Man reading these doom posts are pretty hilarious
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Do we expect Splatoon to be the next major Nintendo I.P.?
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Man reading these doom posts are pretty hilarious
Cow Mengde
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I also think it's fun to have this thread come up near Splatoon launch. After all, the OP was asking if this would be the next major IP for Nintendo.
4.80M vs 5.20M according to Nintendo's official statistics (March 31, 2017)?
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/wiiu.html
Splatoon 2 might nudge Splatoon 1 to 5m in several years would be cool to hit that milestone.
Still fantastic sales especially on one of the worst selling consoles ever. It's a major achievement for a new IP on such a system.
Edit: Splatoon also is one of my most favorite franchises of all time and i only played the first one for the first time a few months ago.
Still fantastic sales especially on one of the worst selling consoles ever. It's a major achievement for a new IP on such a system.
Edit: Splatoon also is one of my most favorite franchises of all time and i only played the first one for the first time a few months ago.
The best.
You're right, I mixed it up with Super Mario Bros (and remembered one decimal wrong to boot).
That is indeed really close.
Fixed that for you
TheDinoman
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I never thought it would bomb. Granted, I didn't think it'd be as big as it is today, but before it came out, I figured that if Kid Icarus Uprising could sell over a million units, so could Splatoon. I just didn't imagine it would go so far beyond that.
Except MK's local mode is much better than Splatoon, unless Splatoon2 adds local co-op, which atm there haven't been any signs of.
LordOcidax
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ARMS needs one of this threads.
Don't underestimate the squids.
The sequel is going to be the first game in ages to sell over 5 million in Japan, personally expect it to be the most successful game on the Switch in Japan
CaviarMeths
Member
Local multiplayer with both split screen and local wireless has been confirmed for Turf Wars since day one.
Wow, I was an Splatoon doubter? It's one of my favorite games of all time and I can't wait for Splatoon 2 now. Guess I'm very glad to have been wrong back then.
I'm a bit surprised since I really liked what I saw when they first showed it off, maybe I just didn't see it selling well and that's why I said it was being sent to die. Still, couldn't have been any more wrong lol.
Keep your negative comments to yourself, past me.
I'm a bit surprised since I really liked what I saw when they first showed it off, maybe I just didn't see it selling well and that's why I said it was being sent to die. Still, couldn't have been any more wrong lol.
Keep your negative comments to yourself, past me.
Since this thread got bumped, how much do you guys think Splatoon 2 could sell lifetime? I personally am quite bullish, and think it can reach 10 million lifetime, maybe a bit more even, with an even larger percentage of that number coming from Japan (40%-50%). It could very well sell over 5 million this year alone imo.
But split screen Turf War requires players on another Switch as well?
This needs to be quoted and we need an update.
Really? Before I get my hopes up can you link me to some official info? I've been asking this since the reveal and never got a positive answer, it's my #1 request for the game
Edit: saw jariw's post..so splitscreen needs 2 Switches? That's not good.
Jawbreaker
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It's going to bomb and sink away into relative obscurity.
I don't really dare make a prediction because I feel it will depend on how quickly Nintendo can overcome its production problems. If it takes until fall next year to even sell 5M Switches in Japan, it will likely not reach that percentage. If Nintendo sells an additional 16M switches this FY, then yeah it may be possible.
I'm thinking more along 7M myself though.
it will be the new Wonderful 101
Jaded Alyx
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It's his tag now and I think he doubled down by saying a similar thing about ARMS.
I still wonder if those people were actually serious.
Past me was onto something. But I still under-predicted its success.
And I predicted a demo would help the game too, only a few days before the Global Test-fire.
TheDinoman
Member
Well, you have to keep in mind, Splatoon came out during what was perhaps by far Nintendo's darkest hour in their history of consoles. Naturally, most people lost faith in Nintendo being able to come out with a new breakout hit, especially on a failed console like the Wii U.
If the system wasn't such a failure, I don't think people would of been quite as down on Splatoon.
Dark Cloud
Member
Aostia is probably still serious.
After Wii U, betting on Nintendo to have a highly successful console would be a bad gamble. Guessing that Switch would not be very successful was perfectly sensible.
When Golden State was up 3-1 on Cleveland, you would have been an idiot to put money on Cleveland coming back. But sometimes crazy things happen. That doesn't mean betting crazy is a good idea, even if it occasionally pans out.
He won't, because splitscreen has never and probably won't ever be confirmed for Splatoon.
OrbitalBeard
Member
Nah, not really. It was pretty obvious that Switch would be more successful than Wii U, GCN, N64, etc., just by the fact that it's a system meant to eventually replace both home console and handheld. That thread was simply hot take after hot take and a lot of users looked really silly to me, even then.
Ah ah! I never expected 5 millions sold on the wiiu install base but I was also pretty confident in it not bombing
The sequel will be even more successfull
Now if we talk about some crazy Multimillion seller expectations about ARMS in the MC threads ...
SinCityAssassin
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Really? Before I get my hopes up can you link me to some official info? I've been asking this since the reveal and never got a positive answer, it's my #1 request for the game
Edit: saw jariw's post..so splitscreen needs 2 Switches? That's not good.
It's never been revealed or confirmed. All notions of local wireless play has one screen per person.
How much do you expect ARMS to sell? I was at 4-4.5 million, but I think I might be too high with that, and it is probably more like 3-3.5 million lifetime.
sir_bumble_bee
Member
People really thought Xenoblade Chronicles X would outsell Splatoon?
Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ
whyamihere
Banned
This thread is DELICIOUS
That doesn't surprise me really, XCX at least had a somewhat-established name behind it already, a more "mature" look (plus those early gifs with flyovers of massive environments) and it fed into people's fetish for big expansive open-world games. Splatoon looked "small" and cutesy by comparison, of course it wasn't going to receive a ton of credit prior to its release.
I'd like to say that I think people know better by now, but you still see some opinions about Splatoon as a game/franchise floating around that prompt a definite head-scratch. At the very least I don't think anybody can call for Splatoon 2 to bomb.
Colonel Mustard
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...and then it went on to outsell Halo 5.
The End.
The End.
bitesnintendog
Member
Source for that?
Wikipedia lists 4.8 million by 2017 for Splatoon and Halo 5 selling 5 million in its first 3 months.
OrbitalBeard
Member
I don't think this is true, but the fact that the two are even close is pretty incredible.
Godzilla's Left Toe
Member
Quote of the thread.
Halo 5 shipped 5 million units in 3 months, Splatoon shipped 4.8 million in just under 2 years, so this is not correct.
Dark Cloud
Member
Colonel Mustard has been demoted to Lieutenant.
Colonel Mustard
Banned
Ah. I thought Splatoon was just over 5 million. My bad.
BassForever
Member
Honestly the posts 2-3 pages back after it was obvious the game was gonna be big and people were saying "well it'll be somewhat successful but still niche tier not the next big thing" are almost more funny then the "bomba" post
Dark Cloud
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Yeah, I never thought ARMS would do Splatoon numbers.
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