Nintendo Switch Sales nearly Double after Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Release

The Nintendo Switch continues to outsell the competition, even with limited availability in stores. Since the release of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Nintendo has managed to sell even more consoles, and nearly doubled last weeks numbers.

[prankster101]

74,217 in comparison to 48,694 is a really good sales figure. But even Wii U sales spiked when the console received a certain hot Nintendo property.

Let's talk sales figures again when the Switch's honeymoon period is over, and when all the AAA publishers start releasing their games around Xmas. Because I'm pretty sure the likes of Assassins Creed, FIFA, and COD (which won't be having their best versions on Switch) are going to absolutely annihilate anything by Nintendo. Pokemon and Mario included...

http://metro.co.uk/2017/01/...

Yep, Pokemon is no where near the Top 10.

[C_Ali88]

Thats a pretty bad assessment. You're literally talking about the place in which Nintendo has had the least market penetration for the past decade.

Plus its a smaller market than the other two which means it has little bearing on WW sales. Thats like saying Microsoft is depending on Japan. Nintendo needs the UK to be successful but isn't dependent upon them.

http://www.vgchartz.com/gam...

http://www.vgchartz.com/gam...

7 mill COD WW since November 2016

13 Million Pokemon since November 2016

You mind actually looking at numbers before you spew drivel. Funny that you show a article for "Best Selling games of 2016" comprised of games that game out only a month before the end of the year, so in doing so you unknowingly were only taking in a FEW weeks of initial sales. 13>7 Pokemon annihilates COD.

AC is trash and rehashed to hell. So I'd say keep on in your wishful thinking but you aren't backing it up by fact.

[prankster101]

https://www.gamespot.com/ar...

US figures... Pokemon isn't in the top 10.

By the way, we are talking sales figures. Not your opinion on whether a certain franchise is trash or not.

[C_Ali88]

Top Ten for What? Is 13 million<7 million? I'm lost, If we are talking sales figure Pokemon DESTROYED COD. Bring up all the charts you want. I want to know how much it has sold since release and if its not more than 13 million then your point is moot.

http://www.vgchartz.com/gam...

AC Syndicate 3.54 million.
COD IW: 7 million

Even these combined don't equal Pokemon sales over ONE console the 3ds, While all the games you mentioned came out on multiple platforms...Ps4 Xone, PC

Oh and Switch is getting Fifa wanna bet Japan eats it up?

[prankster101]

@C_Ali88

I used Top 10 according to 2016. But you used VGChartz...

http://www.vgchartz.com/yea...

In that chart, Pokemon is number 1 (as a franchise title) and got 12million - on a format that has over 60 million users. But if we are talking about franchise title sales (across all platforms), and according to VGChartz, FIFA 17 on PS4 and XB1 (without taking into account its sales on PS3), beat it by getting over over 13million sales. That fact is still true today.

PS4 - http://www.vgchartz.com/gam...
XBox One - http://www.vgchartz.com/gam...

[C_Ali88]

Hahahaha you know you lost when you have to revert to Fifa sales and again as I said Switch is getting Fifa also your point is moot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...

Where's the top COD game? Where's the Top Pokemon game? That will tell you enough.

Oh I almost forgot Super Mario Odyssey in the Winter........ I think AC, COD should be worried Pokemon isn't added to that.

You were wrong on your points about how Pokemon gets destroyed and yet rest your whole argument on FIFA, A video game simulator of the most popular sport in the WORLD??

Fifa doesn't move systems its sold on a yearly basis and is replaced yearly by those same console owners. Switch isn't scared of Fifa, again seeing as Switch is getting FIFA I'm lost to your actual point...

So that's your argument? Switch may do bad because Fifa will do better on Ps4 or Xone? LOL

How does Fifa selling 13 million across 2 platforms affect the Switch adversely? Or better yet which game made their company more money? I'd say Pokemon, Sony doesn't count MS sales, and MS doesn't count what Sony sells. So whether they sold 13 Millions COMBINED only bodes well for EA.

You're missing the point, to develop consoles and software is to make money. Not to be on some arbitrary "TOP" chart. To the layman sales=success but it is in fact a return on investment the company is looking for units sold are gauge of a games profitability.

