| Entropio said: Is the Switch stock increase expected to be permanent, or Nintendo has increased the distribution temporarily? |
We'll see next week, though my guess would be that they increased the Shipment thiy week because of FE warriors release. I'd expect it back to ~ 50k next week. Unless it has one of those horrible '20k after a big week' weeks, but I hope not.
| OTBWY said: Great numbers for the Switch. What made Splatoon 2 jump higher this week? |
Greater Switch supply. MKD, BOTW and Splatoon 2 are all up 30%+.
RolStoppable said:
Fire Emblem's high points in sales are on a similar level as Zelda's low points. There's quite a difference between the two. Switch installed base is similar to Wii U's installed base when Hyrule Warriors launched, the 3DS version of a Warriors game is heavily scaled down, so a higher installed base doesn't matter much. It's obvious that the Switch version is a much better game, so it beating the New 3DS version shouldn't surprise anyone. |
It is also New 3DS only release, wich limits installbase. Even people that picked up Hyrule Warriors for 3DS and liked it, will probably not pick up a New 2DS/3DS just for FE warriors.
Add to that that the roster of the game is very unbalanced and extremely skewed towards Awakening and Fates, while the HW roster was more balanced and more of a love letter to the Zeld franchise as a whole and you have a game with more limited appeal on a more limited install base.
OT: After having no bumb for Pokken Deluxe I didn't really expect one this week either. Nintendo sure keeps me on my toes with Swich supply. I wonder if they shipped 75k and sold out or 80k and are finally meeting demand a little better.
