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Wyrdness on 11 July 2018
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Wright said:
Wyrdness said:

He used to not consider Smash a fighting game but has changed his tune in recent years so I don't put much stock into what he considers as he's prone to change his mind later on. Smash could easily become the best selling Switch title I don't see how that is unlikely given the system's attach rate, 15m is certain at this point it's just a question of how fast it gets there, Ultimate has one version for a unified userbase.

I've yet to see him backtrack on the matter of Smash Bros for 3DS and Smash Bros for WiiU, however. Since all people are prone to change their mind, I'd rather wait until he actually does than to work with that basis, especially since the Smashpedia and the Wikipedia still reflect Sakurai's stance on their catalogation.

I merely base my opinion - one that I've already stated didn't even have a WW number set on mind when I entered this thread - on the fact that Smash has never been the best-selling title of any Nintendo console it has been present in aside from Gamecube, which I feel it's a one-of-a-kind scenario for the franchise, since it has consistently been outsold by Mario Kart ever since (and Mario Kart GC ended up very, very close to Melee too). If Mario Kart creeps out bigger legs and eventually sit over 20m, to put an example, then I'd modify my expectations for WW Smash - lower than 20m, but wouldn't rule out 15m. Basically my MO is just make it sit below Mario Kart by a certain margin, taking in consideration the sales history of both and even the Gamecube's deviancy factored in.

 

 

The point is the man frequently says things that he either back tracks from or is just his own exclusive viewpoint everyone else including Nintendo sees those games as one entry, he said DLC will never be in Smash guess how that turned out.

You're not making any sense here tbh each game sells independently from each other so what bearing does MK have on Smash selling 15-20m? The logic doesn't add up fact is S4 sold 15m LT and is still selling meaning the last two entries have crossed 10m easily which makes your 9m prediction all the questionable.