So fifa selling great is great for EA....but how does that hurt the Switch?

Facile argument at most.

[prankster101]

@ C_Ali88

I don't know man... I did say use FIFA in my original argument (by which I meant AAA third party games in general)... But since you used Wiki, and excluding pack-in games, Overwatch or Diablo haven't needed Nintendo. And Pokemon isn't even a proper in-house Nintendo franchise.

The last time Nintendo had a proper first party hit, or a game that was typically associated with their system, and was not an pack-in game, was Wii Fit Plus in 2009 - during the Wii gimmick-era party phase.

In the meantime, you've got so many third parties that have absolutely had no need for what Nintendo has offered, and the market has also also shown that aside from Pokemon (not a first party title - even if it is exclusive to Nintendo), that Nintendo has very few franchises (first or third party) that resonate with modern day audiences.

In short, and in modern day terms, Nintendo have access to very few franchises that players care about to the extent that they are major sellers, or capable of selling systems in a major way. Nintendo doesn't have serious third party support (as evidenced by so many AAA games announced recently - that have essentially ignored the Switch), and if and when those AAA games do come to Nintendo systems, the demographic wanting to play those games usually plays them on other consoles that provide a superior experience.

Also, I thought the whole point of a console was for it to be a platform that would host a library of games that players would want. Not ONE game, which is the core of your argument and what Nintendo have been advocating (according to sales stats).

Again, and using my earliest argument: "Because I'm pretty sure the likes of Assassins Creed, FIFA, and COD (which won't be having their best versions on Switch) are going to absolutely annihilate anything by Nintendo. Pokemon and Mario included..."

When I say this, I really do mean the combined sales of AAA games in general across all formats. Versus Nintendo's insistence on wanting to rely largely on its first party (and Pokemon) games alone.

[mikeslemonade]

Haha when will people learn that MK is overrated. Racing is lame.

[C_Ali88]

Proper in house or not Pokemon is first Party.... There is no debating who is reaping the rewards off of Pokemon. Also to your point about triple A games or third party games, has Monster Hunter needed Sony or MS? Yokai Watch?? Nintendo is courting third parties but given their track record it isn't as easy as reaching out. Skyrim (albeit old) is a start, Fifa is a start...

So the last Pokemon games weren't hits? Mario Maker wasn't a hit? Zelda wasn't a hit? Dragon Quest 11 coming to Switch doesn't equate? Shin Megami Tensei doesn't either? Sonic Mania? Sonic Forces? Fire Emblem Warriors? Disgaea 5? Dragonball Xenoverse 2? Minecraft? Nba 2k18? Those mean nothing?

Look Nintendo hasn't had the best 3rd party support stemming from their policies following SNES, then media format changes that industry didnt accept, N64 cartridge vs CD, Gamecube proprietary mini disc vs DVD etc... but your initial argument:

"Again, and using my earliest argument: "Because I'm pretty sure the likes of Assassins Creed, FIFA, and COD (which won't be having their best versions on Switch) are going to absolutely annihilate anything by Nintendo. Pokemon and Mario included..."

Is WHOLLY incorrect given that the only game you mentioned that would outsell Pokemon AND Mario is across 2 platforms AND also coming to the Switch. Do you not realize why I keep referring to your argument as moot? Because it is inherently predicated on a perceived bias and not FACTUAL NUMBERS to corroborate your argument.

AC, COD in fact do NOT destroy Pokemon or Mario but I will concede having those franchises may help with Nintendo's image and sales but Nintendo makes money REGARDLESS that's what one must appreciate about Nintendo. Fifa is coming but when the Ps4 and Xone sell more software units people will only say "Nintendo console owners don't want third party" So which is it? Are these games important to Nintendo's success or not? The argument is ongoing and quite frankly can be spun both ways.

[prankster101]

GTAV has "destroyed" Pokemon... If only because the PS4 version came out in Nov 2014 and has already garnered 15.07m sales ( http://www.vgchartz.com/gam... on a system that has sold 56m ( http://www.vgchartz.com/pla... Pokemon X/Y came out a year earlier in Oct 2013 and has sold 15.27m ( http://www.vgchartz.com/gam... on the 64m selling 3DS ( http://www.vgchartz.com/pla...

