A recent Kotaku article called "So Far, Nintendo's Arms Does Not Have Legs" - http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2017/08/02/so-far-nintendos-arms-does-not-have-legs

What? First off it's been out for less than 2 months, and second of all, how has it's performance in that time in anyway lead you to think that?

Quotes from the article:

"Nintendo’s new fighting game Arms has struggled to stay relevant since its release back in June."

"Arms sold 1.18 million copies between its June release and late July. Right now, Arms is the Switch’s 13 best-selling game in its eShop. In part, Arms’ comparatively low install base (Splatoon 2 moved over half that many copies in three days) seems to be a branding issue: Arms doesn’t know who it’s for, and neither do Switch owners."

"It’s clear that Nintendo’s fostering faith in their long-term support for the game’s competitive future, but I’m not sure how many players are viewing it as a true fighting game and not an underdeveloped launch title."

First of all that number of copies sold is from June 17th to June 30th not late July (2 weeks instead 1 month and a half). Splatoon 2 is an established IP, why don't you compare ARMS to the original game and tell us how bad it did. It might be a good thing your saying ARMS is not being viewed as a true fighting game considering the sales of those have been like recently. Overall the article just seems bad. Especially considering the figure it's going off is false. Aswell as the game hasn't even been out 2 months it's legs could be much longer than that especially considering new characters and stages etc. are still come.

2 months is long enough to make that evaluation.

It hasn't been two months though, and not in my opinion for a game that is still to get a lot of new content because I'm sure that would likely spike sales. Also for this game I've yet to see evidence to determine it hasn't got legs.

He does seem to remember that Splatoon didn't exactly sell all 4.whatever million copies in its first 6 weeks, right?

Seems splatoon is overshadowing arms legs

This.

"Arms sold 1.18 million copies between its June release and late July. "

This sentence is all you need to khow about much effort kotaku put into making this article.

Stopped caring once I saw it was from Kotaku: king of gaming clickbait articles.

For a brand new IP on a console that's not even 6 months old yet, it's doing just fine. Now that Splatoon 2 is out and more games on the way like Mario + Rabbids, the game is going to have alot more competition at retail. Nintendo should shave off $20 from this game in about a month or so, especially once Mario Odyssey hits, because nobody is going to pay full MSRP for ARMS come the holiday season.

new fighting game ip sold 1.18 copies.... that is a lot!!!!