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[sphinx]

Trying my hand at charts. ARMS will probably fall behind 1 2 Switch by next week, Splatoon 2 is in its own little world, and MK8DX seems to have stabilized around 13k.

what's the next game we'll add to this chart?

Mario Odyssey?

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Here's another look, in the next 3 weeks, the 3DS will have sold 305.8k systems. Since Nintendo is already 42k ahead of the 3DS right now, it has to sell 263.8k to stay on pace with it, and more to keep out pacing it. so it needs to average 88k over the next 3 weeks. So it'll be a matter if Ninty has the stock for it.

if Chris is right and they sell 120k next week, then they'll have to hit 73k the next 2 weeks. which may be doable. especially with the MHXX bundle and the like

I forgot the MHXX bundle was a thing

 

[schuelma]

I forgot the MHXX bundle was a thing

I expect it to be extremely limited though

 

[wrowa]

Yeah, my read on these ARMS numbers are that it'll do alright in the end, we'll probably get a sequel, but we have to see what happens going forward. Probably a B-tier franchise for Nintendo going forward ala Pikmin.

I believe Pikmin is Miyamoto's passion project, which is an important part as to why the series continues despite constantly selling just enough copies to be worthwhile. I don't think ARMS has someone in a similarly high position advocating for it, that's why I don't think it's gonna have a future comparable to Pikmin.

Honestly, I think it might get one sequel, but that's about it. Maybe its legs will still surprise me, but I'm getting the impression that there's hardly any excitement or "mindshare" left for ARMS just a mere month after launch. While ARMS doesn't look to be a flop, it doesn't seem to be much of a hit either -- I think after support for ARMS ends, we'll see the the team moving on to something else. Maybe they'll get the chance to go back to ARMS in the future, maybe they won't.

 

[MTC100]

I'm genuinely surprised the Switch might stay toe to toe with the 3DS post price cut. If it gets great sales in the next two week it might even stay relatively comfortably ahead.

I don't buy that, looking at the numbers. Sure, next week should be another 60k for Switch and it will have a 100k lead but the 3DS sold 190k the week after, which means it is almost impossible for the Switch to stay ahead, even if it keeps selling 60k, the Switch will definitely cross the stream of the 3DS once again.

By the end of the year we will likely see the 3DS with a good amount more sales than the Switch by then, mainly because Nintendo could produce and ship in much higher quantities for the holiday season, while the Switch is selling what is produced -and that's not even close to the demand in Japan.

 

[LordKano]

Why are you acting like ARMS isn't selling great worldwide, when it actually is ?

 

[FreedomFighter]

So I just realized that the Switch is getting a port of a last-gen Monster Hunter while a rival console gets the next mainline game... just like the Vita

I reckon it won't share that position with Vita for long.

Actually it doesn't at all, since XX is a proper MonHun, unlike Frontier, but still... Capcom isn't going to leave all that portable money on the table. I expect MHW to sell a million on PS4 in Japan, but the way Switch is taking off, it's the true MH successor to the 3DS IMHO.

 

[Zedark]

I don't buy that, looking at the numbers. Sure, next week should be another 60k for Switch and it will have a 100k lead but the 3DS sold 190k the week after, which means it is almost impossible for the Switch to stay ahead, even if it keeps selling 60k, the Switch will definitely cross the stream of the 3DS once again.

By the end of the year we will likely see the 3DS with a good amount more sales than the Switch by then, mainly because Nintendo could produce and ship in much higher quantities for the holiday season, while the Switch is selling what is produced...

Well, a retailer claimed in a blog that Switch numbers could very well be higher than Splatoon 2 launch for next week, and the week after that is also after holiday week, so we could see 2 weeks adding to about 200k, which means Switch would almost cetainly be ahead of 3DS' two weeks after the price drop.

 

[MTC100]

Why are you acting like ARMS isn't selling great worldwide, when it actually is ?

It really depends on what Nintendo expected. The game surely is no system seller, it does well enough for a new IP and it probably managed to sell enough to be profitable after all expenses including advertisement.

Well, a retailer claimed in a blog that Switch numbers could very well be higher than Splatoon 2 launch for next week, and the week after that is also after holiday week, so we could see 2 weeks adding to about 200k, which means Switch would almost cetainly be ahead of 3DS' two weeks after the price drop.

