NBA Playgrounds has been a hit for developer Saber Interactive. Since launch, the basketball game has sold more than 500,000 units across all platforms. A specific breakdown of platform sales were not mentioned, though it has done very well on the eShop charts.

Saber CEO Matt Karch said in a statement:

“NBA Playgrounds has been a labor of love for us at Saber, so it’s hugely gratifying to see the game strike a chord. Its success has paved the way for us to consider creating other arcade-style sports titles. We’ve worked tirelessly since release to refine the game and deliver the free content we promised, and we’re going to keep supporting it. I want to thank the community for their ongoing feedback, specifically players on Switch, who had to wait so long for the full experience they deserve.”

Saber has another update in the works for NBA Playgrounds. As mentioned earlier today, it will add 33 new players including current stars such as J.R. Smith and Chris Paul, dominators from recent eras like Baron Davis and Tim Duncan, old-school legends Jerry West and Elgin Baylor, and even some modern-day sports gaming YouTubers like Agent 00 and Shake4ndBake. Additionally, packs will be better balanced to reduce the number of duplicates players open. A three-point contest mode with online play will be added in as well, along with a new rebounding system and fully functional friend invites to matches.

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Wouldn't surprise me if a majority (or at least a plurality) of that was on the Switch.

EDIT: Because I literally didn't know this was released on other platforms.

"Dear : Nintendo

Thanks for artificially making our games more popular by lowering the amount of games on your platform to an irregularly low count. Now our smaller projects can truly flourish!

With regards,

Everybody except Triple A"

(jk)

whats the platform break down like?

Steamspy has it around 24,000 units on steam?

So the vast majority of people that own and play this game, are console gamers.

Well with the nostalgia of NBA Jam on SNES I can only imagine so many NS owners thought and then what they actually got.

Something something nothing to play on Switch.

Because clearly a console that's only approachign it's 5th month on the market is postively swarming with games. 

Has the Switch update happened yet? Haven't played it in a few weeks. Didn't like this game at first but it grew on me.

So in over 2 months on 3 consoles. It's only sold 500k and the company is bragging about that?

Hell, if Bomberman can do it I guess NBA can too.