Third Parties on the Switch have already surpassed the 2021 Top 20 result, so the next comparison is looking at 2021 vs the combined Top 20 for the previous years.
Famitsu Switch 3rd Parties 2017-2020 Top 20:
Famitsu Switch 3rd Parties 2021 Top 20:
Personally I expect that 2021 will surpass 8 million in September, something along the lines of this:
1) Monster Hunter Rise >3M
2) Momotaro >1.25M
3) Yu-Gi-Oh Rush Duel >600K
4) Monster Hunter Stories 2 >500K
5-6) Olive Town, Baseball Spirits >400K
7-10) Rune Factory 5, Shin-kun, SMTV, Minecraft >300K
11) Bravely Default 2 >150K
12-17) Human Fall Flat, Sakuna, Little Nightmares 2, Fitness Boxing 2, DQXIS, Age of Calamity >100K
TOTAL >8.1M
It remains to be seen how all the upcoming games do and if anything gets announced or delayed but Third Party support is really accelerating & games can definitely surpass my expectations by a big amount.
Famitsu Switch 3rd Parties 2017-2020 Top 20:
- Minecraft (Microsoft) - 1.702.921
- Momotaro Dentetsu (Konami) - 1.233.023
- Dragon Quest XI S (Square Enix) - 592.940
- Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! (Bandai Namco) - 554.560
- Fishing Spirits (Bandai Namco) - 544.467
- Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate (Capcom) - 379.611
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (Sega) - 362.539
- Yo-kai Watch 4 (Level 5) - 358.356
- Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Koei Tecmo) - 304.963
- Dragon Quest Builders 2 (Square Enix) - 295.237
- Super Bomberman R (Konami) - 275.029
- eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 (Konami) - 269.648
- Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball (Konami) - 225.614
- Octopath Traveler (Square Enix) - 193.780
- Disney Tsum Tsum Festival (Bandai Namco) - 185.990
- Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2 (Bandai Namco) - 181.090
- Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town (Marvelous) - 164.944
- Puyo Puyo Tetris S (Sega) - 154.573
- Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission (Bandai Namco) - 145.720
- Fitness Boxing (Imagineer) - 141.889
Famitsu Switch 3rd Parties 2021 Top 20:
- Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom) - 1.970.371
- Momotaro Dentetsu (Konami) - 892.038
- Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town (Marvelous) – 274.926
- Minecraft (Microsoft) - 207.660
- Bravely Default II (Square Enix) – 136.091
- Little Nightmares II (Bandai Namco) - 66.414
- Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (Marvelous) - 65.620
- Fitness Boxing 2 (Imagineer) - 58.739
- Dragon Quest XI S (Square Enix) - 56.153
- Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Koei Tecmo) - 53.364
- Human Fall Flat (Teyon Japan) - 53.252
- Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (Sega) - 36.105
- Family Trainer (Bandai Namco) - 35.273
- Fishing Spirits (Bandai Namco) - 35.247
- Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! (Bandai Namco) - 30.652
- Densha de Go!! (Square Enix) - 29.624
- eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 (Konami) - 27.539
- Disgaea 6 (Nippon Ichi) - 25.744
- Apex Legends (Electronic Arts) - 22.921
- The Quintessential Quintuplets (Mages.) - 20.374
Personally I expect that 2021 will surpass 8 million in September, something along the lines of this:
1) Monster Hunter Rise >3M
2) Momotaro >1.25M
3) Yu-Gi-Oh Rush Duel >600K
4) Monster Hunter Stories 2 >500K
5-6) Olive Town, Baseball Spirits >400K
7-10) Rune Factory 5, Shin-kun, SMTV, Minecraft >300K
11) Bravely Default 2 >150K
12-17) Human Fall Flat, Sakuna, Little Nightmares 2, Fitness Boxing 2, DQXIS, Age of Calamity >100K
TOTAL >8.1M
It remains to be seen how all the upcoming games do and if anything gets announced or delayed but Third Party support is really accelerating & games can definitely surpass my expectations by a big amount.
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