By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
Wyrdness on 12 December 2019
Edit Thread
thismeintiel said:
trunkswd said:

For 2020 Animal Crossing is coming out early, which should have strong legs if previous releases have anything to go by. I also expect Breath of the Wild 2 to release in Holiday 2020 and a price cut to $249 for the standard Switch and $179 for the Switch Lite. 

Animal Crossing is popular, but it's not Pokemon. We'll have to see if BOTW2 actually releases. Of course, considering BOTW was the title that launched the Switch, big Zelda fans already are on it. I'm sure it will push some HW, but nothing like during the Switch's launch. I also wouldn't expect a price cut. Nintendo said they are going to sell the Switch for $299 for as long as possible. If 2020 is only 5%-15% down from this year, I doubt they will cut the price. Not with a $199 model already available.

Animal Crossing is more popular than Pokemon in Japan it's currently the most popular series with both the last two games sold 5m in the region while they both sold 10m plus, all major first party games are experiencing new highs on the Switch so AC is very likely to continue that on a similar level, also again with the Zelda fans argument Zelda only averaged 4-5m as a series with BOTW has sold 14.4m on NS so far and is still selling this means the game is selling to newcomers who weren't Zelda fans before this could snowball into a GTA3 like situation where the next game does even better due to success and word of mouth BOTW has even outsold GTA3 and it's total with the WiiU version has outsold Vice City. At this point it's not about Zelda fans BOTW and the new approach has wider appeal.