Global Hardware 9 Febuary 2019

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zorg1000 said:

curl-6 said:

Very healthy growth for Switch.

Smash seems to have significantly raised its baseline. 

I think the combination of 4 big games (Super Mario Party, Pokemon Let's Go, Smash Bros Ultimate & New Super Mario Deluxe) releasing from Oct-Jan has really given it strong momentum.

I'm not so convinced of Mario Party or NSMB, but yeah Let's Go definitely gave a push. I guess I just feel like Smash was the single biggest factor, particularly in terms of giving a long-lasting lift to the baseline. I mean it's one thing to spike sales briefly, but to raise a system's baseline in the long term requires a true megaton like Ultimate.