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Kakadu18 on 07 February 2021
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Agente42 said:
Kakadu18 said:

After every quarter we get a number of third-party games, that sold over a million units in that quarter. Iirc in Q3 last year there were 5 and in Q4 9 third-party games, that sokd over a million units. We just never get the names of these games.

Now try to downplay the fact that there are dozens of third-party million sellers on the Switch. "There is no money to be made" is a false statement.

this third-party numbers are only for those who have physical edition. Only digital is more and don't count in this metric. 

Exactly! I remember Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon sold best on the Switch. That is definitely not a family friendly game. The Descenders had on the Switch the biggest launch ever for it's publisher and that game also launched on other consoles. Minecraft sells the best on the Switch for several years now and is most likely over 15mil units sold on Switch. Octopath Traveler and Mario + Rabbids sold over 2mil, Fitness Boxing, Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' fun and Enter the Gungeon sold over a million and Fitness Boxing 2 sold 500k in a much shorter time than it's predecessor, so another guaranteed million seller. From the Capcom leak we know that the Switch versions of Okami and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy were by far the best selling skus. In Ace Attorney's case iirc over 70% of the now 1mil total. Disgaea 6 is in the west now Switch exclusive, I don't think they would have done that if the other games weren't very successful on the Switch. Sakuna of Rice and Ruin sold the best on Switch. Puyo Puyo Tetris and it's sequel sold the best on the Switch.

Here are some third-party games on the Switch that very likely sold over a million on the Switch alone and didn't get an official confirmation that they did so (digital only included):

Super Bomberman R, Dead Cells, Hollow Knight, Terraria, Minecraft Dungeons, Doom (1993), Doom II, Doom 64, Doom (2016), Dark Souls Remastered, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Skyrim, Stardew Valley, FF VII, FF VIII, FF IX, Just Dance 2018, Just Dance 2019, Just Dance 2020, Just Dance 2021, Fifa 18, Fifa 19, Fifa 20, Fifa 21, Overwatch, Diablo 3, Puyo Puyo Tetris, Dragon Quest XI S, Undertale, Ori and the Blind Forest, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, Spyro Reignited Trilogy, Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Cuphead, Hades, Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town, Rayman Legends: Definitive Edition, Shovel Knight, Mortal Kombat 11, Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate, Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers.

I'm sure I missed alot. The point is there's is alot of money to be made for third-party developers on the Switch.

Last edited by Kakadu18 - on 07 February 2021