Also, has Nintendo really made that much money off of Pokemon?

I'm speculating here... But if Nintendo only owns 32% of The Pokemon company ( https://www.theverge.com/20... surely it's worth stating that Nintendo doesn't make as much money as it would like, and whilst the Pokemon games are exclusive to its platforms, they probably don't make that much more than the typical third party licensed game - which is around 1/3 anyway. So Pokemon isn't really that much of a money spinner when compared to what Nintendo would normally make off of a typical third party licensed game fee.

[davand114]

Wasn't Splatoon also a big hit?

[JLynn943]

@prankster At the very least you're ignoring Pokemon's status as a system seller. I know many people that bought the 3DS specifically to play Pokemon games. Pretty sure Nintendo gets more than 1/3 of the money generated from their system sales...

[mcstorm]

Wow this has gone on for ages. Also Pokémon makes Nintendo a shedload of cash. Look at Pokémon Go and how much that made.
At the end of the day who cares how much each game makes each console or which game sells the most. Buy the console you want and enjoy the games you want. I've got a switch and Xbox one as they offer the most games I want over Xbox with ps or ps with switch. Not that I hate Sony just don't offer me as many ips I want and Nintendo and Microsoft.

[Kribwalker]

Well amazon year to date has Mario Kart as the top selling game of the year so far, followed by Zelda as the 2nd best selling game of the year, beating horizon zero dawn and its 9+ million more users in the USA, so I'd say that's a great start

https://www.amazon.com/gp/b...

[Lime123]

I don't see Halo Wars 2

[Erik7357]

Because I'm pretty sure the likes of Assassins Creed, FIFA, and COD (which won't be having their best versions on Switch) are going to absolutely annihilate anything by Nintendo"

Wrong.Sad.

Mario kart on wii sold 35 million, they dont even come close to outselling a nintendo game on a popular console or even get close to the ratings nintendo gets for their games.

They will sale and rate better if they release on a big user base

[Erik7357]

Pull up a stupid article saying top 10 game sales instead of raw data.

Ever thought it was a typo and they could make a mistake?

[prankster101]

https://www.forbes.com/site...

Forbes is a pretty reliable source. And above are "The Best-Selling Games Of 2016".

Pokemon isn't in it.

[ABizzel1]

There's no point in gauging Switch sales until Summer at the earliest where supply should be at a steady stream and there are no boosted numbers for a big release.

[C_Ali88]

Give up the argument.. You can keep moving the goal posts to try and make a valid point but it's lost on the fact that you've already made so many invalid and unqualified points that its a pretty fruitless endeavor.

We can go from talking from COD to AC to FIFA and now finally GTA. GTA is insanely popular nobody would deny that but how does this fit in to what you said about THIS FALL? and Pokemon and Mario being Annihilated???

All of a sudden the argument changes from that to what ever contrived argument you're putting forth now. Somehow that Pokemon doesn't make Nintendo THAT much money????? LOL!!!!

"The intense Poké-craze of 2016 that started with Pokémon Go carried forward right into Sun & Moon. According to a Nintendo financial report released today, the 3DS game has already sold 14.6 million copies.

The publisher also said the mobile hit fueled growth of the Pokémon back catalog, which led to a 10-percent year-over-year growth in 3DS sales and 20-percent year-over-year growth of 3DS software sales from the period of April to December. This helped offset the continual poor performance of the Wii U, which saw plummeting sales for both hardware (75-percent drop year-over-year) and software (46-percent decrease).

http://www.gameinformer.com...

In total, the company netted $569 million in profit, a strong positive swing from previous quarter, when the company reported losses of $51.7 million."

570 Million in profit seem like chump change to you?

Finally yes, you are indeed speculating but that's mostly what my argument has been about. You present very little fact to validate your initial statement and when facts proved otherwise you brought up GTA. Ummm yeah ok!

