BlackBeauty on 20 September 2020
The NPD doesn’t really cover digital sales for Nintendo. So we don’t know the real power of software “effect” on hardware. It’s really naive to compare that to other platforms like Xbox and Sony.
The switch has a slew of high profile acclaimed successful indie titles releases that we don’t know real data on. That alone could boost hardware sales completely uncovered by the NPD.
Quite honestly, just look at GTA5 plummeting off the chart as soon as take 2 took digital away. I could imagine Nintendo games plaguing the top 10 months on end non stop if digital were to be included.
There’s no way Animal Crossing is # 2 behind COD on the best seller list. We already know total sales of AC with digital. COD doesn’t come close.
