Flying Toaster
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Amazing numbers for a worldwide launch in a launch window that is odd. I love my Switch.
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Superdata: Nintendo Switch has sold 1.5m worldwide tracked
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Then you are part of the problem (Zelda not having 100% attach rate)
Splatoon sold millions of Wii Us, and no one even wanted those. Splatoon on a desirable product like the Switch will do great.
Bioshocker
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Well, this is certainly good news for Switch. Especially compared to the Wii U. Remember that Wii U sold only 460 000 units in its first December in North America and managed only about 400 000 units during Black Friday week? It was completely thrashed by its competitors then, and it's easy to forget just how bad the system sold from the start. Switch launched in March, which is a big difference.
So, good for Switch. The big challenge will still be to keep momentum during Spring, Summer and Autumn leading up to Super Mario Odyssey. I don't know what an "old" game like Mario Kart 8 and another Splatoon will do for it.
It's hard to say how much of a system seller Mario Kart will be since it's a full priced port with only a small amount of new content. It's likely many hardcore Nintendo fans who would be early Switch adaptors have already played it. I'm sure it will sell well to people who own a Switch or were going to get one anyway but I just don't know if it will move systems like a new Mario Kart would.
PSFan
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Why get insulting and console warriorish? I wasn't moving any goal posts or being negative, I was just stating it's probably better to wait and see what happens instead of declaring that it's going to sell double what the Wii did.
TimeEffect
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See that number bump when Mario releases
Though Im not sure what to expect after that.
If they can make Pokemon happen for next year thatd be impressive. Im still hoping for a surge of portable games
Though Im not sure what to expect after that.
If they can make Pokemon happen for next year thatd be impressive. Im still hoping for a surge of portable games
2 things
1- there aren't that many Wii U owners in the first place
2- The portable angle could be significant.
CrashPrime
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NOLA_Gaffer
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Scalpers I would guess.
SweetDonuts
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I'm surprised the attach rate for Zelda wasn't 99%
Calm Mind
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So? People act like a large userbase equals 10+million sales. If that was the case, Sony's first party software on the PS4 wouldn't be struggling to reach numbers made by Nintendo's 1st party software on the Wii U.
As I've asked before, what makes the remaster of Mario Kart 8 (with new content) different to other remasters (most without new content)? GTAV was one of the highest selling games of all time on the PS3 and 360 and its remaster on PS4 and X1 sold like hotcakes as well; Modern Warfare Remastered probably sold a lot of people copies of Infinite Warfare that they otherwise wouldn't have bought. Double-dipping isn't exactly a new concept, especially if there's brand new content alongside the fact that MK8D will be fully portable.
To be fair, Mario Kart 8 sold really well even for Wii U and I believe many of the current Switch owners own the game. I'm one of those people and I think I'm gonna wait a bit, probably buy it used.
And_Gignac
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It will. Sell in, undoubtedly.
Obliterator
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This is Superdata so as always take this info with a grain of salt. That said, sold through numbers are likely in this range.
Strong start for Switch, but as we all know the telling numbers will be in a few months, what legs with the non hardcore Nintendo fans look like.
Strong start for Switch, but as we all know the telling numbers will be in a few months, what legs with the non hardcore Nintendo fans look like.
Yeah, it's interesting that people keep feeling the need to bring up the fact that it's a port. It's not like ports/remasters/whatever haven't existed for the past decade. Clearly they can do pretty big business.
I'll tell you what makes it different (though it won't back up any arguments of the posters you're quoting). GTA V and TLoU began on actual successful hardware whereas the Wii U was a huge flop. there's going to be a lot of first time owners of Mario Kart 8D just by the virtue of the Switch not being the Wii U.
Plus families looking to share games across multiple Switches. And people who wanted a digital copy,
The percentage of Switch owners eventually playing Zelda over the the next few weeks one way or another is going to be even higher than the crazy-high number that bought physical copies.
pretty done
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Considering they're sold out that seems like a really low number of units they produced for launch.
Smiles and Cries
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or they could buy Zelda digitally
Probably all evil scalpers. My small community up here in the north (lol) has 300 switches on craigslist alone...