Nobody is arguing Nintendo won't need third party support i'm arguing that you somehow believe Nintendo doesn't sell a CRAPLOAD of games themselves. And that is an ignorant stance to take. Nintendo is one of the biggest Video Game Devs/Publishers on the Planet... Annually top 3.. So Clearly AC, COD, FIFA do not crush Nintendo franchises especially when we haven't mentioned SSB, A 2d Mario, Metroid etc...

[prankster101]

Pokemon wasn't the best selling game for 2016 and isn't even in the Top 10 - https://www.gamespot.com/ar...

If however, you decide to move the goal posts, as you clearly are doing, then one can argue that Pokemon isn't even a proper first party title. Nintendo only owns a third of a stake in the developer. So therefore can't take full credit.

Also, and given that you used VGChartz... http://www.vgchartz.com/yea... even if Pokemon was the best selling game in 2016 (according to format), Nintendo has nothing else anywhere near the top. In fact, the next Nintendo associated game comes in at 22. Both of which happen to be on the 64million selling 3DS.

In comparison, FIFA, Uncharted, COD, BF1, GTAV (all for the PS4) take the place as being the best 2-6 Top Selling titles according to system respectively. How's that for a healthy ecosystem on a machine that isn't even as popular as Nintendo's best selling 3DS?

Uncharted is a first party Sony effort and comes in 3rd.

Gears of War 4 is a first party MS effort and comes in at 15.

The highest Nintendo first party effort is Super Mario Maker on 3DS, and despite the 3DS's 64million userbase, it barely comes in as the 26th highest selling game according to format.

Nothing which Nintendo developed / published even came close to the Top 5 (according to format) in 2015. http://www.vgchartz.com/yea...

So to paraphrase what you've just said... "Nintendo doesn't sell a CRAPLOAD of games themselves". And Nintendo is NOT "one of the biggest Video Game Devs/Publishers on the Planet... Annually top 3". Therefore, your statement is categorically false and based on a fabricated truth that you have concocted up yourself in order to placate whatever warped reality you want to maintain inside your head.

[C_Ali88]

I've moved the goalposts? Lol NO, I have refuted every lame brained comment you have had. Then you proceed to carry on as if you are still fully believing in your correctness. Nobody is talking about 2016 because it is 2017...Pokemon sold better END OF STORY..

Will not reply to ignorance any further...

Keep bringing up OTHER games and tell me how that stopped Mk7 15million, MKWiii 30 million, Pokemon S/M 13 million, YOU CAN'T!!! so you continue round and round with your facile argument accumulating disagrees but still apparently hell bent on appearing right.. Hate to break it to you you lost your point a while ago.

You aren't too bright..... Pokemon is a proper first party title, if you can show me where ANYBODY lists Pokemon as a third party title I'll concede... But you won't because it is A FIRST PARTY IP....

http://www.metacritic.com/f... WHO IS NUMBER ONE???

http://www.metacritic.com/f... Number 4???

http://www.metacritic.com/f... Number 6?

Be quiet they make a crapload of games you just sound ignorant at this point..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...

Major publishers
Below are the largest publishers in general according to their revenue in BIllions of Euros.

2015 Name of Publisher Revenue in €billion

1 Japan Sony Interactive Entertainment- 9.89
2 China Tencent- 7.73
3 United States Microsoft Game Studios- 7.25
4 Japan Nintendo- 3.92
5 United States Activision Blizzard- 3.32
6 United States Electronic Arts- 3.25
7 Japan Bandai Namco Games- 2.05
8 Sweden King Digital Entertainment 1.7
9 South Korea Nexon 1.55
10 France Ubisoft 1.46

So who makes Fifa?? EA is Nintendo a bigger publisher than EA?? YUP
Battlefield?? EA Again??
COD?? Activision?? Nintendo As big as them?? YUP

Nintendo 3DS games which have sold or shipped at least one million copies

Pokémon X and Y 16.11 million

Pokémon Sun and Moon 15.44 million

Mario Kart 7 15.22 million

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire 13.74 million

New Super Mario Bros. 2 11.27 million

Super Mario 3D Land 11.27 million

Animal Crossing: New Leaf 10.97 million

don't even know what you're talking about dude. Just showed you Nintendo mad half a BILLION dollars on Pokemon and you still ramble on.

