Switch 3rd Party Top 10 2021:
- Momotaro Dentetsu (Konami) - 613.016
- Minecraft (Microsoft) - 104.004
- Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (Marvelous) - 48.458
- Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Koei Tecmo) - 36.556
- Fitness Boxing 2 (Imagineer) - 35.166
- Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (Sega) - 30.250
- Dragon Quest XI S (Square Enix) - 28.861
- Human Fall Flat (Teyon Japan) - 27.965
- Disgaea 6 (Nippon Ichi) - 25.744 NEW
- Fishing Spirits (Bandai Namco) - 15.414
TOTAL: 965.434
Switch 3rd Party Top 10 Q1 2020:
- Minecraft (Microsoft) - 185.900
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega) - 97.772
- Hatsune Miku: Project Diva MegaMix (Sega) - 78.558 NEW
- Fishing Spirits (Bandai Namco) - 76.921
- Persona 5 Scramble (Atlus) - 65.653 NEW
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 (Bandai Namco) - 61.571 NEW
- Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! (Bandai Namco) - 39.804
- Dragon Quest XI S (Square Enix) - 39.181
- My Hero: One's Justice 2 (Bandai Namco) - 24.829 NEW
- Disney Tsum Tsum Festival (Bandai Namco) - 22.515
TOTAL: 692.704
Konami continues to lead the way until Monster Hunter Rise launches
Momotaro & Monster Hunter Rise will be the Top 3rd Party games of Q1 on the Switch, combined they will likely get very close to 3 million sales, this is a huge jump compared to last year when Minecraft & Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games were the Top Selling 3rd Party games with under 300K sales combined.
Momotaro is looking like it's heading towards over 1 million sales this Quarter, while Monster Hunter Rise might become the biggest launch on the system overtaking New Horizon's 1.8 million
Marvelous about to have their best Quarter
Marvelous has found a surprise hit late last year, as Sakuna continues to sell and according to it's digital placement for last year the game has already surpassed 300K physical + digital making it very likely to be their best selling game of all time in Japan already. It doesn't seem that the game is done selling, so it could very well continue to sell in 2021 as it's already close to 50K this year.
More importantly all signs are pointing towards Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town being their biggest launch ever in Japan with the initial shipment being over 200K and launch week surpassing Kan Colle Kai which launched with 137K on the PlayStation Vita in 2016. This is the first game by Marvelous that has potential to surpass 1 million sales in Japan. Pre-orders are trending very well across all retailers and the game is already #4 on Amazon.co.jp two weeks away from its launch.
Square's Bravely Default 2 looks to build on prior entries
Although Bravely Default 2's pre-orders are lagging behind Olive Town, the title still has potential with good WoM to surpass the debut which launched with 144K sales and ended up very close to 400K lifetime. A lot will depend on the reception but previews were glowing, so there is still hope that the title sees growth.
Elsewhere Dragon Quest XIS has benefited from the lower price and is likely to surpass last year's Quarterly sales. Balan and Densha GO! are the other titles set to launch, although there isn't high expectations for those two games at this time.
Mixed fortunes in Q1 for other 3rd Parties
Disgaea 6 did see growth compared to Disgaea 5, although the game does seem like it won't be able to reach the franchise heights at least Nippon Ichi has had their best performance during the PS4/Switch era, so something they can build on.
For Bandai they have their catalog sales with Fishing Spirits leading the way but it seemed that Little Nightmares 2 will score good growth compared to the debut. They don't seem to have any other game revealed for Q1, so they will see considerable decline compared to last year when they had five titles in the Top 10.
Imagineer & Teyon will continue to see growth thanks to Fitness Boxing 2 & Human Fall Flat as both games continue to see great legs.
