShop - including cases where games that didn't perform great on Steam reached 10s of thousands of units on Switch. Being top of the eShop chart on Nintendo Switch actually means something - there is a lot of software being sold there every day, so for Stardew Valley to be consistently top or close-to-top every week since release must mean there is already a massive number of units sold.
I'd personally assume Stardew Valley is approaching 1 million sales, with no signs of slowing down. It's truly an evergreen title, and seeing it on the top of the eShop every week is only going to encourage more people to see it and pick it up as the Switch continues to sell more units.
Stardew Valley is apparently at around 3.5 million units sold on Steam - an unprecedented success. HOWEVER - could it possibly be... could the Switch version actually outsell the Steam version in the long-term? Owning both versions, I certainly enjoy playing Stardew on my Switch more than PC (in fact, I haven't touched the PC version since buying the Switch one) and everybody I know who has played both agrees. This positive word of mouth will surely benefit the Switch version in the coming months (even years?).
Multiplayer release will give the PC version a boost when it comes out, but I'd assume the same to be true when the Switch multiplayer update launches too.
What do you guys think? It's a bold prediction, but definitely an intriguing one and fun to consider. It would be extremely symbolic for one of Steam's biggest surprise hits of recent years to be surpassed by the sales potential of the Nintendo Switch - probably solidifying the console as a powerful home for indies for years to come.