[prankster101]

Also... Nintendo might have done semi-well with "$569 million in profit" (as you say).

https://www.engadget.com/20...

But Sony's gaming division did "roughly $1.1 billion" in profit.

https://venturebeat.com/201...

Even MS "generated $1.928 billion in revenues from Xbox and Windows 10 gaming" last quarter alone.

[C_Ali88]

@ Prankster

Read those AGAIN... Neither of those refer to profit but rather revenue and to get profit you must minus expenditures from that 1.9 billion, smarty!!!... In that case !

https://amigobulls.com/stoc...

Nintendo Net Sales or Revenues
4.19B

OR a BILLION A QUARTER and that was with WII U.

try again.. PROFIT is the name of the game.

You don't know much about financials do you?

[prankster101]

You're not refuting anything. Just resorting to insults and merely taking full credit for an IP (Pokemon) that Nintendo doesn't even wholly own. It is published by them, but they don't wholly own the IP - only a third. Therefore, their profit margin isn't as equal as to what a normal first party Nintendo developed and published title would generate.

You say: "Pokemon is a proper first party title".

https://www.engadget.com/20...

The experts say: "Many people associate Pokemon with Nintendo, and for good reason: The company has published the games since their inception in the 1990s and it owns a third of The Pokemon Company itself."

Nintendo publishes Pokemon, but doesn't entirely own the company that makes the game. Only a third.

You say: "Nobody is talking about 2016 because it is 2017...Pokemon sold better END OF STORY.. "

I originally talked about 2016, and qualified my statement. I mentioned best selling games. Not best selling games according to format.

https://www.forbes.com/site...

Pokemon is not the best selling game of 2016. Not by any stretch of the imagination. Only according to format. You changed the parameters in order to suit your argument.

Now you are mentioning 2017. Ok... if you insist. According to http://www.vgchartz.com/yea... the best selling game (according to format) is a Sony exclusive. Followed by a multi-format suvival horror game on PS4. Zelda (Switch) comes in at 3.

You say: "Mk7, 30 million MKWiii 30 million, Pokemon S/M 13 million"

MK7 came out in 2011 and was a pack-in game.
MK Wii came out in 2008 and was a pack in game.

When was the last time that Nintendo had a proper decent hit as far as being a first party developer and publisher was concerned? And where the game wasn't a pack-in?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...

2009 - Wii Fit Plus.

You keep crowing on about Pokemon. But Pokemon isn't even entirely owned by Nintendo. And as stated by http://www.vgchartz.com/yea... the best selling Nintendo first party title of 2016 placed a pathetic 26th (Super Mario Maker), despite being on the 60mill best selling 3DS, and where it only sold 1.9million.

In comparison, Uncharted 4 sold 8million in 2016.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...

Overwatch has 30mill players as of April 2017.

And now you bring up Metacritic to somehow ensure that it somehow acts as a sales barometer. I don't know as to what that has to do with sales figures, contemporary or otherwise.

[prankster101]

@ C_Ali88

"Read those AGAIN... Neither of those refer to profit but rather revenue and to get profit you must minus expenditures from that 1.9 billion".

https://www.engadget.com/20...

Sony = "More importantly, gaming-related profit rose by an impressive 46.9 billion yen to 135.6 billion yen (roughly $1.1 billion)."

"Major publishers
Below are the largest publishers in general according to their revenue in BIllions of Euros.

2015 Name of Publisher Revenue in €billion

1 Japan Sony Interactive Entertainment- 9.89
2 China Tencent- 7.73
3 United States Microsoft Game Studios- 7.25
4 Japan Nintendo- 3.92 "

The data is right there... Sony and MS both annihilate Nintendo.

"Nintendo 3DS games which have sold or shipped at least one million copies".

Compare sales of games that cleared 1million on the 64million selling 3DS vs the 56million selling PS4 ( http://www.vgchartz.com/pla... You'll find that the lowest ranked game to clear a million on 3DS was Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King at number 52. On the PS4 (which doesn't have as many sales), the lowest ranked game to clear 1million sales is Final Fantasy Type-0 at number 94. In short, Sony has a a higher attach rate and more vibrant ecosystem, where there are significantly more titles that have healthier sales, and which earn it more money in total. In short, there are waaaaaay more games on PS4 have have cleared the 1million mark, despite the system not selling as much as 3DS.

