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Lots of gorgeous numbers here. BotW already the first Zelda to sell 15+ million in a single release, soon to become the first Zelda to sell 15+ million in a single SKU. Promising for the title to maybe become Zelda's first 20+ million seller. Mario Kart 8 looks destined for 20+ million as well (already is if you count Wii U sales), and possibly Odyssey and Ultimate as well. Splatoon on the verge of 10+ million, Super Mario Party might reach that as well and become the series' best seller. I remember us all making these crazy predictions and feeling like we knew they were crazy but that they felt like they could actually come true, now they're on the verge of doing so.

Also holy shit think about the attach rates here! There are 36 million Switches in people's hands, and MULTIPLE games that have sold to between a third and a half of that number. Even the Wii only had 5 games that sold to a quarter, and only 10 games that even sold to a TENTH of its base. And you can't simply blame the Wii having a bigger and thus more diverse audience to have to sell to, because the N64 had only 1 game to sell to over a third of its audience, 2 to a quarter, and 12 titles to a tenth. Meanwhile Switch has 4 going on 5 selling to a third, one of which is nearly at 50%, 6 titles selling to a quarter, and already nearly has 10 selling to a tenth and that's before either a mainline Pokemon or Animal Crossing, or Luigi's Mansion, and Super Mario Maker could get there eventually, and all this when we're only halfway through the life cycle.