Not to mention the last month delivering Mario Tennis Aces, Fortnite, Hollow Knight, Crash N Sane Trilogy, the first arcade port of Donkey Kong, Paladins, Pocket Rumble, Limbo, Inside, YS VIII, Runbow, Blazblue Cross Tag Battle (in Europe, late May in America), Lumines Remastered, Just Shapes and Beats and a ton more.
yeah, it had many games released but how many of these are new (non port, non "already known" indie) games? Mario Tennis, Pocket Rumble? which leads up to the "Octopath making waves on Amazon"
Can you tell me if you are just trolling? Because if you are, I don't want to waste a lot of time replying.
no, i am not.
let me tell you in another way:
when there isn´t much new to play people are looking also into games that they normally wouldn´t play, especially if the next arrivals of really new (non port, non indie) games are when? in the fall/winter? then, many people are like "60$ whatever, i want something new(!) to play on the system" especially if people already played the other releases on other systems, then it is easier to justify an exclusive game for full price because it´s only available on this system
take look on ebay 3 days after Octopath release and you will see many copies from people who thought it would be for them but ultimately are not willing to play a retro pixel Jrpg for 60-80hours. They presented the game as if it was from Nintendo since the Switch reveal and many people will buy everything Nintendo puts out, regardless of price or style. Hell, if the price was really a factor, Nintendo wouldn´t have sold as many Switches as they did...
Mario Tennis was also a bestseller on Amazon and a few days later ebay got flooded with used copies, same for Tropical Freeze...many people also know that Switch physical copies are sold out on Amazon shortly after release and that´s also a factor to consider why there are so many pre orders.
The game will sell really well, that´s for sure, if it´s real interest or "the thirst", no one can tell, that´s also for sure