Also, and since we can essentially only compare 3DS and PS4 (as they have similar size install bases), I will concede that Pokemon is extremely successful for Nintendo, but the drop-off sales success for titles on 3DS is significant. On 3DS at number 10, we only get 4.76million. PS4 however, despite having a lower install base, has its number 10 title selling 6.8million.

I will also say that PS4 sells significantly more software than anything that 3DS in 2017 - 378,257,747 vs 283,445,413 ( http://www.vgchartz.com/yea... And again we see that PS4 has significantly higher attach rate in comparison to 3DS, where people buy more than one game for the console.

[Neonridr]

@prankster101 - lets compare sales of first party games for both systems prankster. Interesting how sales diminish when you remove the GTA's, COD's and FIFA's from the mix.

[freshslicepizza]

How can anyone relate Mario Kart to a spike in hardware sales when Switch is sold out regardless?

[Aenea]

Yeah I found that weird too, haven't seen a Switch in stock around here since it released...

[davand114]

It is related because Nintendo decided to have a large restock at the same time the game was being released, but if they did a large restock it would've sold out anyway. They did the same thing in Japan when they had the splatoon test fire.

[Segata]

Sound like the people who said Wii was a fad and would not sell much after the first year.

[C_Ali88]

So again I state what does Nintendo owning a third of the Pokemon Company have to do with the profits they reap from an IP they OWN and on THEIR HARDWARE??

Lol you say I haven't refuted anything? Well lets go over what I have refuted but you refuse to understand.

1) "AC, COD, FiFA Annihilate anything by Nintendo... I give you FACTUAL numbers on how much a game has sold not some chart that sets its parameters based on a year.... 7 million COD units, 3.5 million AC syndicate numbers TO DATE CUMULATIVE. Even if I were to take Pokemon out is Mario kart not a Nintendo game? MK7 was not a PACK IN game it had bundles, but that would be like calling UC4 a pack in because it had bundles also. Are you honestly saying that? and again Animal Crossing 11 million, Super Mario 3Dland 12 million you want to disregard every game you can but i'm saying you are FACTUALLY WRONG, and have been this whole argument.

2) I've refuted also that somehow Fifa is also going to annihilate the Switch because of it's multi console sales because Nintendo garners 13 Million over its ONE console. So are you arguing third party games or first party games now? I thought Nintendo couldn't survive because of Fifa, COD and AC? Then it became GTAV, UC4 and Gears of War 4? So what exactly are you arguing?

3) You then tried to speculate that Pokemon being developed by a private developer was NOT first party but also didn't actually make Nintendo much money. When I rebutted with a figure of over a half billion dollars in profit that Nintendo made off of Pokemon, you then reverted to Microsoft and Sony revenue and profit to expound on how they make more money.. But I thought your argument was that FIFA, COD, AC were Nintendo slayers?

4) After showing you that Nintendo is a TOP publisher and developer of video games in the WORLD!! You again change the parameters to say that by revenue Sony and Microsoft make more money, AND??? did I ever refute that? I said that Nintendo makes and sells a crapload of games NOT that Sony and Microsoft do not ALSO. So how can you be a top 4 publisher in the world by which you even admit and NOT sell games??????

That was my point from the outset not moving goalposts to suit my argument, MY argument was a straight and concise refutation of your comment that Nintendo gets annihilated by COD, AC, FIFA.. Especially when Fifa 18 and 2k18 are coming to the console that supposedly NEEDS these games not get annihilated.

5) I used Top 10 according to 2016. But you used VGChartz...

http://www.vgchartz.com/yea...

In that chart, Pokemon is number 1 (as a franchise title) and got 12million - on a format that has over 60 million users. But if we are talking about franchise title sales (across all platforms), and according to VGChartz, FIFA 17 on PS4 and XB1 (without taking into account its sales on PS3), beat it by getting over over 13million sales. That fact is still true today.

