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Miyamotoo on 07 September 2017
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TheBraveGallade said:
tbone51 said:

Not really, numbers would still be similar, its splatoon. Its not selling high because its bundled. Going by some numbers seen on gaf some weeks splat2 bundle is 50% of sold switches sometimes highrr/lower.

 

That said 2 weeks ago splat2 sold higher than 160% of switch hardware so your opinion of being a little bit inflated is a bit off

yeah. I mean untill at least oddesy and xenoblade 2 drops, people are buying a switch for splatoon2, not the other way around.

One of main reasons why people are buying Switch in Japan is Splatoon 2, but to be fair, Switch was constantly outsold months before Splatoon 2 and demand for Switch was not meet even before Splatoon 2 launch, so offcourse that Splatoon 2 is not only reason for buying Switch and why Switch is constantly outsold.

 

NoCtiS_NoX said:
hiska-kun said:

The data is there. Why is Switch selling well? Because Nights of Azure 2? No, it's selling because Splatoon 2. 

Zelda and Mario were on Wii U, they are not the reason of Switch sales, but the excuse to get the games as well along Splatoon.

It's selling not just because of Splatoon but the great 1st party line-up it's offering and the future releases as well. To say that Switch is only selling because of Splatoon 2 is false. 

As I recall Switch is sold out the moment the Switch was release. It's still selling even before Splatoon was release. 

Nintendo was caught off guard bigtime and they cannot meet the demand for months now. It's a new gadget. New gadget generate hype. Especially when you cannot even purchase it immidiately. It creates the stigma that I want it as well.  The more you cannot get it the more you will want it.

It's a hybrid of Home console and Portable so it has mobility. Which as far as I know a big thing in Japan. The ability to play in a big screen then you can go outside and continue your game then you got home again plug it in on your Dock is for me the best selling point of Switch. Which I hope Sony follow as well. Ability to continue playing Uncharted, Bloodbourne and some of the exclusive JRPG like persona when I go out will be gamers dream for me.

Add to that the great software ( Splatoon) it offers. Zelda is a System seller, Mario Kart is a system seller, Arms sold well as well, Then You have Splatoon which is a great system seller. With Mario Odyssey with just a month away. For a hardcore Nintendo fan that is a fantastic line-up in less than a year it was release. 

Totaly agree.

 

AngryLittleAlchemist said:

I don't get it. What is Everybody's Golf and why is everyone excited for it?

Regardless, nice to see Splatoon 2 do 50k. I seem to remember it doing consistently 50k-75k, so if it can keep doing that every week it should grow to be one of the biggest titles on Switch. If it did 50k theoretically from now till the end of the year, that would be another 875k right there, making it 1,931,500 in Japan alone. That probably won't happen, but if the holiday sales spike enough it could still do a lot. 

After Splatoon 1, from moment Nintendo annauced Splatoon 2 for Switch it was obvous that Switch will easily one of strongest game in Japan at all, not just Switch game. Splatoon 2 can easily hit 2m at end of year in Japan alone, but that really depends from Switch stocks.

 

palou said:
Kerotan said:

Placing the Switch against all the big boys... Meany!

 

I mean, intergenerational population decline is probably enough to make it impossible for the Switch to ever reaching the ludicrous numbers the DS produced later on...

Yup, Switch made up to to big league, it doesn't make sense to compare it any more with Wii U, PS4 and Vita. :)

Switch would had quite stronger numbers without shortages, and it would be interesting to look Switch vs 3DS, while Wii in Japan later have quite drop in sales.