TOP 10 2020 Switch Famitsu Q1(w/out New Horizon):
- Pokemon Sword / Shield - 554.390
- Ring Fit Adventure - 249.488
- Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX - 218.394 NEW
- Minecraft (Microsoft) - 185.900
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 181.921
- Smash Ultimate - 170.222
- Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo Switch - 151.351
- Super Mario Party - 118.077
- Luigi's Mansion 3 - 117.482
- Splatoon 2 - 103.649
TOTAL: 2.050.874
TOTAL HARDWARE Q1 2020: 1.700.352
TOP 20 2021 Switch Famitsu Q1:
- Momotaro Dentetsu (Konami) - 477.371
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 202.752
- Ring Fit Adventure - 186.882
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 163.755
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - 109.469
- Pokemon Sword / Shield + Expansion Pass - 97.291*
- Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics - 93.145
- Minecraft (Microsoft) - 83.766
- Super Mario Party - 75.444
- Splatoon 2 - 64.816
TOTAL: 1.554.691
TOTAL HARDWARE: 761.219
- HARDWARE GAP 2020 vs 2021: -939.133
- SOFTWARE GAP 2020 vs 2021: -496.225
2021 Q1 Software Line-up:
- Week 5: Disgaea 6(NIS); BOND(NINTENDO)
- Week 6: empty
- Week 7: Bowser's Fury(NINTENDO); Little Nightmares(BANDAI)
- Week 8: empty
- Week 9: Olive Town(MARVELOUS); Bravely Default 2(SQUARE);
- Week 10: empty
- Week 11: empty
- Week 12: Densha GO!(SQUARE)
- Week 13: Monster Hunter Rise(CAPCOM)
Even without the pandemic creating additional demand, Nintendo would have been in a great position but as we can see at Week 9 Software Sales in 2021 will surpass 2021 Software sales for the Quarter. While Monster Hunter Rise could very well open above 2 million physical. Next few weeks are going to be very interesting especially with so much new software launching compared to 2020 when the only new game that launched that cleared 50K sales were Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, Hatsune Miku: Project Diva MegaMix, Persona 5 Scramble and in the final week of the quarter we had New Horizon and One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4.
In the meantime the next major game on the PS4/PS5 is Resident Evil: Village, all the way in May... I mean as far as the next three months are concerned I'd be suprised to see any PS4/PS5 games crack 50K sales
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