So again do I even have to ask? Mk7 has sold well, Animal crossing has sold well, pokemon sells well, what is your point? If these sell well Nintendo is no annihilated in the least they are actually making money and flourishing.

"I originally talked about 2016, and qualified my statement. I mentioned best selling games. Not best selling games according to format."

No, In actuality you mentioned AC, COD and FIFA, the rest is moving goal posts to continue arguing.

I have multiple Ps4's btw I don't care HOW much a company makes, I just refuted your ill thought statement about AC, COD, FIFA annihilating Nintendo but now somehow pokemon doesn't count....lol

[Sirk7x]

You don't know what you're talking about. In terms of software sales, Pokemon is the second best-selling game franchise of all time, having sold over 295.44 million software units as of 2017, behind only Mario.

[deafdani]

You can keep moving goalposts all you want, but the fact is that Nintendo consistently outputs the best selling games every console generation, selling better than Call of Duty and FIFA. They even managed to do that with Wii U games, despite the paltry install base of 13 million users.

The only third party games that sell just as well or better are Minecraft and GTAV... and the former was released for everything in existence, whereas GTAV is available on 5 game platforms.

[C_Ali88]

C_Ali8811d ago
"Still gonna sell like hotcakes and japan is gonna sell like 70,000 Switch units that week. LOL"

and tell me N4G was I wrong?

[TekoIie]

Pretty solid prediction.... If you just name a Metroid game will that make it happen?

PLS TRY.

[ninsigma]

Just got myself a Switch today. Didn't have much time with it other than to set it up and get a race of Mario Kart in. Nice machine though. One thing that I thought was a really nice touch was the Switch sound playing when you click the joy pads in. I'll likely just use it as a portable.

[C_Ali88]

I use mine 100% portably... I've docked it once for Zelda.

[Firebird360]

Me too, I thought I'd use it more hooked to the TV but I pretty much play it exclusively laying on the couch while my wife watches tv. Love the switch!

[LOGICWINS]

I plan to do the same with mine. I just want to wait to see if Nintendo releases a cheaper dockless version.

[ninsigma]

Yeah I'll mainly be using it for when I start commuting soon so very rarely will it be hooked up to the TV. The docking station will just be a charging station for me.

[davand114]

This console is perfect for people that don't have time to sit still or don't like to stay in one place all the time.

[Testfire]

Those are some satisfying clicks right?

[ninsigma]

Man they the definition of satisfying 😂

[EddieNX]

It works great on tv as well, I think its amazing.

[ninsigma]

Only game I've seen on the TV was Mario kart in the store. Maybe it's however the Mario kart port was made, I dunno, but on the TV I was quite disappointed when I saw it. On the portable it's amazing what they're achieving.

[Gemmol]

welcome to SwitchPs4 life

[ninsigma]

Thanks!

Anyone who wants to add me can find me under Ninsigma!

[King_Lothric]

Outselling the competition?

I doubt it.

[MrMagz]

It has outsold the PS4 in Japan at least every week since it came out

[ZeekQuattro]

King_Lothric doesn't let a little thing like facts get in the way. To him its fake news. lol

[davand114]

It outsold everything else combined in Japan the last few weeks.

[Perjoss]

@king careful now, people used to say that about the Wii, and we know how that turned out.

[blawren4]

Great?

[Perjoss]

@blawren4
Yes that was my point, and great is an understatement, I don't think there has ever been a console like the Wii to bring in so many non gamers.

[yomfweeee]

Doubled... compared to last week... really?

[Testfire]

No lol, the author has a problem with math. About 150% more sales, not 200%

[OtakuDJK1NG-Rory]

"Nearly"

[Testfire]

@OtakuDJK1nk-Rory, no it's not "nearly". Being 50% away from the actual number is not "nearly", it's a clickbait exaggeration.

[Mulando]

Those numbers say nothing. E.g. The switch is sold out (almost) worldwide. If the sales doubled, they just got new supply of consoles.
But yes, I could imagine that sales go high with a Mario cart, but it is much to soon to say something like that.
It is just another click-bait article.

[BoneMagnus]

I'm confused. I thought Switches were still in very low supply. How did they have the supply to double sales?

[EddieNX]

Theres not enough to meet demand atm, so just wait week by week...

