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NPD October 2017: Shadow of War #1 SW, Nintendo Switch #1 HW
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Yeah you did. Saw your tweet prediction yesterday.
Shrug. I can't see NIN digital sales. Wish I could.
Evil Within 1 and 2 spoilers
It doesn't address Ruvik escaping at the end of the first game at all and only if you get all the slides do you find out that Jonathan survived the first game with no details as to where he's been or what he's been up to. Those plot lines need to be concluded.
I mean on the one hand, that's probably a great result for EOV
On the other hand, it's probably far more indicative of the state of 3DS software releases and general interest than anything else
There's still many questions from the first game.
Above all:
What's going on with Ruvik and Leslie
At first I was like, "Who beat Mario?" And then I saw the games were multiplatform titles that had a lot of hype and then I was like, "Yeah, I understand now." lol
As expected, Shadow of War is in first place. I was expecting it because of the sales in Steam.
Odyssey and Origins did great! I'm happy for them. Wolfenstein 2 though, isn't this really bad for them? Another Besthesda game in a position like this.
And finally, Switch in first place. I'm expecting it to be in the same position in the next two months (I can see PS4 being in first tho).
Odyssey and Origins did great! I'm happy for them. Wolfenstein 2 though, isn't this really bad for them? Another Besthesda game in a position like this.
And finally, Switch in first place. I'm expecting it to be in the same position in the next two months (I can see PS4 being in first tho).
Zelda and Mario Kart out selling FE:W on its launch month, ech. Was hoping for a better performance from it. But I guess thats what happens when its released a week before Odyssey and Zelda and MK are evergreen titles that are "must buys" for new customers. Really think they should have made FE:W their late September title with Pokken releasing early September.
In UK and Spain digital had 22% share on Switch (PS4 had 53%). Probably around the same in US.
It did chart, at #17.
It could be but it's doubtful. Nintendo platforms tend to have a smaller digital ratio.
I know I bought it digital though.
To be clear on these numbers. Shadow of War's tracked the entire month since it launched at the end of september. While games like AC:O, Wolfenstien and Mario only tracked for 2 or 3 days. The latter two not including digital sales.
I noticed that after I made the post (damn Safari search function). I edited the post accordingly, but it at #17 does still worry me. Maybe Odyssey kinda ate into the hype?
Bigger story on Odyssey to me is that it's the 3rd biggest Action Mario launch in packaged SW sales since '95. That's amazing. Add a reasonable digital extrap? Odyssey is doing amazing things!
Great to see Nintendo back on top of the heap... also great to see Forza selling well, given the remarkable quality and consistency of the franchise, it deserves it.
I didnt buy the Evil Within because when I have no hype for a game, I typically wont spend 60 bucks unless the metacritic is at least 80-85
Waiting on Wolfenstein 2 because I already have a huge back log and unlike Nintendo games, 3rd party game prices readily plummet.
Skyrim switch is on its way though, Bethesda!
hey Mat, can you confirm how many days of the trifecta (Wolfenstein, ACO and Mario) were tracked?
It's definitely the Mustache T-Rexes. I swear.
Oh and it being Mario and a good game as well. I guess
Remember, Mario bundles had the digital game, so it's really possible
It was 22% for all their devices, 3DS and WiiU included. Switch digital share should be higher than that.
FEW should've been delayed to Q1 2018.
Pokken and Mario were honestly good enough for Sept and Oct in terms of 1st Party. FEW didn't really move the needle.
Unless we're getting a lot of Q1 games we don't know about yet or something
So I went back and looked at the November 2013 NPD charts, and wow, I had no idea Mario 3D World didn't even make the Top 10 that month,
What a turn around.
What a turn around.
Poor reviews + GT "Sport" instead of being actually GT7 probably hurt it a lot.
Forza released in early october, GT — mid october. Also, modern GT titles are strong mostly in Europe.
A more interesting question is how it compared to AC:O with digital sales included, since they were released the same week at the very end of the month. I'm curious how Mario would've compared if it had a week or two of more sales included
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