Lots of Nintendo games. Hopefully 3rd party games are meeting expectations. Indies seem to do well though.
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The best selling Switch games of 2017
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Given the fact that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is above Zelda in a lot of countries outside of the US (Japan, UK...), I am going to make the conclusion that this is only a US chart. It also lines up with DBX2 and FIFA's absences.
So, as far as we can tell:
- Zelda: Breath of the Wild - >4.7m (Sept)
- Super Mario Odyssey - >2m (Oct)
- Mario Kart 8 DX - >4.2m (Sept)
- Splatoon 2 - >3.61m (Sept)
- Mario + Rabbids
- Arms - >1.35m (Sept)
- 1, 2 Switch - >1.37m (Sept)
- Minecraft
- Stardew Valley
- Snipperclips - >350k (Apr)
- Sonic Mania
- Pokken DX
- Super Bomberman R - >500k (Apr)
- Skyrim
- Ultra Street Fighter II - >500k (Sept)
- Binding of Isaac Afterlife +
- Xenoblade 2
- Puyo Tetris
- Shovel Knight Treasure Trove
- Overcooked Special Edition
- Dragonball Xenoverse 2 - >400k (Sept)
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Not to be that guy but indies are third party :p They seem to understand the audience more than big publishers do.
Also I'd love more games like Puyo Puyo Tetris and Bomberman, and am happy to see they are some of the best selling physical third party games.
Do we know that for sure?
Odyssey has already passed MK8 in Japan, and in the US iirc (?)
Does Europe have a big MK8 lead over Odyssey or something?
Or are you saying it should be Odyssey, MK8, Zelda if it's WW?
That would make NBA's absence conspicuous, especially since Take Two were happy with it, yet apparently it can hardly manage decent sales in its main market.
Also, others have said that DBXV2 was popular in US.
Nintendo dominated the first year of software sales on the DS, in Japan accounting for 70-80% of all software sold. I seem to recall that system did ok for third party support. It's a deliberate strategy - said Iwata once upon a time:
I added that Skyrim comment from the NPD thread if it is US only. Then again as someone already said, if it was US only then NBA2k18 would likely be there due to how please Take Two was with Sales...
How does it line up with XV2 absense? It'd be the opposite.
Dragonball has charted in the Switch top 10 physical in 2 NPDs iirc.
UK isn't a great metric, but on the Switch only charts, it dropped quickly to 15-25 range.
And we know in general DBZ sells a lot in the US.
They've always had separate rankings for the two regions so far, I don't know why they would suddenly display worldwide charts on american accounts. Unless of course we get the same thing tomorrow in EU.
Also Isaac being there more likely means US than worldwide
DBXV2 debut on September (NPD) :
1. Mario & Rabbids: Kingdom Battle** (#5)
2. Mario Kart 8** (#11)
3. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild** (#9)
4. Pokken Tournament DX** (#13)
5. Splatoon 2** (#18)
6. ARMS** (non charting since July, it was at #17)
7. Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2**
8. FIFA 18**
9. Lego Worlds**
10. Rayman Legends**
name 2 games bigger than the top 4.
I do believe Minecraft could get up there but even as much as i have confidence in Skyrim it's not that surprising about where it's at.
The data points that worth focusing on are the placements of 12 switch, doom, street fighter and pokken.
we don't have much if it's US only.
Maybe just like a few old NPD numbers for Splatoon, and Zelda, and Kart. Which tell us nothing for 10-20 etc
And then October
- Super Mario Odyssey
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Mario Kart 8
- Fire Emblem: Warriors
- Pokken Tournament DX
- Splatoon 2
- Mario & Rabbids: Kingdom Battle
- FIFA 18
- NBA 2K18
- Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2
In Japan it's had legs. Maybe it has other places too.
ranking 7th wasn't even bad for a first month so I was confused by your post...
It did considerably well in Japan, its charting in the US is more in line with the fact that it's outside of the Top20.
In that case, if the ranking is by sales, the appropriate bar to use is >300k not >400k.
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I don't think so. BOTW is the best selling game of the console and continue to sell really well so I don't think that Mario Kart is really above it. But we'll see in months when they update their sales.
Thanks, added.
