RaptorChrist on 03 February 2020
| xMetroid said: I'm shocked at Pkmn doing 16 millions already. Usually they dont have much legs but this one having dlc for a whole year might fix it. It will for sure pass 20 millions which hasn't been done for the franchise in a long long time. MK8 almost at 23 millions dang. Botw going to surpass SMO this year, which is crazy. Both will get to 20 millions eventually and with Smash, Pokemon and maybe animal crossing, that's like 6 games... mind blowing. Also, great hardware numbers, I think that the VGchartz numbers were fine before adjustments imo, cause now we have like 1.4 million on shelves 1 month after these numbers and there where low stock situation in many countries so I'm sure there wasnt like 2.5 millions consoles on shelves at the end of December. Maybe I'm just dumb and it's late lmao. Also great performance by LM3 which is going to be the best selling in its franchise like pretty much every title on the Switch. |
Regarding Pokemon, they did say they were doing the DLC instead of releasing an Ultra Sword/Shield version of the game, so when everything is said and done, they will be comparing it with that in mind. But given that Sword/Shield are $60 games compared to $35 or $40 games on the 3DS, and given that even the DLC is $30+, I imagine that Sw/Sh revenue will compete with Sun/Moon + Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon.
Given the relevance of Pokemon with the release of Pokemon Go, that seems like a tough number to overcome, although I have no idea what the revenue of those games were.
And yeah, I'm very happy with LM3 performance. Was really hoping for some story content DLC, though. Fire Emblem TH deserved better, though.