[davand114]

They decided to have a large supply restock to coincide with the release of Mario Kart.

[OtakuDJK1NG-Rory]

I called not listening to the Switch haters who try to throw around fake info about Switch stock being low on purpose.

[Skankinruby]

I still find it so incredible how Nintendo has been able to stay relevant when they just continue to release the same games over and over.

[NapalmSanctuary]

People love their franchises, not to mention, Nintendo manages to do mostly quality sequels. I'd love it if Sony released a Twisted metal game on par with Twisted Metal 2 or a GT game on par with GT4. Nintendo does do new franchises too, but their approach is to add them to their collection of franchises as opposed to abandoning all the franchises that their fans love.

[davand114]

You mean like how the big 3rd party devs manage to do it when they release the same game every single year? Franchises are what makes money.

[OtakuDJK1NG-Rory]

Yeah let me go look at Xbox One and PS4 Year one library of games.
I bet I can count over 50 PS3/360 ports.

[R00bot]

Splatoon and Arms come to mind as new big franchises by Nintendo in the last few years.

[DanteVFenris666]

But their not the same games? Same characters and IP but not the same games. You really gotta play some Mario or Zelda as a gamer.

Zelda: Zelda never has a direct sequel, even direct sequels like majouras mask and orcarina of time play incredible different. Or just look at wind waker vs twighlight princess to see how they constantly transform link.

Mario: Mario Galaxy vs Mario sunshine. Again play completely differently. Odyssey again looks to do that.

Their not the same games, they are the same characters.

[OtakuDJK1NG-Rory]

The only direct sequels in Zelda are Adventure of Link, Majora's Mask, Phantom Hourglass and A Link Between Worlds.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Nintendo has a killer product here

[showtimefolks]

Good too see Nintendo doing well after wiiu let's see how it does long term I do think switch can sell like wii because it's targeting the same audience

I just want Nintendo to make enough so they are available or sitting on shelves

When Sony and MS produced enough than there is no excuse for Nintendo

I am a ps4 owner who doesn't have anything against Xbox or switch. Competition is healthy for proper improvements within any industry

[septemberindecember]

I was lucky enough to get my hands on a Switch, but my model as a consumer has always been "If I can't walk into a store and grab one without too much work I'll just wait until it becomes more available".

I'm not interested in trying to dance around shipment schedules for retailers, and I'm certainly not willing to give my money to scalpers.

[DialgaMarine]

People are underestimating the power of third party titles. Without CoD, BF2, Destiny 2, and RDR 2, Switch is going to get overshadowed this holiday. The Wii U proved that even excellent Nintendo-developed titles can't hold the system over. People can say "I'll play my multiplats on PC", but that does nothing for Nintendo, and most gamers don't purchase more than one console. When the holidays roll around, and people are seeing PS4 flashing over all these big third party marketing campaigns vs Mario Odyssey, most of them are going to buy a PS4. That's just how this works. As usual, people are really jumping the gun with the Switch here and celebrating it as a success way too soon. All that is doing is motivating Nintendo to make the same mistakes that were made with Wii U.

[OtakuDJK1NG-Rory]

Yeah those western games sure did help Nintendo...........wait I don't recall anyone rushing out to buy any Nintendo system for any western games?

Please do enlighten me on such western games that contributed to any Nintendo system success.

[DialgaMarine]

And when was Nintendo successful on the console front, besides Wii, in the last 20 years? Wii was a success because it was a cheap casual gimmick that got marketed to grandmas and children everywhere.

[corroios]

How can someone compare GTA to Pokémon? or to COD? Candy Crash can sell 300 millions, Who cares.... its like comparing sesame street to walking dead

[MilkMan]

That's cause Zelda blows and Nintendo fans are thirsty for new content on their new console.
even if they get rapped for it.

[deafdani]

okai

[Nintentional]

You need to watch your salt intake. Being that salty is bad for your health 😂

[iofhua]

A new zelda and mario kart is going to really help sell consoles.

If they can push out a new mario galaxy, metroid, or star fox before the end of the year, that will help a lot too.

I think re-releasing mario maker on the switch is a no brainer too.