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Week 1, 2019
Switch Hardware: 225.698
Switch Top 10 Software: 704.322
Switch Top 20 Software: 792.768

Week 1, 2020
Switch Hardware: 273.420
Switch Top 10 Software: 576.891
Switch Top 20 Software: 721.113

Week 1, 2020 is below Week 1, 2019 in terms of Software sales for the Switch, but not substantially when looking at games outside of the Top 10.
Once again the main cause for 2020 being below 2019 is lack of stock for Ring Fit Adventure, I believe that if there was sufficient supply for Ring Fit, Week 1 2020 would have been ahead.
What's coming up

- 3rd Party Support is ramping up this Q1, if we compare it to Q1 2019/Q1 2018, I expect a lot more 3rd party games in the Top 10
- Ring Fit will be a Top 5 game majority of Q1 Weeks until demand is met, I expect it to reach 1M physical after Animal Crossing's launch.
- Pokemon's legs will be stronger than prior games due to the recent announcement(Chris on Resetera says he expects the game to have a chance to reach 5M phyiscal + digital lifetime).
- Animal Crossing will be driving huge demand at the end of the Quarter in terms of hardware sales & software sales. This will be far the biggest release we have in Q1 since Breath of Wild launching together with the Switch. 
- Pokemon Mystery Dungeon remake could be one of the other top 10 releases this quarter

TOP 10 2019 Switch Famitsu Q1:
1) Smash Ultimate - 631.721
2) New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe - 547.987
3) Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu! / Let's Go, Eevee! - 225.481
4) Super Mario Party - 220.392
5) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 206.568
6) Minecraft - 182.522
7) Splatoon 2 - 146.463
8) Dragon Quest Builders 2 - 97.061
9) The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 95.347
10) Super Mario Odyssey - 53.224
TOTAL: 2.406.766

TOP 10 2018 Switch Famitsu Q1:
1) Splatoon 2 - 417.920
2) Kirby Star Allies- 372.882
3) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 305.204
4) Super Mario Odyssey - 297.817
5) Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 192.209
6) Mario + Rabbids - 187.675
7) 1-2 Switch - 71.591
8) Arms - 68.842
9) Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2 for Nintendo Switch - 48.010
10) Dragon Quest Builders - 47.101
TOTAL: 2.009.251

Last edited by noshten - on 13 January 2020