By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
colafitte on 09 December 2018
Edit Thread
Miyamotoo said:
colafitte said:

Pokemon sold 3M in the same period and i guess it was something like this 1'1M in USA, 800k in EU, 700k JP and 400k rest of the world. Smash is supposed to be close to 2X in USA, but i don't expect that ratio in Europe at all. It will be close to Pokemon Let's Go because i'm pretty sure that in mainland Europe Smash is not as popular and Pokemon Let's Go should probably still be ahead.

But yeah, what you said is perfectly possible, what i said is what I expected from Smash before any news, so i'm not saying this is what happened, i was just explaining my numbers. Its perfectly fine after this news to expect better numbers too.

And the last point, Smash games never had the same legs as other Nintendo games like Mario or Mario Kart, so no, I still don't expect that to change. Brawl sold like 12M i think..., so well, 15-16M for Ultimate is what I expect, it's a huge growth still.

Talking about Europe, Smash Bros sold more than Pokemon in UK, talking about Japan, Smash Bros will sell much better than Pokemon in any case (1-1.5m), also Smash will easily sell more than 2m in US, most likely 2.5-3m.

I mean we will know most likely in few days, Nintendo will probably release PR announcement like they did for Pokemon sales.

To be fair previous Zelda, Mario and Mario Kart games also didnt had so strong sales like they having Switch currently, and whats more important those games were not bundled, Smash Bros will be same just with difference that it will be longer legs because we will not have other Smash game on Switch. How much Brawl sold is irelevent, Zelda BotW alredy become best selling 3D Zelda, and Odyssey will also be best selling Mario 3D Game, Smash Bros Ultimate almost certain will be best selling Smash Bros game in less than hole year (just in less in one month it will be at around 10m), also this Smash game that buy far had biggest hype.

UK market is never a good representation of the rest of Europe, so don't bet on UK = EU. And.... why are you expecting Ultimate selling almost twice than Brawl did in Japan ??(it did around 800k). Smash Bros has always been popular in Japan, since day one. They're not more hyped than they were 10 years ago.... I expect something flat or barely better, even reaching 1M, but 1'5M is too much.

Zelda became the best selling Zelda game because it was the best and most hyped Zelda since Ocarina of Time in a more popular console, in a time period where every big and successful AAA game sells more than 20 or even 10 years ago (Final Fantasy, Resident Evil, Monster Hunter, .... are good examples). 

Ultimate will be treated like Brawl was...,maximum profit by Nintendo by not bundling the game excessively.

Edit: Were you talking about those US sales in first week??....lol..., no way, don't be crazy. Remember first week = 3 days.