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[Ōkami]

We already knew, but we finally have proper confirmation,

According to Famitsu total sales of Switch hardware in Japan are of 1.016.473

The best selling games of the system are (retail only)

Mario Kart 501,614
Zelda: 460,480
1 2 Switch 200,807
Arms: 154,845
Bomberman 92,112

https://www.famitsu.com/news/201706/28136488.html

 

[Kicko]

Delicious.

 

[reelbigtink]

Great news. More units means more software means happier customers.

Gimme some of them sweet JRPGs, thanks

 

[titiklabingapat]

Great hold for ARMS.

 

[psyfi]

Before Splatoon even.

 

[dragonzdogma]

We already knew, but we finally have proper confirmation,

According to Famitsu total sales of Switch hardware in Japan are of 1.016.473

The best selling games of the system are:

Mario Kart 501,614
Zelda: 460,480
1 2 Switch 200,807
Arms: 154,845
Bomberman 92,112

https://www.famitsu.com/news/201706/28136488.html

That's great, hopefully this will make third parties join the fun. Tricky part is making multiplat games now.

 

[RayearthRob]

Bomberman <3

 

[Neoxon]

Congrats on the success, Nintendo. And ARMS being within striking distance of 1 2 Switch (a launch game) in sales after a little over a week is rather impressive.

 

[Jaded Alyx]

How many more is that than Xbox One?

 

[Da-Kid]

Amazing

 

[Twig and Berries]

Before Splatoon even.

We're just getting started

 

[Mister Wolf]

Konami was smart.

 

[BorkBork]

How long did it take the Wii U to sell a mil?

 

[DKHF]

How many more is that than Xbox One?

923k

 

[J@hranimo]

Looking good!

That's great, hopefully this will make third parties join the fun. Tricky part is making multiplat games now.

Yep. I think 2018 we'll definitely see more Japanese multiplats get announced, if they aren't working on them currently.

 

[Aaron Strife]

Congrats on the success, Nintendo. And ARMS being within striking distance of 1 2 Switch (a launch game) in sales after a little over a week is rather impressive.

Who needs legs when you have ARMS

 

[iamaustrian]

That must be the most successful bomberman... like..ever.
awesome

I hope Konami takes notes and releases a castlevania compilation.

Spoiler

LOL

 

[Bronetta]

How long did it take the Wii U to sell a mil?

 

[CharminUltra]

 

[DKHF]

How long did it take the Wii U to sell a mil?

7 months

 

[Jaded Alyx]

7 months

And PS4?

 

[Evil Monkey DTT]

Nintendo should go third party though, clearly, they don't have a future with their own hardware.

Spoiler

I wish I bought stock in Nintendo when everyone was doubting them, I saw this coming.

 

[DKHF]

And PS4?

Slightly under 11 months (also using Famitsu numbers). Launched February 22 2014 and passed it in mid-January 2015.

 

[Phamit]

And PS4?

About 10

 

[Justified]

And PS4?

Sold through a milli in 24 hrs

 

[James Scott]

Sold through a milli in 24 hrs

In Japan he means

 

[ArtHands]

Yah but imagine how much more they will sell if there's no artificial scarcity /s

 

[VariantX]

Sold through a milli in 24 hrs

In Japan? Because that is the market the thread is about

 

[Vic]

And Splatoon 2 is coming out in less than a month. The momentum is there for 3rd parties to ride upon.

 

[Chindogg]

Konami was smart.

Imagine Capcom porting MHXX at launch.

 

[Alter_Fridge]

Nintendo should go third party though, clearly, they don't have a future with their own hardware.

Spoiler

I wish I bought stock in Nintendo when everyone was doubting them, I saw this coming.

 

[Infernal Monkey]

I know Bomberman R is just kinda okay-ish, but it makes me so happy to see how well the game has sold~ I'm dreaming the impossible dream that it'll result in more Hudson IP revivals from Konami/Nintendo.

 

[AquaWateria]

32k for ARMS on the second week is a lot better than I expected.

I hope its legs keeps up.

 

[Kicko]

Imagine Capcom porting MHXX at launch.

Capcom lacks vision, and that's been a consistent theme for them the past couple of generations.

 

[Twig and Berries]

Can it break 2.5M by the end of the year?

 

[reelbigtink]

Sold through a milli in 24 hrs

Doubt this happened in Japan but I could be wrong

 

[whyamihere]

Totally deserves it. Such a fun system.

 

[jnWake]

Zelda doing so well is the biggest surprise.

 

[Gaspard]

Hopefully Ninty can keep up with demand so people dont have to wait in lottery lines.

 

[Sterok]

And still no stock. If that gets fixed Splatoon is going to make this a quick trip to 2 million.

 

[Thoraxes]

Can it break 2.5M by the end of the year?

If they can have supply meet demand, absolutely.

 

[dracula_x]

Imagine Capcom porting MHXX at launch.

And what would they gain with that? It would affect sales of 3DS ver. of the game.

 

[Man God]

Zelda doing so well is the biggest surprise.

It's still kinda sorta under performing there considering it is the best game ever made.

 

[CitizenCope]

We already knew, but we finally have proper confirmation,

According to Famitsu total sales of Switch hardware in Japan are of 1.016.473

The best selling games of the system are (retail only)

Mario Kart 501,614
Zelda: 460,480
1 2 Switch 200,807
Arms: 154,845
Bomberman 92,112

https://www.famitsu.com/news/201706/28136488.html

Thanks for the link?

 

[Inuhanyou]

Zelda doing so well is the biggest surprise.

It was literally the biggest game at launch for anyone to buy, of course it would sell with the system

I know zelda selling in japan isn't guaranteed, but this is on a handheld and its new, i think its pretty obvious.

Good on nitnendo for the japanese sales, this will hopefully build up a player base for PS4/Switch ports so they can keep sales stable both at home and abroad

It's still kinda sorta under performing there considering it is the best game ever made.

Cue eye roll

 

[James Scott]

Zelda doing so well is the biggest surprise.

Not sure how it compares to the sales of other Zelda games in Japan, but I kind of wanted to see Japan take to the series a bit more now that the latest main line 3D game is on a portable.

And what would they gain with that? It would affect sales of 3DS ver. of the game.

Being at the launch of a popular handheld launch probably wouldn't of been a negative at least. Don't see MHXX selling better with how Capcom handled it than if they did that.

 

[Twig and Berries]

Capcom lacks vision, and that's been a consistent theme for them the past couple of generations.

Capcom was pretty good last gen

 

[Xbro]

Can it break 2.5M by the end of the year?

If they could just stock the thing it would probably be able to break 4M by the end of the year.

 

[LotusHD]

ARMS doing well too I see, nice.

 

[OrbitalBeard]

It was literally the biggest game at launch for anyone to buy, of course it would sell with the system

I know zelda selling in japan isn't guaranteed, but this is on a handheld and its new, i think its pretty obvious.

I think downplaying this game's success in Japan is pretty funny. There was absolutely no guarantee it was going to sell this well.