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Agente42 on 29 May 2020
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noshten said:

TOP 10 Switch Famitsu 2020:

  1. Animal Crossing: New Horizons(2020) - 4.582.670 
  2. Pokemon Sword / Shield - 614.118
  3. Ring Fit Adventure - 421.402
  4. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 296.420
  5. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX(2020) - 253.399
  6. Smash Ultimate - 250.758
  7. Minecraft (Microsoft) - 247.170
  8. Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo Switch - 200.039
  9. Super Mario Party - 187.383
  10. Splatoon 2 - 174.623

TOTAL: 7.227.982

  • Animal Crossing crosses 4.5M physical
  • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will cross 300K for the year next week
  • Pokemon Mystery Dungeon & Smash Ultimate cross 250K, Minecraft to join them next week
  • Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training crosses 200K

Outside the Top 10:

  1. Luigi's Mansion 3 - 139.187
  2. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games: Tokyo 2020 (Sega) - 119.007
  3. One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 (Bandai Namco Games) - 117.954
  4. Super Mario Maker 2 - 115.389
  5. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 106.041
  6. Fishing Spirits: Nintendo Switch Version (Bandai Namco Games) - 102.136
  7. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe - 96.470
  8. Trials of Mana (Square Enix) - 93.813
  9. Hatsune Miku: Project Diva MegaMix* (Sega) - 78.558
  10. Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers* (Atlus) - 65.653*

TOTAL: 1.034.208

*Last known numbers

**Might be missing certain title/s

TOP 20 By Publisher:

Nintendo - 7.437.899

Microsoft - 247.170

Bandai Namco Games - 220.090

Sega - 197.565

Square Enix - 93.813

Atlus - 65.653

Lifetime TOP 10 PS4 (https://sites.google.com/site/gamedatalibrary/games-by-platform/playstation-4)

  1. Monster Hunter: World* (Capcom) - 2.524.060
  2. Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (Square Enix) - 1.368.698
  3. Final Fantasy XV* (Square Enix) - 1.042.951
  4. Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix) - 914.239
  5. Kingdom Hearts III (Square Enix) - 861.226
  6. Grand Theft Auto V* (Take-Two) - 658.505
  7. Monster Hunter: World - Iceborne* (Capcom) - 516.285
  8. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (SIE) - 511.722
  9. NieR: Automata* (Square Enix) - 467.485
  10. Metal Gear Solid V* (Konami) - 448.554

*All Versions

TOTAL: 9.313.725

  • Animal Crossing: New Horizon is already close to 50% of the sales of the Top 10 PS4 games.
  • While Nintendo just in 2020 as a publisher has sold over 80% of the lifetime sales of the Top 10 PS4 games. 
  • Support continues to be laughable for Major Japanese 3rd Parties 
  • Smaller publishers are selling a ton at the eShop
  • There is a fair few games that could be refered as evergreens on the eShop(Fitness Boxing, Human Fall Flat, Overcooked 2). 
  • Human Fall Flat(28.12.2017) and Overcooked 2(07.8.2018) have barely left the Top 20 eShop since they released 
  • Fitness Boxing is at 108.688 physical, it likely has at least as many digital sales. 
  • I think while Major Japanese 3rd Parties are losing ground to indie developers and smaller publishers in Japan
  • If they can't bother to constantly release AA games for the Switch they should think about investing in overseas indie developers they can publish in Japan for the Switch

Great analysis. Switch have Nintendo focus on a single platform and indies: it's the key to good sales. And the indies take the spot of the third party in the equation. Small and medium-sized studios maybe focus on PC and Switch more than AAA Microsoft and Sony hardware. Sony and Microsoft used indies to leverage with 3rds parties and maintain a constant flow of release games, then when the big major company arrived, the small studios went forgotten. Nintendo doesn't make the same mistake.