| Kai_Mao said: M
That didn’t seem to stop games like Horizon and Nier Automata from doing really well when they got overshadowed by Zelda Breath of the Wild and the launch of the Switch. And Pokemon has like, what, 3 weeks after RDR2 launches? im not gonna be one saying one will definitely sell that much better than the other because I’m not necessarily into arguing console war stuff. Though it’s is kinda interesting you seem very confident of Smash and Pokemon not doing much for Switch this holiday season. |
Well he hasn't brought up Smash which is wise, it launches in December and has an extremely passionate following, so suggesting RDR2 launching more than a month prior will take the wind out of its sales is ridiculous.
But as for October sales, the impact of the Smash and Diablo bundles - the Pokemon bundles are November - will be almost entirely comprised of preorders. Which have accumulated ahead of RDR2's launch and currently track quite strong in the NPD predicting tool. So even if RDR2 launch distracts from them momentarily, it won't make much difference in terms of the impact of those bundles on October NPD.
