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NPD March 2020: Animal Crossing #1, MLB #3, RE3 #4, Doom #6; Switch #1 HW and had the best March ever, better than launch
- Thread starter Lelouch0612
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Welp, RIP to my prediction numbers 😞
I low balled the hell out of all 3, my god...
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Craziness.
What was the total in Japan again? Something like 950k? And they needed to ship 1.5m units in Q4 to hit their FY goal?
We're probably looking at a 21-22m sold FY result.
Do you mean March or YTD in JP? 'cause W10-13 in Japan is 50+57+392+282=781k for March, missing a few days from W9 and W14.
YTD was at 1.7M at W13.
April 4th was the last day of the tracking period IIRC.
Ah I was thinking March, I guess I must have been confusing it with something else.
But those games are selling fine on Switch.
Otherwise 2K wouldn't go all in on the device.
Remember when people thought the 800-900k predictions were way too optimistic? lol
Also why the heck is Nintendo not releasing a PR? These are insane results.
depicted: Nintendo's momentum any day now, for sure
lol I also laughed at that thread.
Not sure if boasting about your own economic strength is a good idea in these times.
Remember when people thought the 800-900k predictions were way too optimistic? lol
Also why the heck is Nintendo not releasing a PR? These are insane results.
Nintendo putting up holiday numbers in March.
The Switch was destined to sell 100+ million. The Wii had a great start, but it fell off. The Switch has a slower start than the Wii, BUT it paces itself much better throughout it's life and grows on occasions
The Switch was destined to sell 100+ million. The Wii had a great start, but it fell off. The Switch has a slower start than the Wii, BUT it paces itself much better throughout it's life and grows on occasions
I cancel my pre order and go digital for AC, my GF too.
Note that it was a 71% price increase.
Remember when people thought the 800-900k predictions were way too optimistic? lol
Also why the heck is Nintendo not releasing a PR? These are insane results.
They also haven't released any numbers on Animal Crossing so far at all afaik, or did I miss something?
Pretty sure it's due to the current situation and not wanting to put sales in the spotlight?
I'm still trying to wrap my head around that AC stat: more copies sold at launch than even New Leaf's total life-time sales?
Or rather, more revenue. I'm assuming New Horizons is a $60 game compared to something like New Leaf which would have launched at...what...$40 for the 3DS? Still, is it that far-fetched an idea to assume it's essentially more copies on top of more revenue?
Or rather, more revenue. I'm assuming New Horizons is a $60 game compared to something like New Leaf which would have launched at...what...$40 for the 3DS? Still, is it that far-fetched an idea to assume it's essentially more copies on top of more revenue?
Lmao, bookmarking this so I can use this gif.
Remember when people thought the 800-900k predictions were way too optimistic? lol
Also why the heck is Nintendo not releasing a PR? These are insane results.
Business is business.
SE commented about FF7
Capcom commented about RE3
Bethesda commented about Doom Eternal
Not really a big deal. It's just PR.
Thanks for confirming.
Insane numbers. GBA record was literally ERAs ago.
I have heard the argument a few times now but then we have had PRs from several other companies/publishers like Capcom or Square Enix just to name two of them so I don't know.
We don't get actual numbers in these reports. We'll hear how much it sold through March 31st at the earnings release on May 7th.
Honestly it feels like we're looking at a DS-like sales curve rather than a Wii one, albeit at a lesser magnitude. I could see something like 125M lifetime at this point.
The multiplayer achievements/trophies in Eternal aren't too bad. I was able to get them all and had some fun doing it. I don't think I'll ever get all of 2016's multiplayer achievements though, that requires a huge time investment.
Which is just insane. The greatest turnaround in video game history. The GC to Wii wasn't this huge.
Oh yeah DS/Wii crazy days are back!
Here a graphic representation of what happened in March (Boooousto Fayaaar Fur Powa):
People usually jump at throats when they see someone saying this but:
Switch is destined to sell over 100M. That's not even the target anymore.
Switch is destined to sell over 100M. That's not even the target anymore.