Mar1217 said:
MTZehvor said:
Well, actually, about that...
According to recently released 3DS NPD sales, Samus Returns sold more copies than Fire Emblem: Shadows of Valentia did in 2017. VGC has SoV listed at 590K sales, so unless VGC has drastically underestimated SoV's sales to date, that would likely put SR at at least 500K, quite possibly as a result of a strong holiday season. If SR reached half a million by the end of 2017, that would certainly put it on track to hit at least Zero Mission numbers, and probably higher.
And keep in mind these are purely physical sales. If SR pulls the 3DS average of 11% digital sales, that'd take an additional 50K onto that. ~550K isn't a bad place to be for a 3DS remake after four and a half months on the market. Not great, but not terrible sales figures.
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Not really, you've used only NPD numbers when you didn't even take Europe or Japan into consideration in your equation. SR sold like crap in Japan as usual while Shadows of Valentia did miles better.
SR barely outperforming SoV in 1 territory doesn't mean that it's sales are almost equal to SoV. Samus Return's sales are approx. at 400k or less right now.
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That much is certainly true; somehow I totally forgot that NPD is NA exclusive. With that said, the picture is still a bit more optimistic than it would be otherwise. If SR has managed to sell at least what VGC has SoV listed as in NA atm, then that would be a boost of 40K in sales and place it at 420K. Add in the average 11% in digital sales and SR is likely hovering around 450K pre holiday season.
