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quickrick on 08 June 2018
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Ljink96 said:
quickrick said:

We really don't know how close ps4 and switch sales are in terms of sell though, all we have is vgchartz numbers which are not reliable, ps4 could very well have a much bigger lead.

I disagree about nintendo not having the titles that historically push hardware, 3d mario is has out sold animal crossing on 3ds, mario kart is massive up there with pokemon, zelda has changed formula like god of war is being labeled as revolutionary, and well mario odyssey is another one. you mention MHW and god of war, which are much smaller franchises then all those games i mentioned, they have became much bigger with these new entries, just like 3d mario and zelda but we'll see what happens soon. animal crossing and pokemon didn't make 3ds sales explode thats for sure. 3ds had its best year when 3d mario and mario kart came out.

As of March 31st of this year, Mario 3D Land has sold 11.96M copies. Animal Crossing New Leaf has sold 11.69 million copies despite being released 2 years after 3D Land. 3D Mario is big, but it's not that big dude. It's simply not. I even said it sells on par with Animal Crossing which it did on 3DS, actually at worse rate being released 2 years earlier.

Zelda, is big, but it again is not as big as a 2D Mario or Pokemon or Smash Bros. Historically anyway. Skyward Sword did not outsell Brawl, nor did Twilight Princess on Wii. Odyssey is huge, but more than likely Smash will outsell it, Pokemon will outsell it, 2D Mario will outsell it, and Animal Crossing will probably sell as well as Odyssey, of course depending on how the game is received and even announced. Animal Crossing and Pokemon will make Switch sales explode because this is a much different environment than we were in  6 years ago bud.

Then you have the Nintendo B tier franchises that constantly sell millions of copies, that have yet to release that still build up hardware sales. Your Fire Emblem, Yoshi, Mario RPGs, Luigi's Mansion, Kid Icarus, etc. Which is why I keep saying I'll wait until the year is up to make a decision because we don't know what Nintendo's 2019 looks like besides Pokemon Generation 8. If Nintendo does 1 huge game a month like year 1 for 2019, PS4 is more than likely not beating Switch. And just as Sony can drop the PS4 price, Nintendo could do the same as parts will be cheaper, or they can release dockless Switch units like they are in Japan. But yeah I'm done here, I'll wait for E3 and their 2019 presentation later this year to decide.

I'm willing to bet smash or 2d mario won't outsell odyssey. 1 month avatar bet? anyway historically doesn't mean much after we know the results, GOW is 3-5 million selling franchise now its probably  10 million+, 3d mario is 11-13 million, with odyssey its now looking like a 18-20 million franchise, but we are done here unless you wanna make the bet?