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Nintendo Switch is Nintendo's fastest selling game system (US, 906K), Zelda over 100%
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I'll never get tired of this.
And_Gignac
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The 3DS numbers are the most important in order to make fair comparisons. Switch is really killing it. I expect it to sell 500k~ every month for the rest of the summer.
Milly Osworth
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And this is before Pokemon...
I'd say a 2D Zelda or two and a second 3D Zelda + DLC when all is said and done.
Kinda far off though to think about
My post was more a joke post because it's always too soon no matter what to claim success despite positive news. See the thread about what GameStop said about the demand might outpace that of the Wii.
I'm not trying to backtrack here, but what I said could be interpreted differently in terms of being sarcastic or not.
Back on topic, this is great news for Nintendo for how much and how fast Switch units are moving. With a steady stream of games releasing I'm sure sales will continue to do well.
Alex_Mexico
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Just to have a foothold on what does this mean: when the PS4 sold 1 million in its first day was that just NA or was that worldwide? I can't remember.
Jonneh3003
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Handhelds have been thriving for decades without much western support, that being said I'm sure Activision will bring a few titles over at the very least.
Edit: whoops I'm tired, thought I saw the word Western in there
facetheslayer92
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Shit, I should've made a prediction in the hardware thread. I was thinking 905k.
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Gotta be WW.
BoxManLocke
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That'd be extremely unlikely under normal circumstances.
The Switch is also heavily supply constrained.
Welfare
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It sold 1M in North America in the first 24 hours. So US + Canada. NPD reports the US number.
RichiRamjag
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Oh no. Sounds like a terrible ordeal. Getting laughed at?!
balgajo
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I knew that people would buy botw just to lick it. Dat taste.
AquaWateria
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Man if they announce a Pokemon game and a Smash game, Switch is gonna have a great holiday season.
And_Gignac
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Yeah. The Switch doesn't need them to thrive. Game Boy and DS line certainly didn't. Not even the PSP.
Jonneh3003
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Yes just NA.
RichiRamjag
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Oh man. Pokémon is going to blow up on this thing.
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
There has never been a handheld in the past that had comparable CPU and GPU power, the architecture, while different than the AMD GPU's and x86 CPU's should provide less of a challenge in porting, especially since UE4 is scalable on it.
it means the switch was launched on march, and not on the holiday season, so the switch launch is kinda more amazing?
Oh I will hold my breath. Either I'll die or I'll play a FPS games that pushing Switch its limits on the console.
Seriously, FPS games are played perfectly on handhelds. Aiming is more comfortable since you're closer to the screen and motion controls helps a lot. There needs to be a FPS game on Switch.
nextgeneration
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Japan is currently at around 606k units, so between US and Japan, Switch is sitting at 1.5+ million. You'd figure Europe is well over 500k, so they should be well over 2 million by now, easily.
Jonneh3003
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Yeah I'm sure the third party ports will come. Just saying in the history of handhelds Western support has always been minimal.
Until this Gen there was a lot more sense of caution with units available at launch. of course Wii ended up selling out everything it shipped for basically 2 years but yeah in general its just a case of what was normal for the time. It is why the Wii U initial launch looked good but then it became clear it did not have any serious momentum.
BoxManLocke
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Okay ?
I'm not saying sales will crater.
Do you even look at NPD data, aside from this thread ?
500k till summer would be absolutely insane. Like above PS2 levels of insane. Come on now.
Complicated
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Keep the hits coming Nintendo. I'm excited for virtual console too. I've been without decent access to Nintendo games for about a decade.
Welfare
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~2.5M shipped is looking very likely.
That's IF we get Pokémon on the Switch this year. Judging by the recent Game Freak listing, we'll probably get Gen 8 on the Switch either way even if the Stars rumor turns out to be a dud. But if Stars (or whatever the final name is) ends up being real & Switch-only, Nintendo may as well start printing money.
RichiRamjag
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I'm really hoping for it, I skipped sun and moon.
OfficerRaichu15
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Holy shit 900k in March...and had major stock problems!
Switch will have a great April.
Switch will have a great April.
facetheslayer92
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Hmm, wonder if Skyward Sword ever cracked 5 million sold. Curious to see how long it takes BOTW to sell 5 million. I know Twilight Princess was received well commercially.
ElectricBlanketFire
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It's a Zelda box at the moment. No one (not literally) is buying a Switch for 1-2 Switch.
Dark Cloud
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Wow. There it is
MightyHedgehog
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Congrats to them. I just wish it was more than my Zelda delivery device. Get that software train going, Nintendo.
Mihael Mello Keehl
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And vice versa
Same here. Worst-case scenario, I can just pick up Sun/Moon if Stars turns out to be fake. Though to be fair, I was strapped for cash at the time, so that kinda attributed to my decision to wait on Gen 7 (I was already saving money for the Switch).
LOL
Are some of y'all serious? I think that without a doubt this console will crush the Wii U. Wii U's first year was dry as fuck. We're barely over a month in and we already have release dates for the next few major Nintendo releases, and those releases are close after launch.
The fuck were we waiting on Wii U in the same time frame? Lego City? Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate?
It also helps that they launched with a must-buy game out of the gate. I ain't calling it a mega success now, but compared to what was happening last generation, I'm ready to say that it won't fail like the Wii U.
Are some of y'all serious? I think that without a doubt this console will crush the Wii U. Wii U's first year was dry as fuck. We're barely over a month in and we already have release dates for the next few major Nintendo releases, and those releases are close after launch.
The fuck were we waiting on Wii U in the same time frame? Lego City? Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate?
It also helps that they launched with a must-buy game out of the gate. I ain't calling it a mega success now, but compared to what was happening last generation, I'm ready to say that it won't fail like the Wii U.
And_Gignac
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The console is still selling what's being shipped. Is not that crazy to assume that April numbers will come close to 500k~, in my opinion. Mario Kart will help with that. Then you have Splatoon and ARMS. May / June / July can be huge for the Switch if the demand continues as it has been for the past month and a half.
Maybe not 500k~, but I doubt we will see a normal slow down for Switch.
The Giant
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Not really. just another way of saying 'dumb' in australia.
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