Famitsu Sales: Week 4, 2021 (Jan 18- Jan 24)

[Mnementh]

Farsala said:

Mnementh said:

Software sales scale a bit with install base, but never linear. A highly successful system will always have lower attach rates for single pieces of software than a less successful system with the same software. Just look at Mario Kart 8. It sold 8.5M on less than 14M WiiUs (>50% attach rate), while it 'only' sells 30M copies to 78M Switch owners (less than 50%).

Yep but the Switch's attach ratio for most software has just plain been better than the PS4's for the most part. Compare the #1 games for each and go down the line, #2, #3, #4 and etc.

Yeah, but it's not the same games. Switch has some highly popular games, that in result have an incredible attach rate. But the more units the Switch sell, the more diverse the userbase will be and therefore the attach rates will slowly drop. It just speaks to the incredible broad appeal of games like BOTW, Mario Odyssey, Smash Bros, Animal Crossing and Mario Kart, that they still manage such a high attach rate at all.