That's interesting, where are all the Switch coming from though? If Nintendo hasn't held them back(which would be rather strange) then they could have finally bumped up the production -or reallocated units from Europe where the Switch is just selling good(over all on par with the 4 year old PS4 I think) but is readily available.

I think Nintendo might try to increase the user base of the system ASAP for the Monster Hunter XX release, probably to show Capcom and especially the other Third Party Developers, how successful their games can be on the Switch.

 

[schuelma]

Well, a retailer claimed in a blog that Switch numbers could very well be higher than Splatoon 2 launch for next week, and the week after that is also after holiday week, so we could see 2 weeks adding to about 200k, which means Switch would almost cetainly be ahead of 3DS' two weeks after the price drop.

Yeah I think it can stay with it for a while- the real question is holiday when 3DS sales were just insane.

 

[Skullwaker]

The Switch's situation is nothing like the Vita's. Even when it comes to MH.

 

[LordKano]

It really depends on what Nintendo expected. The game surely is no system seller, it does well enough for a new IP and it probably managed to sell enough to be profitable after all expenses including advertisement.

They expected to make a new longstanding IP ala Mario Kart. Too early to say if they managed to do that, but so far it's doing good.

 

[NintendosBooger]

I believe Pikmin is Miyamoto's passion project, which is an important part as to why the series continues despite constantly selling just enough copies to be worthwhile. I don't think ARMS has someone in a similarly high position advocating for it, that's why I don't think it's gonna have a future comparable to Pikmin.

Honestly, I think it might get one sequel, but that's about it. Maybe its legs will still surprise me, but I'm getting the impression that there's hardly any excitement or "mindshare" left for ARMS just a mere month after launch. While ARMS doesn't look to be a flop, it doesn't seem to be much of a hit either -- I think after support for ARMS ends, we'll see the the team moving on to something else. Maybe they'll get the chance to go back to ARMS in the future, maybe they won't.

Arms is doing well. I think with an appearance on the next Smash, Amiibo support, Arms 2 w/ fleshed-out single player content, more characters, and guest appearances will sell even higher.

 

[Lord_Byron28]

It really depends on what Nintendo expected. The game surely is no system seller, it does well enough for a new IP and it probably managed to sell enough to be profitable after all expenses including advertisement.

While Nintendo never stated an expectation, I think 2 million is usually what Nintendo hopes for a minimum from its bigger titles. I know they said something along the lines of a title having to sell at least 2 million for a sequel and they even mentioned Splatoon when discussing that. I think it depends how well the title sells WW and if it was entirely frontloaded. They need to start updating more frequently if they want to develop a good word of mouth for better legs.

 

[Kyoufu]

So I just realized that the Switch is getting a port of a last-gen Monster Hunter while a rival console gets the next mainline game... just like the Vita

Vita didn't get a port of MH though.

 

[MTC100]

They expected to make a new longstanding IP ala Mario Kart. Too early to say if they managed to do that, but so far it's doing good.

It's not even close to reaching Mario Kart sales, not even Splatoon is in reach at the moment. I own the game myself and I don't think it has the same long lasting appeal Splatoon or Mario Kart have, it's much too shallow content-wise and I would be rather surprised if that would change with DLCs. -Sure more fighters will be announced and a few new ARMS will be added but that's not enough in my opinion. -I am wondering if there ever will be an ARMS 2.

 

[LordKano]

It's not even close to reaching Mario Kart sales, not even Splatoon is in reach at the moment. I own the game myself and I don't think it has the same long lasting appeal Splatoon or Mario Kart have, it's much too shallow content-wise and I would be rather surprised if that would change with DLCs. -Sure more fighters will be announced and a few new ARMS will be added but that's not enough in my opinion. -I am wondering if there ever will be an ARMS 2.

I said a longstanding IP like Mario Kart, not something that could reach Mario Kart sales.
There will obviously be an ARMS 2, because the game's selling great so far and should have some good legs with upcoming updates.

 

[KillerMan91]

Why are you acting like ARMS isn't selling great worldwide, when it actually is ?

It's not really selling that well in Europe at least (out of top 40 in UK already, out of top 20 for July in Germany). We shall see how the legs where in US when we get NPD report in July

 

[MTC100]

I said a longstanding IP like Mario Kart, not something that could reach Mario Kart sales.
There will obviously be an ARMS 2, because the game's selling great so far and should have some good legs with upcoming updates.

