As a follow-up to my last post:
Nintendo Switch LTD domestic software shipments as of September 30, 2020 (Nintendo eShop-only titles not included)
First-party > 47.43m units
Total = 84.98m units
First-party was likely around 50 million units when adding all the missing sales, biggest omissions being Brain Training, Mario+Rabbids and 1-2-Switch. This means that first-party titles accounted for ~59% of Nintendo Switch domestic software units sales from March 2017 to September 2020. Each Nintendo Switch owner in Japan bought on average 3 first-party titles and 2 third-party titles. Maybe with the increasing third-party support they will eventually be able to take the majority of units sales? Revenue however will remain as an absolute win for first-party titles, Nintendo games are mostly limited to 30% off deals when they are on sale (i.e. rarely) while other publishers like Level-5 and Capcom have sold tons of units at bargain prices on the Nintendo eShop.
Number of new Nintendo Switch titles* during each fiscal year in Japan
FY16 - 9
FY17 - 74
FY18 - 215
FY19 - 260
FY20 - 118 (6 months left)
Total - 676 (as of September 30, 2020)
* Each title available in both packaged and downloadable versions is counted as one new title.
-> rough average sales units per new title ~ 126k
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