Yup...it's the only game in the list I was really looking for...I hope they further develop the series over time.
Do you think Smash's incredible sales say more about the growth of the Switch, or the growth of the Smash IP? Combination of both?
Without digital you mean ? Or maybe you know the digital sales ?It took Smash 3 weeks to become the best selling game of 2018.
That's just PR speak for "Yeah, not interested in Switch version anymore, sorry".
Nintendo did everything right with this game: quality, marketing, cultivating the fanbase across the year. Switch impressive success of course helped but I think Smash would have been a record-breaking game everywhere.
+----+--------+--------+
| Q3 | 2,73 | 2,73 |
| Q4 | 1,03 | 3,80 |
+----+--------+--------+
| Q1 | 0,35 | 4,15 |
| Q2 | 0,13 | 4,28 |
| Q3 | 0,25 | 4,53 |
| Q4 | 0,04 | 4,57 |
+----+--------+--------+
Surprised Mario Tennis is in 11th, it was basically their big advertised game for the Summer Season, got a global online test and is still getting characters, yet Kirby sold significantly better than it did (I know it was a March releaes VS. a June one, but then again, Kirby Vs. Mario). Any particular reason Mario Tennis Aces didn't break out like Super Mario Party did? I know the single player stuff was lacking, but the mechanics were solid.
IMO you should add week 49 to the comparison, yes that is when Smash came out.The problem with the 24th day being in week 52 wasn't this week's drop but week 51 being weaker than usual.
If we compare the drops with a year with the same place for the days, we can use year 2012 and 3DS. (famitsu numbers)
Hardware
3DS Week 50, 2012 (10 Dec - 16 Dec) - 333.409
3DS Week 51, 2012 (17 Dec - 23 Dec) - 433.788 (+30%)
3DS Week 52, 2012 (24 Dec - 30 Dec) - 266.790 (-38%)
Hardware
Switch Week 50, 2018 (10 Dec - 16 Dec) - 285.513
Switch Week 51, 2018 (17 Dec - 23 Dec) - 300.661 (+5%)
Switch Week 52, 2018 (24 Dec - 30 Dec) - 186.806 (-38%)
The drop for week 52 for both systems is the same. It's just that Switch was basically flat in week 51, with a very small increase. We were expecting much more that week.
DQB2 Switch and PS4 really even. Might Switch ver eventually outsell PS4?
The bundle is discontinued since 2 weeks ago.Is this the Mario Party that comes bundled with the joy cons, right? Would be insane and absurd if it isn't.
Surprised Mario Tennis is in 11th, it was basically their big advertised game for the Summer Season, got a global online test and is still getting characters as post-launch support, yet Kirby sold significantly better than it did (I know it was a March releaes VS. a June one, but then again, Kirby Vs. Mario). Any particular reason Mario Tennis Aces didn't break out like Super Mario Party did? I know the single player stuff was lacking, but the mechanics were solid. Similar situtation to Kirby Star Allies, solid mechanics, but had the issue of playing itself. Is it mainly due to difficulty in playing?
SMP and Kirby usually sell 2x or more than Mario Tennis.
think you're a bit mixed up.
DQB2 Switch and PS4 really even. Might Switch ver eventually outsell PS4?
Hmm, I'm not surprised Party outsold Tennis, but I thought Tennis was outselling Kirby, turns out on 3DS, Kirby was just a bit higher (0.34 Mill Japan for Tennis VS 0.5 Mill Japan for Robobot, at least according to wiki, no numbers for Japan triple deluxe but probably safe to assume it was higher than Robobot due to releasing first).
Maybe I just thought Mario Tennis Aces would be higher because it was the game they were giving the most advertising to during the summer period last year.
LOL. This is not the information you'd want to be making that claim. It sold only 500 unit less than UM/US last year. Maybe Media Create will be more favorable to your position.
A VN that can't run on an ARM/Nvidia combo takes some next level fuckery if they needed the ps4 to brute force itOf course they are interested, Switch is/will become the main platform for this game genre, obviously. But they probably used an old/bad engine that has no possibility to export to Switch. Only way around would be to port the game to another engine, but that would probably take to much time/costs.
LOL. This is not the information you'd want to be making that claim. It sold only 500 unit less than UM/US last year. Maybe Media Create will be more favorable to your position.
Song of Memories Switch is canned in all regions. critical development issues
That game sold >2 million in 2017. This game is 750k below that, as the first Pokémon game on a console with much better software performance overall. It's not even a remotely questionable statement that Pokémon has underperformed in japan, where it'll be US/UM>>LGP/E, whilst the opposite occurs wordwide.I noticed this last week but forgot to mention it, but:
DQB2 had the best opening of any 3rd party Switch game to date. That may not be saying much, but there also isn't much on the horizon that can beat it.
LOL. This is not the information you'd want to be making that claim. It sold only 500 unit less than UM/US last year. Maybe Media Create will be more favorable to your position.
No one has been arguing overall numbers. Chris has been saying that LG's legs will be poor. These numbers don't support that claim. Despite its weak launch, it's legs have held up quite well against UM/US... which no one considers poor.Just look at the overall numbers. Its not at all a controversial claim.
No one has been arguing overall numbers. Chris has been saying that LG's legs will be poor. These numbers don't support that claim. Despite its weak launch, it's legs have held up quite well against UM/US... which no one considers poor.
What the hell ? lolDengeki Switch hardware numbers:
Week 50 309885
Week 51 311402
Week 52 199609
Week 1 247914 (!)
Dengeki Switch hardware numbers:
Week 50 309885
Week 51 311402
Week 52 199609
Week 1 247914 (!)
Basically this
What! Those are some great numbers!Dengeki Switch hardware numbers:
Week 50 309885
Week 51 311402
Week 52 199609
Week 1 247914 (!)
That makes sense. We were expecting everything to go up in Week 1.
How?!!Dengeki Switch hardware numbers:
Week 50 309885
Week 51 311402
Week 52 199609
Week 1 247914 (!)
This is much higher then the expect 15% increase if it followed the 2012 3DS sales trend that it was following going into week 52.Dengeki Switch hardware numbers:
Week 50 309885
Week 51 311402
Week 52 199609
Week 1 247914 (!)
Probably wrong.Dengeki Switch hardware numbers:
Week 50 309885
Week 51 311402
Week 52 199609
Week 1 247914 (!)
I guess Nintendo is seriously taking that New Year's money now.
Inazuma Eleven Ares and Yokai Watch 4 will open above that for 3rd parties. Nothing in the meantime unless something sneaks up and surprises us.I noticed this last week but forgot to mention it, but:
DQB2 had the best opening of any 3rd party Switch game to date. That may not be saying much, but there also isn't much on the horizon that can beat it.
I guess Nintendo is seriously taking that New Year's money now.