How do you know that? You know that Nintendos report of over a million sold was not sold through to customers but their shipment numbers(the sell-through rate might be at around 600-700k world wide I guess). It shows the market was expecting a lot of the game but when you look at the charts it isn't really holding its own there. We only have sales numbers for Japan but the charts of other regions doesn't look that much better.

Numbers might catch up once the Switch userbase increases, however at least Japan isn't looking like ARMS is benefiting much of the increased Switch shipments...

 

[cw_sasuke]

The Switch install base is still rather small - so it obv. limits everything but the biggest games right now. ARMS started out strong - everything else will be more clear 2-3 years from now. Its a Nintendo game after all.

We never see those 3DS titles show up in weekly charts worldwide or in NPD but when the fiscal year results come in many of them sell millions - its all about the legs for these type of games.

Expecting a new motion based(focus) fighting game to sell as or nearly as much as Mario Kart is crazy though, lets be realistic for a second.

 

[Mory Dunz]

I have to eat crow because I never believed in Nintendo capability to notably ramp up production of Nintendo Switch so fast after barely shipping 30.000 units per week during the first weeks of July.

one could even say there were.....holding back.

Spoiler

jk

 

[LordKano]

How do you know that? You know that Nintendos report of over a million sold was not sold through to customers but their shipment numbers(the sell-through rate might be at around 600-700k world wide I guess). It shows the market was expecting a lot of the game but when you look at the charts it isn't really holding its own there. We only have sales numbers for Japan but the charts of other regions doesn't look that much better.

Numbers might catch up once the Switch userbase increases, however at least Japan isn't looking like ARMS is benefiting much of the increased Switch shipments...

We have no idea of the sell-through. The official number may be shipped but it's the only one to currently base our judgement right now. 1.12 millions in two weeks for a new fighting game IP is a great number, no matter how you look at it.
It already broke 200k in Japan, it's still in the top 20 more than one month and a half after launch, it should sell its way through 500k next year. That's a really good result for a fighting game in Japan.

 

[Snakeyes]

How do you know that? You know that Nintendos report of over a million sold was not sold through to customers but their shipment numbers(the sell-through rate might be at around 600-700k world wide I guess). It shows the market was expecting a lot of the game but when you look at the charts it isn't really holding its own there. We only have sales numbers for Japan but the charts of other regions doesn't look that much better.

Numbers might catch up once the Switch userbase increases, however at least Japan isn't looking like ARMS is benefiting much of the increased Switch shipments...

It's selling well for a non-crossover new fighting game IP.

 

[Fularu]

what's the next game we'll add to this chart?

Mario Odyssey?

Fire emblem heroes
Pokken
Mario
Xenoblade

 

[DrGrus]

That's interesting, where are all the Switch coming from though? If Nintendo hasn't held them back(which would be rather strange) then they could have finally bumped up the production -or reallocated units from Europe where the Switch is just selling good(over all on par with the 4 year old PS4 I think) but is readily available.

Is the Switch readily available in Europe? Amazon france, UK and Germany do no have the Switch in Stock. I can find it in my home country Sweden, but our population is less than that of London and the Switch was launched at ridiculous high price.

 

[MTC100]

one could even say there were.....holding back.

Spoiler

jk

It's unlikely, why would they hold back even after the Splatoon launch, if they could have sold 200k that week, they would have done so. They might be reallocating Switches from Europe though. The best explanation would be an increased production of units but it might be too soon to expect that.

 

[LordKano]

Is the Switch readily available in Europe? Amazon france, UK and Germany do no have the Switch in Stock. I can find it in my home country Sweden, but our population is less than that of London and the Switch was launched at ridiculous high price.

It's not. The situation is far from being as bad as in US or Japan, but it's still not readily available.

 

[SuperSonic1305]

Japan is too casual for Crash now.

 

[MTC100]

Is the Switch readily available in Europe? Amazon france, UK and Germany do no have the Switch in Stock. I can find it in my home country Sweden, but our population is less than that of London and the Switch was launched at ridiculous high price.

I'm not keeping track of other regions but Germany has no problem with Switch Stock. It's been available for weeks now, I think Amazon got it in stock about 2 or 3 weeks prior the Splatoon 2 launch and kept the blue/red version in stock since then. It's not in stock right now but you can buy the grey one instead atm.

