Well the wii U was the #1 home console in japan untill the switch announcement (ps4 passed it in october). Pretty front loaded though, but just when ps4 seemed to catch up, mario kart realesed. Then smash 4. Then splatoon.

As you the vita... its in the 'no monster hunter shock phase' right now. That and the high price and library of both portables are keeping sales down.P4G is when the vita really picked up I think?

So we're essentially agreeing with each other then.

Game was never going to sell a load of copies. It's a niche game of a late port with a niche audience on a system with slim audience compared to the PS4 and Vita. Which is why I think 10k sells is not bad at all. I'm not even saying that this game would sell like the PS4 and Vita if the Switch install base was the same, I mean the audience got the game already.

Ehh, it's actually quite a bit below what I expected from Splatoon after its COMG performance and the general hype level I thought it had in Japan. Oh well, legs are gonna be great anyway. The same for Switch hardware as well. With Nintendo saving Switch stock for Splatoon launch week, and with the Switch's overall super strong performance in Japan so far, I was expecting more Switches to be available.

Ka-pi96 said: 98,999? Just couldn't quite get the 100k New 2DS looks like it's stealing New 3DS sales rather than generating new sales too.

Nah, New 3DS sales were always quite low plus, it's now discountinued so those sales are as expected. I think with Dragon Quest XI releasing so soon is what's helping keeping those 3DS sales up quite high.

Remember digital sales arn't counted and splatoon is the type of game you ALWAYS want on the system.

Also ps3 and wii U selling double that of the xbone lol.

I think what he want to say is install base doesn't matter for this type of game. It does matter for the game that attract a lot of audience such as Splatoon or Mario Kart. For this type of game the people that want it will look for this game already. It doesn't matter how huge the install base is because most people don't care for it anyway. Think of it like Fire Emblem series pre-Awakening games. It sold more on GBA than the DS, even when the latter has a significatly larger user base.

Nice! It beat PS4 and PSVita even with supply issues! 

You would think with a 99k number for the switch, all switch titles would see a boost, but only MK8D achieved this and its increase was somewhat small (+12%). ARMS (-8%), Zelda (-15%) and 1-2 Switch (almost non existent) didnt gain what-so-ever.

PS4 still with 30k during the summer looks good for DQ11 next week

That was really never my claim either. It was just one of the things that could potentially lower the sales of the game. It was never the key part of my post though so I'm not even sure why it became a discussion topic. Obviously all the other things I wrote was a lot bigger factor than it's install base.

I believe people were being unreasonable with their expectations for the Splatoon 2. This isn't launch anymore, you can't expect a first-week attach rate of 85%. The game is already the most sold on the system, and will, no question, have phenomenal legs.