April 2016 NPD Thread! Hardware and software up!

[ExtremeBrawler]

Aquamarine said:

ExtremeBrawler said:

This digital share average is for the software released overall in this gen so far or just for the past fiscal year? I'm asking because I tend to think digital shares for Nintendo titles have been growing in the most recent times, just like the rest of the industry, even if on a significantly smaller scale due to the reasons you mentioned. 

Also, it's true it can vary a lot depending on the titles considered.

Yes, it's just for this fiscal year, and yes, Nintendo digital % shares are growing rapidly with the rest of the industry in terms of percent change.

Last fiscal year, for example:

FY3/2015: 4.6%

Oh, so it should reach or come near 10% average by March 2017, quite the progress! And, soon, the world! M.Bison: Of course!

Seriously, though, didn't think Nintendo was still this low on average, given there were reports of several games having pretty good digital shares (Smash 3DS, Fire Emblem, Bravely Default, first examples in my mind), but it surely depend on the game, those were probably major positive outlets. But I suppose the real factor is that (my theory, probably I'm wrong) Nintendo's will to not drop prices digitally as often and as quickly as Sony and MS do on their titles affects digital shares in the long time: people just prefer buying games at retail, especially considering how prices at retail drop quicker than on the eShop.