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French top 20 physical sales numbers of 2018
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otakugamer
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9 of 20 games are developed and publish by Nintendo
big respect for Nintendo
big respect for Nintendo
Mistershine.
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Sounds like a 'personal time' video...
woigemok
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This year is going to be bigger than 2018 with New Gen Pokemon, AC, MM2, Zelda LA, NSMBU, LM3, FE3H and the legs of MK8D, SSBU, SMO, SMP, BOTW and Splatoon 2.
PendekarRajawali
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GTA V: The Game of All Generation.
nowhat
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That's commendable, true. But it should be also noted that these are physical sales. I base this on nothing but a gut feel, but I'm under the impression physical is still more common on Switch than with PS4/One.
Geki-D
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Whilst it's great for Nintendo, it paints a gloomy picture for third parties on Switch. In the top 20 only 2 Switch games are third party. I really don't see what real incentive third parties have to actually make games for the Switch, it's yet again another Mario/Zelda box. And when all of Nintendo's studios are between games... Oh dear.
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Geki-D
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Because there's an unlimited number of threads that can be posted by any user over the rank of Neo and it's entirely the choice of other users as to whether or not they wish to partake in these threads or even click on them.
It's a gaming related subject, there is no valid reason as to why there shouldn't or couldn't be a thread about this.
ROMhack
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Third-party games usually over-achieve on the Switch. Using some completely random examples, Disgaea 5 sold the same on PS4 as it did on Switch despite coming out two years later. Civilization VI sold a very healthy amount and surprised its publisher. Sonic Mania sold more on Switch than it did on PS4. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 sold a very healthy 1.4m copies worldwide, which is some achievement as it's nowhere near as good as Xenogears
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mcz117chief
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How come I just can't for the love of all that is holy enjoy any of these high profile games? Out of these I got Spiderman and God of War and both are really nice looking games but after a few hours they just fizzle out and don't interest me anymore. On the other hand you got games like Valkyria Chronicles 4 and EDF 5 (my GOTY by far) which are amazing but don't sell even close to these games. What makes these games so appealing to everyone but not me? Do people buy these games, play them for an hour and stop or just collect them? Or are these games just on a different wave-length than me?
Geki-D
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Indeed.
Far as I can see no numbers were given, Take Two just said they were happy and it exceeded expectations, we don't know what those expectations were.
Sure, but you're forgetting it's Sonic Mania Plus on Switch and it's being compared to Plus on the other platforms. Loss of interest of Plus on the other platforms can be put down to the base version being on PS4 & XB1 already. Plus wasn't a sequel but just an enhanced version of what was already released.
A Switch exclusive published by Nintendo? Ok?
It would seem that the third party games that do do well on Switch tend to be 2D stuff and indies. Whilst some of those are great, they often don't sell all that much in the first place and definitely not enough to warrant third parties truly looking at the Switch as a viable platform for their big projects.
ROMhack
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Simple answer: the more you play games, the more your taste changes. Sure the popular ones are well-made and but they cast the net wide and try to appeal to as broad an audience as possible, which means they don't speak to you on a personal level. I hope it doesn't sound elitist because I find it's the same with everything. Somebody who reads once in a while will be satisfied by a popular, bestseller book - like those by Stephen King - but the more s/he reads the more s/he craves something different.
At least in theory.
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ROMhack
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Ah, if that's what you mean then yep I agree. It's hard to judge as we haven't seen any big flops but I wouldn't deny they probably wouldn't do as well as on PS4 where the userbase is more receptive.
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mcz117chief
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Makes sense, thx for taking the time to answer, mate. I still like to play some Call of Duty at least, so I'm not completely off the main-stream grid.
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