The_Liquid_Laser said:
anonymunchy said:
They could buy a switch lite for $100 cheaper, or a second hand model. The current average population increase is estimated at 81 million people per year, so I don't think those numbers will run out any time soon. Mario Kart's worst FY was FY18, where it sold 7.5million units and looking at the other evergreens, its a pretty safe bet that Animal Crossing will do an average of 5million per year. This would put it at roughly 50million at the end of 2024, so sounds like a very reasonable estimate. Personally, I think next FY it'll do better than Mario Kart's best FY, which for the moment is its launch year, FY17, at 9.6million. Though FY20 is looking like it will surpass it and maybe tickle 10million. I'm going for 60-64.9million, though a longer Switch life-cycle could see it soar past 70million. bonus: No, I have not bought it. I was doubting it for a while, but I tend to get bored rather quickly with sim games and my backlog is big enough. |
Are you being facetious? I am aware there are around 8 billion people in the world. The market for dedicated gaming devices is a tiny fraction of that. Those 81 million new people per year are irrelevant to the discussion. The sales limit, based on the past, is Mario Kart Wii sales of about 37m. That is the highest number of sales for a single platform game that wasn't packed in at launch (like Wii Sports). Animal Crossing is going to blow past that. It's going to set the new standard for maximum sales. What is that new record going to be? Who the hell knows? |
Yeh man, was just a play on "I just feel like these numbers have to run out eventually." I'll do the little ':P' next time. :P