LiveFromKyoto
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Surprised so many think this. Splatoon sold 4.76 million as of December, as reported by Nintendo, ~3.5 million of which was outside Japan. On a system with a 13 million install base? That's huge. It's definitely proven itself in the West.
franklyshankly
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I feel as though Switch early adopters probably have a pretty big overlap with people who bought a Wii U. I'm sure there are some new ones though.
FunkyPajamas
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Sweet! Hopefully the system continues to sell well so Nintendo brings the games.
Booo. I'm not a scapler. I just bought because of the trade-in promo
Skittzo0413
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We've known for months they planned to ship 2 million units in March. 1.5 sold for the first week is about as good as you could expect.
there's an overlap for sure, the point remains however
It will definitely be a big seller outside Japan. But Japan is especially crazy for the IP it seems to me.
It's below demand but really low? It's ok.
Or to scalp
Markitron
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I'm sure there is of course, but I am one of the many people that didn't buy a Wii-U, and I am dying to play MK on the Switch. It's as good as a new release for me and I am sure I am not the only one. Without MK, I'd have certainly hesitated on getting my Switch, Zelda wasn't quite enough by itself. In my case it is certainly a system seller.
Below demand? what
That is true, yes, but if you actually look at it the demographic of people you're implying will harm MK8D's sales with existing Switch owners are "people who like Nintendo enough to have bought both the Wii U and Switch who also bought Mario Kart 8 and all its DLC and also see a MK8 remaster with new content and portability as not being worthy of their money." That's not really a large demographic in my eyes and, again, it doesn't address the fact that other major-sellers have also gone on to have remasters that are also major-sellers, nor does it address the sales appeal to those who didn't have a Wii U or didn't have MK8.
I assume Nintendo would have counted that, no?
Super_Cobra
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Not bad, the thing is, can they keep it up? Wii U did great at the start too. Hopefully Nintendo gets more 3rd party support.
Obliterator
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I suspect Mario Kart will do very well for them, and that there is indeed a segment of Switch buyers like yourself that never owned a Wii U.
If Mario Kart performs well I fully expect a rather lengthy amount of Wii U to Switch ports to help fill out the systems software lineup over the next 24 months
did it tho?
franklyshankly
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Yeah, some people will re-buy I guess. I personally would find it hard to justify buying a game I already played just to have some new tracks and the DLC. But people do love remasters these days so who knows.
Skittzo0413
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It's sold out in most places and people are still looking for it, so it's technically below demand. That didn't stop it from breaking records, so it's not like it's a low shipment or anything. Just reasonably high demand.
The Wii U had nothing between launch and Pikmin 3 8-9 months later. The Switch has Mario Kart in a month. It'll do better.
Smiles and Cries
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wait did SuperData get these numbers from Nintendo?
What you personally feel doesn't exactly have any impact on sales trends at large.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
I honestly wouldn't mind if they re-released all the major Wii-U games. I'd be quite happy to pay full price for Mario 3D World in particular. Twilight Princess and Wind Waker HD would be nice as well, I did nearly buy a Wii-U for those 3 games but didn't want to spend all that on a system that was on life support.
100 thousand less in launch week in the US compared to switch... it's hardly terrible in comparison.
GifGafIsTheBestGaf
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man, those other 500K units must be in the same landfill in New Zealand the PS4 was dumped
bad jokes aside, good for them.
bad jokes aside, good for them.
Wii U launched during the holiday season though and wasn't as supply constrained as Switch seems to be
Smash Bros and Mario Maker, if they aren't getting sequels for a while, seem like shoe-ins for Switch ports. Mario 3D World and Splatoon I could see but they both have sequels coming out very soon that (especially in Splatoon's case) will kind of make them obsolete. The two Zelda remasters and 'smaller' games such as Captain Toad are highly unlikely.
franklyshankly
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Obviously. Mario Kart will clearly sell on Switch, I just hesitate to think it will move the needle much on console sales. It is still in the launch window, I expect people will still be buying on new hardware hype rather than specifically for a title like MK.