Nintendo has numerous million sellers this year, but none are on 3DS.

[AngryLittleAlchemist]

Lonely_Dolphin said:

AngryLittleAlchemist said:

I don't agree. Fire Emblem Shadows, and Metroid Samus Returns makes this a good year for 3DS. Plus I think titles like Monster Hunter Stories and Etrian Odyssey 5 would have sold even less if the 3DS wasn't being treated like a hot ticket item. And Pokemon Ultra Sun and Moon ... I mean ... if those sell 6 million that will be good enough reason to release them.

Considering FE Shadows might end at .75-.90(not including digital) as a remake of an old game, well ... for a series that just recently started going to the 2 mil mark, that is very good. Not great, but good enough. Same could be said for Metroid.

FE and Metroid in particular are important turning points for both franchises in a symbolic way.

Now that being said, FE Fates sold like crazy(it's actually more accurate to say in the 3 mil range). So is there reason to be head over heals for Valentia's sales? Not really, but I think finishing off with .7-.9 will be good enough.

 

 

I mean from Nintendo's perspective, a business standpoint, aside from Pokemon, the rest of the games probably weren't worth making in hindsight, Ever Oasis and Hey Pikmin undoubtedly weren't profitable. Quality and quanity wise though yes it was definitely a solid year for 3DS.

SoV doesn't chart anymore so I doubt it'll sell much further, but maybe the holidays will be kind to it. With the mobile game you'd think it'd have done better, but I guess the Pokemon Go effect can't be replicated afterall.

 

Not really.

Shadows of Valentia and Metroid almost certainly made a profit, even as being somewhat high quality 3DS games. 

Ever Oasis and Hey Pikmin maybe. That's still 3/5 games. Even Miitopia sold modestly well this year. So more like 4/6

That's all I'd describe these games as. "Modestly well". But then again that's probably what Nintendo expected.

*Edit: That being said, this is one of the few cases where i'd *welcome* ports being marketed as big console sellers. It's honestly crazy to me none of these games had versions that shipped on Switch at the same time. Well ok .. it's not really crazy when you consider that would have taken money xD Still, that would boost at least Metroid quite a bit