Switch was also always in the top 30 2(black, red/blue) or even 3(Splatoon Bundle) times and it also always sold more than the PS4 or PS4 Pro there. I checked the Amazon Videogame Top 100 once a day for the last month or more.

 

[Zedark]

Is the Switch readily available in Europe? Amazon france, UK and Germany do no have the Switch in Stock. I can find it in my home country Sweden, but our population is less than that of London and the Switch was launched at ridiculous high price.

Germany has decent stock in saturn and other stores, but it's not like it's overshipped in Europe or anything. Shipment numbers for last quarter show that Europe (or, more precisely, Other) is selling through Switches at relatively a very high rate for a Nintendo system.

The more coherent explanation to me seems to be that Nintendo managed to ramp up production a while ago (in fact, they specifically said so in an interview a number of weeks ago) and we are seeing the start of the resulting higher shipments.

 

[nicolasacmf]

I haven't been following it too closely but DGS2 was meant to wrap up everything from the first game. I don't think it was intended to be a trilogy.

If DGS2 leaves no plot points unsolved then that's even better imo.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

It's unlikely, why would they hold back even after the Splatoon launch, if they could have sold 200k that week, they would have done so. They might be reallocating Switches from Europe though. The best explanation would be an increased production of units but it might be too soon to expect that.

Reallocating the stock from general asia locations can also be a factor. Generally places where Switch sales are slower because of the county's higher mark up.

 

[Mory Dunz]

We have ARMS WW number for now.
wait for the next report if you think it's being channel stuffed or not. Until then there's not much to say

It's unlikely, why would they hold back even after the Splatoon launch, if they could have sold 200k that week, they would have done so. They might be reallocating Switches from Europe though. The best explanation would be an increased production of units but it might be too soon to expect that.

 

[Dre3001]

Nintendo announced late March/early April that they were going to ramp up production on the Switch. It's now August.

Isn't it more likely that retailers are now seeing an increase in the shipments they are receiving as a result of ramping up production.

If Nintendo was holding back units I think they would have done so in late June for Splatoon in mid-July. Holding back stock since May doesn't make sense to me.

 

[MTC100]

I do not speak Emoji, please clarify your post.

Nintendo announced late March/early April that they were going to ramp up production on the Switch. It's now August.

Yes but we also heard of shortages for a lot of components the Switch needs to function all the time...

-and we also saw abysmal shipment numbers for Japan(MC/Famitsu) and even the US(NPD) for months now.

 

[Mory Dunz]

I do not speak Emoji, please clarify your post.

i was kidding in my original post. jk = just kidding

 

[DrGrus]

Thanks everyone for the clarification of the situation in Europe.

How has the shipping been divided so far between the regions?

Did the 3ds sell well in Europe?

Sorry for the questions about other markets just want to understand the Japanese numbers.

 

[mugurumakensei]

Thanks everyone for the clarification of the situation in Europe.

How has the shipping been divided so far between the regions?

Did the 3ds sell well in Europe?

Sorry for the questions about other markets just want to understand the Japanese numbers.

I don't know sales in Europe exactly but 3DS sold over 2/3 of its sales in NA and Japan. The rest of the world and Europe are responsible for less than a 3rd so mostly concentrated in NA and Japan.

 

[Chris1964]

Famitsu Sales: Week 32, 2017 (Jul 31 - Aug 06)