Take Two being happy isn't quite a sales metric unless we know the qualifications that would make them happy. Judging this list (if it is WW), I'd say Skyrim is >200k in the US (small drop in the bucket of 30m total sales, but it's probably within their expectations).
Alright so look at it.
We know Zelda is definitely over 1.7 Million retail(Mario's NPD numbers for October and November add up to Around that total).
So...
If US only
And What would be acceptable for Take Two to be pleased. The game all platforms sells towards an upwards of 8-10 Million so would 5%-10% suffice? If that would suffice then we would be looking at 400k-1million sales. If 1-4% would suffice Take Two then, then we would be looking at 80k-399k. I mean if we look at it from a perspective of launch sales. I doubt they would suffice with less than 200k. The game outsold Madden in its first month on the market in the US. Since it can be safe to assume that Madden does a million launch month than a few hundred thousand in September, NBA2k18 probably launched closer to 2 Million then 1 Million. I'm thinking it's around 300k in the US to be honest in terms or sales so far. If too high then at least above 100k. Which would confirm all these titles above 100k.
We know Zelda is definitely over 1.7 Million retail(Mario's NPD numbers for October and November add up to Around that total).
So...
If US only
- Zelda: Breath of the Wild-x>1.7 Million
- Super Mario Odyssey-x>1.7 Million
- Mario Kart 8 DX-Mario Odyssey>x>1.2 million(I'm just taking NPD Numbers we know)
- Splatoon 2-x>800k(someone calculated around this total)
- Mario + Rabbids ?
- Arms-x>300k
- 1, 2 Switch. X>150k
- Minecraft ?
- Stardew Valley ?
- Snipperclips. ?
- Sonic Mania. ?
- Pokken DX. ?
- Super Bomberman-x>150k
- Skyrim-x>100k
- Ultra Street Fighter II ~100k<?
- Binding of Isaac Afterlife + ?
- Xenoblade 2 ?
- Puyo Tetris. ?
- Shovel Knight Treasure Trove ?
- Overcooked Special Edition. ?
And What would be acceptable for Take Two to be pleased. The game all platforms sells towards an upwards of 8-10 Million so would 5%-10% suffice? If that would suffice then we would be looking at 400k-1million sales. If 1-4% would suffice Take Two then, then we would be looking at 80k-399k. I mean if we look at it from a perspective of launch sales. I doubt they would suffice with less than 200k. The game outsold Madden in its first month on the market in the US. Since it can be safe to assume that Madden does a million launch month than a few hundred thousand in September, NBA2k18 probably launched closer to 2 Million then 1 Million. I'm thinking it's around 300k in the US to be honest in terms or sales so far. If too high then at least above 100k. Which would confirm all these titles above 100k.
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We're talking about games that sold so well on a single-platform basis that their sales numbers, if migrated to another platform, would have ranked pretty high on any of the current consoles.
I can bet you anything that Mario Kart is above. It was already catching up (1.38m in favor of Zelda until 30/06, 280k in favor of Zelda until the 30/09) and with the Holiday it is performing a better than Zelda.
it's leggy in Japan, but we don't know what it opened at.
It's first month in the US could've been a lot higher than what it did in Japan.
And this is without digital.
So honestly we don't really know.
All we have is 400k Shipped for Xenoverse 2 by November.
By that time in Japan Famitsu had it around 50k sold.
I mean...
It's just my observation. 3rd Party support and sales aren't looking much diffeeent than previous consoles.
I'm not going to participate in a list war or say which games 'deserve' more sales. That's up to Switch owners to decide.
No surprise seeing most Nintendo games in there, same for Minecraft/Skyrim/Sonic, but really glad to see some of those in the top 20, like Puyo Puyo Tetris, Overcooked and Shovel Knight, despite releasing way later.
I hope Nintendo does that every year, same for Sony/MS!
I hope Nintendo does that every year, same for Sony/MS!
Yeah might be that we will get it later since it's shortly after midnight
Well, yeah. Anyone who thinks Switch is going to be a portable AAA machine is kidding themselves.
You'll get Nintendo games, Nintendo/retro-inspired games, offbeat games, mid-tier games, and occasional ports from friendly publishers.
Yeah, because I'm not sure they would have staff working at that hour to begin with. Haha
Edit: it probably would be US only then.
