In terms of 3rd Parties we can look at their change of fortune since mid-2020
3rd Party Top 30 Switch
- Minecraft (Microsoft Game Studios) - 1.438.672
- Dragon Quest XI S (Square Enix) - 534.177
- Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! (Bandai Namco) - 489.251
- Fishing Spirits: Nintendo Switch Version (Bandai Namco) - 452.409
- Yo-kai Watch 4* (Level 5) - 358.356
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (Sega) - 312.574
- Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate* (Capcom) - 309.596
- Dragon Quest Builders 2 (Square Enix) - 295.237
- Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball (Konami) - 225.614
- Super Bomberman R3* (Konami) - 215.218
- Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle (Ubisoft) - 213.453
- Octopath Traveller (Square Enix) - 193.780
- Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2 (Bandai Namco) - 181.090
- Disney Tsum Tsum Festival (Bandai Namco) - 149.562
- Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town (Marvelous) - 146.363
- Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission (Bandai Namco) - 145.720
- FIFA 18 (EA) - 122.998
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 (Bandai Namco) - 117.954
- Fitness Boxing (Imagineer) - 117.712
- Doraemon: Story of Seasons (Bandai Namco) - 112.104
- Pro Baseball Famista Evolution (Bandai Namco) - 110.954
- The Snack World: TreJarers Gold (Level 5) - 109.955
- Trials of Mana (Square Enix) - 100.451
- eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 (Konami) - 94.876
- Dragon Ball FighterZ (Bandai Namco) - 92.697
- FIFA 19 (EA) - 89.875
- Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: The Official Video Game (Sega) - 87.370
- Sumikko Gurashi (Nippon Columbia) - 84.957
- Puyo Puyo Tetris S (Sega) - 83.433
- Go Vacation (Bandai Namco) - 80.842
TOTAL: 7.067.250
3rd Party Top 30 Switch
- Minecraft (Microsoft Game Studios) - 1.797.233
- Momotaro Dentetsu (Konami) - 1.789.756
- Dragon Quest XI S (Square Enix) - 618.154
- Fishing Spirits: Nintendo Switch Version (Bandai Namco) - 563.929
- Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! (Bandai Namco) - 554.560
- Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate* (Capcom) - 379.611
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (Sega) - 370.235
- Yo-kai Watch 4* (Level 5) - 358.356
- Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Koei Tecmo) - 338.046
- Dragon Quest Builders 2 (Square Enix) - 295.237
- Super Bomberman R3* (Konami) - 275.029
- eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 (Konami) - 269.648
- Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball (Konami) - 248.024
- Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle (Ubisoft) - 213.453
- Octopath Traveller (Square Enix) - 193.780
- Disney Tsum Tsum Festival (Bandai Namco) - 185.990
- Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2 (Bandai Namco) - 181.090
- Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town (Marvelous) - 164.944
- Puyo Puyo S (Sega) - 154.573
- Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission (Bandai Namco) - 145.720
- Fitness Boxing (Imagineer) - 141.889
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 (Bandai Namco) - 137.513
- Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (Marvelous) - 128.442
- FIFA 18 (EA) - 122.998
- Derby Stallion (Game Addict) - 117.995
- Human: Fall Flat (Teyon Japan) - 112.345
- Trials of Mana (Square Enix) - 112.277
- Doraemon: Story of Seasons (Bandai Namco) - 112.104
- Pro Baseball Famista Evolution (Bandai Namco) - 110.954
- The Snack World: TreJarers Gold (Level 5) - 109.955
TOTAL: 10.303.840
Top 10 Publishers:
- Konami - 2.582.457 (+382%)
- Bandai Namco - 1.991.860 (-3%)
- Microsoft - 1.797.233 (+25%)
- Square Enix - 1.219.448 (+8.5%)
- Sega - 524.808 (-6.6%)
- Level 5 - 468.311
- Capcom - 379.611 (+22.6%)
- Koei Tecmo - 338.046 NEW
- Marvelous -293.386 (+100%)
- Ubisoft - 213.453
Personally outside of Momotaro, eBaseball, Sakuna & Age of Calamity - I don't think 2020 was anything to write home about from third parties.
This are changing with Capcom, Konami and Marvelous being the ones to capitalize the most in the next 4-5 months.
Konami Top 5*:
- Momotaro Dentetsu - 1.789.756
- Super Bomberman R3 - 275.029
- eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 - 269.648
- Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball - 248.024
Konami has only launched 4 games on the Switch but had a huge jump YoY due to finding the first 3rd Party hit on the system outside of Minecraft. Bomberman & eBaseball continued to sale and are closing in on 300K, its very likely that Momotaro ends up being a game that surpasses 3 million sales this year and maybe they also have ProEvolutionSoccer on the system for the first time in 2021. So things are looking very good for them.
Bandai Namco Top 5:
- Fishing Spirits: Nintendo Switch Version - 563.929
- Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! - 554.560
- Disney Tsum Tsum Festival - 185.990
- Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2 - 181.090
- Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission - 145.720
The second biggest publisher on the Switch Bandai will face difficulties in 2021 based on their lack of announcements for the Switch. It's very likely that by the end of 2021 games in the 100-200K range drop out of the Top 30 because the floor continues to accelerate upwards. This would leave only Fishing Spirits and Taiko contributing to their total.
Square Enix Top 5:
- Dragon Quest XI S - 618.154
- Dragon Quest Builders 2 - 295.237
- Octopath Traveller - 193.780
- Trials of Mana - 112.277
- Dragon Quest Builders - 74.772
Square does have Bravely Default 2, but without any other announcements that could break 200K they could also start losing ground.
Sega Top 5:
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - 370.235
- Puyo Puyo S - 154.573
- Hatsune Miku: Project Diva MegaMix - 97.056
- Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - 87.370
- Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 - 56.406
Interestingly for Sega, 2020 was probably their best year on the Switch - Mario & Sonic, Hatsune Miku, Puyo Puyo S & Puyo Puyo 2 sold over 350K
Level 5 Top 5:
- Yo-kai Watch 4 - 358.356
- The Snack World: TreJarers Gold - 109.955
- Yo-kai Watch Jam: Yo-kai Academy Y - 42.077
- Layton's Mystery Journey - 20.336
- Yo-Kai Watch 1 - 13.779
The trouble for Level 5 continues as their only new release in 2020 Yo-Kai Academy Y, didn't even manage 50K sales
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