Nintendo's success with the Switch both a blessing and a curse?

[zorg1000]

scottslater said:

zorg1000 said:

That's such a specific qualifier that it means almost nothing.

This is a website dedicated to game sales, it has all the data you need to see that MK has consistently done better on other platforms.

And Smash outsells other fighting games by a wide margin, so again, there is no reason for Nintendo owners to buy other fighting games because of Smash.

EDIT: For example, just last month SSBU outsold MK11 and that doesn't include digital sales of SSBU.

EDIT2: Also, dismissing Amazon is pretty ignorant, Amazon accounts for 50% of all online retail sales and 5% of all retail sales in general.

EDIT3: Actually, Amazon has a pretty large share of the retail business of video games, almost 7% ($1 billion sales recorded in a $14.5 billion market in 2017)

https://www.statista.com/statistics/725702/us-amazon-top-selling-video-game-categories/

https://venturebeat.com/2018/01/18/npd-2017-an-incredible-year-for-games-leads-to-11-sales-growth/

That's like saying no other shooter game should sell well because COD is so popular or other open world games shouldnt do well because GTA is so big.

Smash Bros and Mortal Kombat are nothing alike and do not steal sales from one another and there is literally nothing that supports your argument.

Again, you cant take sales from one retailer in one country over a very specific time frame to make conclusions about games sales.

I know you are new here but over the last few years there has been alot of discussion and evidence pointing out how amazon rankings are almost meaningless when it comes to determining software sales.