Famitsu Switch 3rd Parties 2017-2020 Top 20:
- Minecraft (Microsoft) - 1.702.921
- Momotaro Dentetsu (Konami) - 1.233.023
- Dragon Quest XI S (Square Enix) - 592.940
- Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! (Bandai Namco) - 554.560
- Fishing Spirits (Bandai Namco) - 544.467
- Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate (Capcom) - 379.611
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (Sega) - 362.539
- Yo-kai Watch 4 (Level 5) - 358.356
- Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Koei Tecmo) - 304.963
- Dragon Quest Builders 2 (Square Enix) - 295.237
- Super Bomberman R (Konami) - 275.029
- eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 (Konami) - 269.648
- Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball (Konami) - 225.614
- Octopath Traveler (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 Tetris S (Sega) - 154.573
- Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission (Bandai Namco) - 145.720
- Fitness Boxing (Imagineer) - 141.889
TOTAL: 8.266.894
Famitsu Switch 3rd Parties 2021 Top 20:
- Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom) - 2.257.335
- Momotaro Dentetsu (Konami) - 990.484
- Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town (Marvelous) – 281.140
- Minecraft (Microsoft) - 291.801
- Bravely Default II (Square Enix) – 136.091
- Rune Factory 5 (Marvelous) - 125.632
- Fitness Boxing 2 (Imagineer) - 76.107
- Little Nightmares II (Bandai Namco) - 72.796
- Dragon Quest XI S (Square Enix) - 71.424
- Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (Marvelous) - 65.620
- Human Fall Flat (Teyon Japan) - 65.575
- Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Koei Tecmo) - 62.119
- Fishing Spirits (Bandai Namco) - 44.958
- Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! (Bandai Namco) - 42.507
- Minecraft Dungeons (Microsoft) - 38.147
- Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (Sega) - 36.105
- Family Trainer (Bandai Namco) - 35.273
- Densha de Go!! (Square Enix) - 29.624
- Apex Legends (Electronic Arts) - 29.057
- eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 (Konami) - 27.539
TOTAL: 4.779.334
Summer will be mostly Capcom & Konami making big strives among third parties. The biggest third party games of the summer are seemingly going to be from the two publishers. Although it's still early I can see Yu-Gi-Oh with good WoM being the highest potential game of the summer, remains to be seen but so far Konami has been very capable and all their games ended up surpassing 200K on the Switch.
There is still time for a few more titles to be revealed for August & September but at the moment there are seven titles I think will definitely have the potential to surpass 100K sales this year.
Currently I think Shin-kun & Samurai Warriors 5 might leg their way above 100K but that would depend on WoM. Shin-kun is the one with the higher potential due to the hype surrounding it's reveal and it's strong position in Amazon.co.jp for the past month.
Not sure if we are going to see any other third party game that's launching this summer surpass 100K.
400K+
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel (Konami)
300K+
- Baseball Spirits (Konami)
200K+
- Monster Hunter Stories 2 (Capcom)
100K+
- Shin-kun (Neos)
- Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot (Bandai Namco)
- Samurai Warriors 5 (Koei Tecmo)
- Ace Attorney Chronicles (Capcom)
We are likely going to see around 7 million software reached by third parties within the Top 20 by the end of September.
