Global Hardware 12 May 2018

[zorg1000]

Mummelmann said:

zorg1000 said:

Looking at last year's sales, it did 113k this week and averaged ~125k/week from early May-mid July so while these sales arent outstanding, it seems like its still selling steadily above last year even without mega hits like Zelda/Mario Kart.

Last year they shipped under 2 million this quarter, they should easily beat that this year.

Indeed, but to get to a 20 million fiscal year, they really need it to move even faster. Maybe they're aiming for a ludicrous Q4, we all know what they're capable of during the holidays, for instance. I guess we'll have to wait and see what they show off in the coming weeks and months, they tend to hold their cards closer to the chest than the competition.

Ya Spring/Summer should be solid but nothing mind blowing, i think it can continue to track a decent amount ahead of last year.

In May-July they have Donkey Kong, Hyrule Warriors, Sushi Striker, Mario Tennis, Captain Toad & Octopath Traveler. Thats a 1st/2nd party title like every two weeks and while none of them are going to be massive system sellers they should keep a solid level of momentum for Switch in those months.

Beyond that is hard to say, Yoshi, Fire Emblem & Smash Bros are confirmed for this year along with Pokemon being listed as "2018 or later" and heavily rumored to be this fall alongside a surprise or two being likely.

If rumors are true and Smash releases in late Sept alongside the online service and Pokemon releases in Nov than this holiday could be bonkers especially if Nintendo starts releasing some better value bundles (example, Switch+Mario Kart-$299).

Its hard to tell how sales will be since we only know the Spring/early Summer lineup at this point.