Such sales list are deceiving, because Nintendo games sell just more than usual games, but even the third party games after 10 sell a lot.
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NPD January 2019: KH3, RE2 and NSMBUD top the charts, Switch best selling console
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Such sales list are deceiving, because Nintendo games sell just more than usual games, but even the third party games after 10 sell a lot.
Please tell me more about recent Switch third party AAA games say for the last 3 months?
It really is the Wii scenario all over again. It's like nobody learned anything.
We have seen that quality third party games can sell on Switch.
If I recall Octopath Traveler was no.1 best selling game on July NPD.
Or maybe there aren't any big third party games that sell comparably to big Nintendo games on the Switch in the first place
Like seriously. I hate for this to turn into some kind of system wars debate (i know, lol rite?), but what the hell are you expecting given the output?
Of course, but so, so many third parties, particularly western third parties, just act like the damn thing doesn't exist. It's baffling.
How much do you think the Fortnite effect will affect comparisons with last year?
Obviously I'd expect accessories etc. to be well down.
Just Square learned, and a few others like Ubisoft and Bethesda.
Let's take a moment to think about this: what game should be there that isn't? Third parties aren't charting because they haven't brought anything worth a bit to the system. The conclusion that the Switch audience doesn't care about third party games is a wrong conclusion to draw from this.
They are not there for this reason... it's the same for any generation of Nintendo console. I'm surprised people are still expecting big third-party games on a Nintendo console with such a bad track record...
Wow, you invented quite a number of strawmen to argue with yourself against. That is quite impressive! I would add some arguments of my own, but honestly, you're doing great without me.
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9/10 being Nintendo is a fact. That being a fact for almost every Nintendo console ever released isn't an honest argument?
Ok. It's just great that great third-party games stop selling while old ports from Nintendo do keep on selling. Is that a good sign?
You're feigning surprise that non-existent third party ports aren't charting on Switch, then shifting the conversation to give reasoning as to why said games don't get ported to begin with when you're presented with this information. Yet still feign surprise that said non-existent ports aren't selling. It's fairly transparent.
There's an actual conversation to be had about the state of third party on Switch, but you aren't all that interested in having it.
What great third party games should be selling on the Switch? The only notable one this month made it onto the list.
So basically Playstation and Xbox are in full decline (based on apparent major declines overall and of individual platforms besides the much younger Switch). The mid gen hardware refreshes did not stave off the inevitable...
Also sea of thieves higher on the Xbox chart (#6) than Spiderman on the Ps4 chart (#7) (granted Spider Man surely has many more overall sales). Given the game has also had a lot of staying power on twitch, I think SOT should be acknowledged more as a genuine success.
Also we did not get any wild pork this month? I guess like me he forgot about NPD this month lol.
Also sea of thieves higher on the Xbox chart (#6) than Spiderman on the Ps4 chart (#7) (granted Spider Man surely has many more overall sales). Given the game has also had a lot of staying power on twitch, I think SOT should be acknowledged more as a genuine success.
Also we did not get any wild pork this month? I guess like me he forgot about NPD this month lol.
Yeah I'm really confused by this discussion. The most recent "big" 3rd party retail releases for the Switch are Diablo 3 and Civilization 6, back in November. Since then the only other notable 3rd party retail games are Monster Boy, and now Vesperia. That is the current state of 3rd party support at retail, of which we know all of those games have done well. I don't understand the posts regarding Switch 3rd party support, we know the device sells games, the support just isn't there in terms of bigger releases.
And both Diablo and Civilization did well, so... I think it's clear what the agenda behind this talking point is.
I'm pretty sure that poster I originally responded to has an agenda.
But yes, you're absolutely right. The major retail games that the Switch is getting do show up in its monthly top 10's. It just so happens that there was really only one in January.
Regarding third parties, I do wonder how MK11 will perform on Switch, assuming it's a competent port and the entire game is on the cart. If it's a shoddy conversion and/or it requires a large download, sales will be affected.
Did Resident Evil 2 surpass the launch total record for a survival horror game? (I believe The Evil Within 1 had previously held the record but not sure if anything surpassed it)
I'm pretty sure if Nintendo were a third party, there would be a ton of their games in the top 10 of the other consoles too.
Some people are taking this list of best sellers being dominated by Nintendo titles as a reason why third parties avoid putting their games on the system. Like, "oh wow 9/10 of the best selling games this month are Nintendo titles, how could we possibly compete?? It's just not worth it!"
Obviously this reasoning makes no sense because there aren't actually any/many titles third parties are putting onto the system which anyone would expect to make the list.
3rd parties routinely dominate Nintendo's eShop rankings, and we've have confirmation of multiple 3rd party games on Switch topping 1 million copies sold in the last fiscal year alone. Like right now the US eShop top 10 sellers is:
1. Final Fantasy IX
2. Diablo 3
3. WarGroove
4. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
5. Undertale
6. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
7. Overcooked 2
8. Stardew Valley
9. Mario Kart 8
10. Minecraft
Which is pretty standard ... 7/10 or 8/10 being 3rd party games is nothing unusual.
If 3rd parties want a bigger piece of the pie than that, then there has to be bigger effort from them. Right now Switch seems to have promise with 3rd party sales, but 3rd parties gotta meet Nintendo half way at some point.
Relative to the quality of content, 3rd parties on Switch I would say are doing well. Multiple 3rd party games hitting 1 million+ in like 9 months (or whatever that was) alone plus the eShop rankings being constantly dominated by 3rd party content given that most third parties aren't really trying that hard is a good foundation to build off of.
1. Final Fantasy IX
2. Diablo 3
3. WarGroove
4. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
5. Undertale
6. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
7. Overcooked 2
8. Stardew Valley
9. Mario Kart 8
10. Minecraft
Which is pretty standard ... 7/10 or 8/10 being 3rd party games is nothing unusual.
If 3rd parties want a bigger piece of the pie than that, then there has to be bigger effort from them. Right now Switch seems to have promise with 3rd party sales, but 3rd parties gotta meet Nintendo half way at some point.
Relative to the quality of content, 3rd parties on Switch I would say are doing well. Multiple 3rd party games hitting 1 million+ in like 9 months (or whatever that was) alone plus the eShop rankings being constantly dominated by 3rd party content given that most third parties aren't really trying that hard is a good foundation to build off of.
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Ecstatic that AC 7 is in the top 10 overall and top 5 for both consoles it released for.
Absolutely gutted that Travis Strikes Again is nowhere to be found, not in the top 10, not in the top 20, nowhere in the top 10 for even Switch. My fears of its commercial potential, unfortunately, became true.
Absolutely gutted that Travis Strikes Again is nowhere to be found, not in the top 10, not in the top 20, nowhere in the top 10 for even Switch. My fears of its commercial potential, unfortunately, became true.
It was digital only, Nintendo doesn't disclose digital numbers.
What retail releases released in January?
You do realize that Nintendo currently is the single best publisher when it comes to number of best sellers right? In the NPD reports of 2018, 6, over 1/4 of the titles released were Nintendo titles. 2017 also saw 6 titles reach top 20 in NPD. It is absolutely no wonder Nintendo charts are high, because, they simply have a variety of titles that keep on selling. Now there are no huge retail releases for January, so what do you expect people to buy besides evergreen titles and new releases?
Is it? Who said that? Benji? If so, he doesn't have access to digital data in US. He also doesn't have access to physical nor digital data in Europe ( btw. KH3 is at 44th place in " UK Top Paid" on Xbox Store )
Zhuge said that, and he has access to NPD numbers (which include digital).
Will that be the first major third party release with launch parity on Switch? Honestly seems like an odd one, but will be interesting to watch.