Wii/DS each had ten 10-million-plus sellers. Switch has five and it's not even 2 years old

[Soundwave]

SKMBlake said:

Soundwave said:

The interesting thing is how much the Switch really hasn't needed new or experimental IP to drive that sales success.

Aside from Ring Fit Adventure coming at a time where most people can't or won't go to the gym because of COVID, pretty much all of the other top selling Switch titles are pre-established Nintendo IP that aren't really trying to break the mold that much. Many are even just Wii U titles remixed or spruced up a bit and then you have like a collection of 10-25 year old Mario 3D games selling 9+ million in just a few months.

I thought maybe Mario Kart Live might take off and sell big, but apparently not. That's something while tied to an established franchise is conceptually quite different/experimental. But nope.

"Aside from the new game, there is no new game"

The fact that you have to use a singular there instead of a plural phrasing basically proves my point. 

The Switch is overwhelmingly being driven by traditional Nintendo games, unless you are going to argue without one single game (Ring Fit Adventure) that isn't even in the top 8 sellers for the system that Switch sales would somehow fall apart without that game which is a pretty dubious claim. 

And I'm not saying this is a good/bad thing, just noting it. Nintendo can achieve this sales level more or less just from their standard IP stables, provided they are done reasonably well and the hardware isn't clunky/embarrassing/badly out of date and the product isn't marketed as something for 8 year olds (hi there Wii U).