Smash Ultimate is the best selling game of 2018 on Amazon so far, based off preorders alone.

[Phendrift]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/2018/videogames

Of course Amazon tends to lean towards Nintendo more in terms of game sales, and surely isn't a representation of the entire software market, however I thought this was pretty noteable.

We're 4-5 months out from release, and the game is already the best selling of the year.

I truly think this game will be huge, even for the series, and could even do better than most think.

I actually believe at this point, Smash will be the primary driver of Switches over Pokémon LGP/LGE. What are your expectations for it?

 

[Dark Cloud]

Talent won.

 

[ILikeFeet]

Smash to tear ass across sales boards worldwide

 

[jon bones]

damn, top 3 games have Mario on the cover

 

[Principate]

PSN cards are next! haha

 

[Renna Hazel]

I'm expecting it to break 4 million in it's first month in America. Would be the biggest Nintendo launch by a long shot.

 

[Neoxon]

While Amazon only represents a portion of potential sales, I guess we can take this as a good sign for Smash.

I have yet to pre-order Smash myself, but I'll likely get on it via Best Buy once I have some more cash set aside for the game.

 

[Herb Alpert]

This is going to be massive

 

[Clefargle]

I want that bundle with the sexy dock

 

[Wander_]

hype is real

 

[cw_sasuke]

This doesnt tell us anything new...game has been dominating the preorder charts since its announcements - and Sony/Amazon had beef for a couple of months otherwise God of War would probably higher as well.

 

[~Fake]

PSN card goty.

 

[Grand Staff]

Awesome! Really excited to see the sales and how much of a push the Switch will get from both Smash and Pokemon!

 

[ClickyCal']

Smash beating Lets go would be really satisfying.

 

[MisterHero]

I'm buying the GC bundle and all the DLC and all the 3rd Party character amiibos!

Smash is gonna make a lot of money!

 

[Dark Cloud]

Why is nobody talking about Metroid Prime 4 being in the top 3?!

 

[darkside]

This doesnt tell us anything new...game has been dominating the preorder charts since its announcements - and Sony/Amazon had beef for a couple of months otherwise God of War would probably higher as well.

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Yeah.

I'm more surprised by how far down you have to go to find Pokemon

 

[Kouriozan]

Better get that prime discount while it lasts.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

I likely will wait until November or something to preorder, zero rush. In the worst of cases with the grand majority of my titles being digital I wouldn't mind buying digital, but resale value of these games is insane when it comes time to sell shit to afford new consoles so it's silly to not buy physical.

 

[Renna Hazel]

Why is nobody talking about Metroid Prime 4 being in the top 3?!

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Because that's the hourly chart, and Prime rose up because the Amazon Prime discount is ending. This topic is about the yearly chart.

 

[Zedark]

It should be noted that the rush on amazon preorders following the announcement of the termination of Prime discounts seems to have had a large impact on yearly numbers (Super Mario Party also jumped many position in the yearly ranking, for example). Still, it's quite impressive how Smash Ultimate has been received and is getting n preorders (as per Benji's comment of Smash probably going to be the biggest launch for Nintendo ever).

 

[Deleted member 401]

Waiting for the Gamecube controller bundle to be announced for North America before I preorder, but I've already preordered Ridley, Wolf, and another Gamecube controller.

 

[Cyanity]

Waluigi got robbed

 

[MinerArcaniner]

PSN card goty.

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Selling the game in different price tiers was a master stroke on Sony's part.

OT: I cannot wait to see how well this game does at launch. It's my most anticipated game of the year.

 

[tolkir]

 

[ClickyCal']

Why is nobody talking about Metroid Prime 4 being in the top 3?!

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It's just the hourly thing.

 

[Dark Cloud]

Because that's the hourly chart, and Prime rose up because the Amazon Prime discount is ending. This topic is about the yearly chart.

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Ah I was looking at the wrong chart.

 

[Vire]

King K Rool pushed me over the edge brehs

 

[Deleted member 36578]

I haven't even pre ordered it yet. Add a +1

 

[Neoxon]

Smash beating Lets go would be really satisfying.

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If Let's Go sells similarly to other remakes, Smash would beat it anyway. But since Let's Go is also the first pair of Pokémon games on the Switch, it'll likely get a bit of a boost in sales compared to other remakes.

 

[Stinkinmushroom]

Probably cause Ps4 games are still out of stock most of the times on amazon though

 

[DevilMayGuy]

Very impressive.

 

[H-I-M]

What changed hype-wise between this one and the one on the U? Why didn't the latter also break records?

 

[Hyun Sai]

Fighting Games are not niche !

 

[RROCKMAN]

Waiting for the Gamecube controller bundle to be announced for North America before I preorder, but I've already preordered Ridley, Wolf, and another Gamecube controller.

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If you have prime btw the deal ends in two days. I personally have the standard on preorder while I wait for the controller edition

 

[The Argus]

Not surprising, you can't pre-order Spiderman and king RDR2 on Amazon.

Games gonna be huge though.

 

[ILikeFeet]

quite frankly, I find the shop cards more interesting. gift cards are more popular while short term subscription cards are more popular

the first nintendo card shows up at #38. wonder how subscriptions will do on Amazon

 

[Leek]

Fighting Games are not niche !

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Is Smash considered a fighting game? I've never thought of it as one

 

[gordofredito]

Talent won.

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Talent always wins

 

[Noppie]

What changed hype-wise between this one and the one on the U? Why didn't the latter also break records?

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The latter was on the U and had a 3DS version.

 

[Gold Arsene]

What changed hype-wise between this one and the one on the U? Why didn't the latter also break records?

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Because this one isn't on the Wii U.

 

[Derrick01]

Easy to do when you can't order most of the other big games on the site I suppose.

 

[Tracygill]

Fighting Games are not niche !

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Smash isn't a fighting game.

 

[Deleted member 401]

If you have prime btw the deal ends in two days. I personally have the standard on preorder while I wait for the controller edition

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I have GCU at Best Buy until next year.

 

[RROCKMAN]

What changed hype-wise between this one and the one on the U? Why didn't the latter also break records?

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1. Snake
2. Its on an popular system
3. Key people on both Nintendo and Sony platforms are in this game
4.Snake

 

[Dark Cloud]

Is Smash considered a fighting game? I've never thought of it as one

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It has a Final Smash Meter, so yes.

 

[Neoxon]

Is Smash considered a fighting game? I've never thought of it as one

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In the broad sense, Smash is a fighting game. But regarding sales, unless it's Smash or an NRS game, fighting games typically sell around 1-3 million units as of recently.

 

[Principate]

Talent always wins

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I declare WITCHERY!!! All three Playstation store cards have exactly 30,978 ratings?

 

[Phendrift]

What changed hype-wise between this one and the one on the U? Why didn't the latter also break records?

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Because the other one was on the Wii U primarily.

Thought it also helps that this one looks way better too.

 

[RROCKMAN]

I have GCU at Best Buy until next year.

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You have no idea how jealous I am.


Cheers!