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[NPD] Nintendo Switch sells 735,926 units in the U.S. in October, second-highest October ever for a home console
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Substituting 513k for 365k in June gives us 5582k. That means Switch needs to sell 4.42 million units in Nov+Dec to match 10m for the full calendar year 2020.
Wow, I got warned for this post? Maybe I should use /S more. 🤦♂️ I thought I couldn't be more obvious.
Come on, ColdSun
I apologize if this isn't the right place to ask, but where is the full non-Nintendo/Switch focused October 2020 NPD thread?
Thats ok, there are plenty of other cool games to like. Sometimes i also feel tired about their games too, just like from time to time I dont even wanna look at another 3rd person action narrative driven game.
it's pretty obvious that they were being sarcastic :/
January-October comparison for Switch sales in the US:
Funny thing is that the gap is widening again with 2019 in terms of YoY growth. For reference 2019 was the best year for a platform in the US this generation.
Funny thing is that the gap is widening again with 2019 in terms of YoY growth. For reference 2019 was the best year for a platform in the US this generation.
Later today when the report comes out.
The Switch number was shared in a press release.
Ironically enough, SMT V will be released worldwide on the same day thanks to Nintendo. It's a post-apocalypyic 3rd person turn-based game but close enough. SMT III is already out too, so big cinematic AAA games are the only one not on Switch and tbh I'm not missing them one bit.
That Blue Wave.January-October comparison for Switch sales in the US:
Funny thing is that the gap is widening again with 2019 in terms of YoY growth. For reference 2019 was the best year for a platform in the US this generation.
I have Switch at 22.57 million units in total with this month, which is fine with the article.
The one thing that makes no sense is the 63 million "sold in" from Nintendo lol, that was sold through and was from 2 months ago.
Switch is still pretty popular on Era/online. That's the real contrast with the Wii in that core gamers (and press) have also fully embraced and continue supporting the platform. This is a Red Ocean Market Leader.
Lmao at people in this thread who don't get it. Use your imagination. You can throw this thing in a backpack. Imagine the hordes of teenagers taking these to school to play Smash in the cafeteria. Imagine not having one and feeling left out. Imagine sleepovers, vacations, roadtrips etc... and being able to take your system with you. The Switch is a cultural phenomenon. A full fledged Nintendo home console you can experience on the go.
On top of all that, Nintendo has successfully positioned themselves as the go-to family brand by appealing to a much larger audience. My wife logs into Animal Crossing once a week to play online with our 10 year old niece, for example, and I just can't picture this on any other system.
Nintendo continues to thrive as a household brand because they've captured a corner of the market that Microsoft and Sony simply can't touch. It's one of the reasons why Nintendo is always comfortable ignoring their own competitors in business statements.
On top of all that, Nintendo has successfully positioned themselves as the go-to family brand by appealing to a much larger audience. My wife logs into Animal Crossing once a week to play online with our 10 year old niece, for example, and I just can't picture this on any other system.
Nintendo continues to thrive as a household brand because they've captured a corner of the market that Microsoft and Sony simply can't touch. It's one of the reasons why Nintendo is always comfortable ignoring their own competitors in business statements.
But splatoon is one of the biggest games on the system!
Edit: I'm way too late on this take.
I've actually tried quite a few switch games thanks to friends and family. I liked fire emblem, smash is fun but I've been playing smash for over 20 years now it's nothing special anymore, hated BoTW, never liked animal crossing, not a splatoon or mario kart person, ive been burned out on platformers for years so none of them interest me. The most exciting switch game to me was marvel alliance when it was announced, but then it was terrible. Metroid would interest me, but it's vaporware at this point.
It's the most disconnected I've felt from a console ever, just an odd situation. I get why people like the hardware, portably is important in many peoples lives.
Just FYI Metroid is absolutely not vaporware. Supposedly a new 2D Metroid is happening likely next year and Metroid Prime 4 is probably aiming for 2022, since it did officially get rebooted in 2019 (though rumor has it Retro has been working on it since early 2018).
Either way we've been told Metroid fans will be well taken care of on Switch, it just might take a bit longer.
Up until September (I'll update it again after the Holidays):
No, no. They couldn't even beat out the Wii for the #1 spot. Still "Nintendo Doomed"-o'clock.
LMAO
Don't think it was back in January, but the world's a bit of a different place right now.
Man, how i love sales threads on Resetera! Media Create Threads, to name the best sales thread wekk for week! Incredible people, with incredible charts and work they put into everything! Just great!!
At this point, if the Switch doesn't fall of a cliff, i will easily outsell the PS4's total sales. I think at this point we start to have to compare it to PS2 and DS cuz there is not much else left.
Almost always December. 2018 was an exception where Cyber Monday fell in November.
Thanks for this!
Yup, Switch is headed for some historic lifetime performance. Also with Bowser mentioning that the Switch is still a long way from the end of its life, there is an opportunity for the system to approach the record holders imo. The system should be approaching 90M by the end of March, so just over 4 years in. And year 5 has been rumoured to be a flagship year in terms of software, so that should keep up momentum a lot as well I feel.
(And with the Dutch government (an advisory body, to be exact) telling us vaccinations might just take OVER A YEAR even if they get their hands on one by the start of 2021, this whole COVID business won't be over soon, either 😢 )
well yeah, as is the case with all nintendo games. i was expecting it to do better tho.
Quite the overreaction xD
For all we know the gap between No 10 and 20 might just be 50k or something.
It seems it appealed way more to Japan than elsewhere. But I'd wait until we get concrete numbers in January (or February?) before assuming it bombed worldwide.