01./01. [3DS] Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2017.07.29} (¥5.980) - 259.676 / 1.390.144 <80-100%> (-77%)
02./02. [PS4] Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2017.07.29} (¥8.980) - 166.513 / 1.116.851 <80-100%> (-82%)
03./03. [NSW] Splatoon 2 # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2017.07.21} (¥5.980) - 87.584 / 887.978 <80-100%> (-32%)
04./00. [3DS] Great Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney 2 - Naruhodou Ryuunosuke no Kakugo <ADV> (Capcom) {2017.08.03} (¥5.800) - 61.035 / NEW <40-60%>
05./00. [PS4] Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy <Crash Bandicoot \ Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back \ Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped> <ACT> (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2017.08.03} (¥4.900) - 19.693 / NEW <60-80%>
06./06. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) - 12.076 / 568.220 <80-100%> (+1%)
07./04. [3DS] Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaire's Conspiracy <ADV> (Level 5) {2017.07.20} (¥4.444) - 10.936 / 100.011 <80-100%> (-41%)
08./00. [3DS] Great Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney 1 & 2 Special Edition {Great Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Naruhodou Ryuunosuke no Bouken \ Great Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney 2 - Naruhodou Ryuunosuke no Kakugo} <ADV> (Capcom) {2017.08.03} (¥7.200) - 8.915 / NEW <60-80%>
09./05. [3DS] Hey! Pikmin <ACT> (Nintendo) {2017.07.13} (¥4.980) - 8.113 / 126.657 <80-100%> (-39%)
10./14. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild # <ADV> (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥6.980) - 4.620 / 488.520 <80-100%> (+4%)
11./09. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi: Koko, Dokonan Desu? <ETC> (Nippon Columbia) {2017.07.20} (¥4.800) - 4.315 / 27.912 <40-60%> (-39%)
12./07. [PS4] Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age <RPG> (Square Enix) {2017.07.13} (¥6.800) - 3.260 / 128.134 <80-100%> (-56%)
13./23. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo <ETC> (Nintendo) {2016.11.23} (¥2.700) - 3.236 / 201.326 <80-100%> (+24%)
14./16. [3DS] Pokemon Sun / Moon # <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2016.11.18} (¥4.980) - 3.224 / 3.797.338 <80-100%> (-25%)
15./13. [PS4] Gundam Versus # <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2017.07.06} (¥8.200) - 3.204 / 148.365 <80-100%> (-30%)
16./17. [NSW] Arms <FTG> (Nintendo) {2017.06.16} (¥5.980) - 3.085 / 200.252 <80-100%> (-14%)
17./21. [PS4] Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition <ADV> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.12.03} (¥2.400) - 2.506 / 237.887 <80-100%> (-5%)
18./20. [PS4] NieR: Automata <RPG> (Square Enix) {2017.02.23} (¥7.800) - 2.240 / 329.875 <80-100%> (-15%)
19./30. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 <RCE> (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.571) - 2.230 / 2.733.863 <80-100%> (+17%)
20./24. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition # <ADV> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.03.19} (¥2.400) - 2.165 / 999.032 <80-100%> (-14%)
21./28. [3DS] Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission X <TBL> (Bandai Namco Games) {2017.04.27} (¥5.700) - 2.151 / 175.977 <80-100%> (-3%)
22./19. [3DS] Monster Hunter Double Cross <ACT> (Capcom) {2017.03.18} (¥5.800) - 2.141 / 1.659.889 <80-100%> (-20%)
23./12. [PS4] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered <ACT> (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2017.07.27} (¥5.900) - 1.930 / 6.677 <40-60%> (-59%)
24./29. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V [New Price Edition] <ACT> (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2015.10.08} (¥4.990) - 1.893 / 279.898 <80-100%> (-10%)
25./00. [NSW] 1-2-Switch <ETC> (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥4.980) - 1.733 / 209.857 <80-100%> (+1%)
26./00. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 3: Sukiyaki <RPG> (Level 5) {2016.12.15} (¥4.800) - 1.666 / 734.190 <80-100%> (+5%)
27./15. [PS4] Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Legacy <Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm \ Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 \ Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3> <FTG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2017.07.27} (¥6.800) - 1.507 / 5.833 <40-60%> (-65%)
28./00. [WIU] Minecraft: Wii U Edition <ADV> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2016.06.23} (¥3.600) - 1.472 / 336.609 <80-100%> (-1%)
29./00. [WIU] Splatoon # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2015.05.28} (¥5.700) - 1.440 / 1.516.051 <80-100%> (-21%)
30./00. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops III - Game of the Year Edition <Call of Duty: Black Ops III \ Call of Duty: Black Ops III - Awakening \ Call of Duty: Black Ops III - Eclipse \ Call of Duty: Black Ops III - Descent \ Call of Duty: Black Ops III - Salvation> <ACT> (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2017.06.29} (¥5.900) - 1.407 / 13.979 <40-60%> (-20%)

Top 30

3DS - 12
PS4 - 10
NSW - 5
WIU - 2
PSV - 1

HARDWARE

+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|System |  This Week |  Last Week |  Last Year |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |     LTD     |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  NSW  |     69.686 |    105.697 |            |  1.380.470 |            |   1.380.470 |
| 3DS # |     61.995 |    126.790 |     27.551 |  1.161.964 |    805.564 |  23.073.377 |
| PS4 # |     52.819 |     93.954 |     16.383 |  1.137.782 |    839.367 |   5.059.398 |
| PSV # |      4.653 |      4.364 |     10.015 |    287.809 |    598.857 |   5.535.228 |
|  WIU  |        128 |        207 |      5.170 |     20.053 |    263.204 |   3.299.791 |
| XB1 # |        101 |         83 |         43 |      5.564 |      3.529 |      78.512 |
|  PS3  |         46 |        103 |        704 |     15.507 |     37.681 |  10.273.226 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  ALL  |    189.428 |    331.198 |     59.866 |  4.009.149 |  2.548.202 |  48.700.002 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| XB1 S |        101 |         83 |            |        782 |            |       6.510 |
|PS4 Pro|      7.627 |      9.381 |            |    199.312 |            |     316.362 |
|  PS4  |     45.192 |     84.573 |     16.383 |    938.470 |    839.367 |   4.743.036 |
|  PSV  |      4.653 |      4.364 |     10.015 |    287.809 |    598.857 |   5.535.228 |
|n-2DSLL|     38.725 |     98.611 |            |    191.477 |            |     191.477 |
|  2DS  |      2.958 |      2.980 |            |    229.537 |            |     526.684 |
| n-3DS |     20.312 |     25.199 |     27.036 |    740.950 |    759.512 |   5.434.939 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+

 

[SinCityAssassin]

How does Famitsu have Crash Trilogy even lower?

 

[Lord_Byron28]

Nintendo announced late March/early April that they were going to ramp up production on the Switch. It's now August.

Isn't it more likely that retailers are now seeing an increase in the shipments they are receiving as a result of ramping up production.

If Nintendo was holding back units I think they would have done so in late June for Splatoon in mid-July. Holding back stock since May doesn't make sense to me.

They even stated that we would see the effects of the restock mid-late summer. Perhaps an optimistic prediction but I'm hoping for 100k+ for Switch shipments the next two weeks. 50-70k being the new baseline through September and October. 100k+ shipments from Odyssey's launch to the end of the year with 200k+ shipments for late November to late December. Going back to 50-70k in shipments by mid-january.

 

[Skullwaker]

Splatoon could hit 1m on Famitsu next week.

 

[Alex_Mexico]

I know I'm late in this thread but did Splatoon 2 in less than a month really outsold both Zelda and MK8??? What the hell!?

 

[ArkhamFantasy]

I know I'm late in this thread but did Splatoon 2 in less than a month really outsold both Zelda and MK8??? What the hell!?

MK8 is a port of a 3 year old game, Zelda has never been a monster franchise in Japan, Splatoon is.

 

[Waluigilicious]

I know I'm late in this thread but did Splatoon 2 in less than a month really outsold both Zelda and MK8??? What the hell!?

Is it Nintendo's biggest franchise in Japan right now after Pokémon?

 

[Skullwaker]

I know I'm late in this thread but did Splatoon 2 in less than a month really outsold both Zelda and MK8??? What the hell!?

It did in 3 days. The original Splatoon also outsold MK8 Wii U and every Zelda game ever.

Is it Nintendo's biggest franchise in Japan right now after Pokémon?

Animal Crossing is possibly bigger as well.

 

[Alex_Mexico]

MK8 is a port of a 3 year old game, Zelda has never been a monster franchise in Japan, Splatoon is.

Yeah but still who would've thought Nintendo's biggest new franchise would be an online centric team based third person shooter!?

Seeing these numbers I'm worried for Metroid on 3DS and Switch's numbers. I think they won't even surpass Arms'.

 

[Alex_Mexico]

Is it Nintendo's biggest franchise in Japan right now after Pokémon?

What about Fire Emblem?

 

[LordOcidax]

Could Splatoon 2 outsell DQXI on PS4?? &#129300;&#129300;&#129300;

 

[Ōkami]

Yeah but still who would've thought Nintendo's biggest new franchise would be an online centric team based third person shooter!?

Seeing these numbers I'm worried for Metroid on 3DS and Switch's numbers. I think they won't even surpass Arms'.

Neither Metroid game is selling more than 100k anyway.

What about Fire Emblem?

Pick any Fire Emblem game and Splatoon has sold at least twice as much.

Splatoon 2 has already sold more than any FE game in Japan.