Nintendo quarterly sales update (To June 30th 2021) Switch 89.04 m

[Dulfite]

newwil7l said:

Dulfite said:

Mario Kart 8 Delux is done. There is no way Nintendo comes out with more content for it, and I suspect 9 is only a couple years away (I predict it is a Switch 2 launch title coming in 2023). 8 Delux sales will drop off considerably after 9 is announced, and even more so after it comes out. ACNH, however, is young in its life and just had additional content announced that is in development. That game won't be replaced probably until, minimum, 2025, and it will sell well again once that new content drops. If Nintendo commits to constantly pumping out new content for AC ever year (whether free or not) it will easily crush MK8D. If the new content is a joke and they don't ever add more meaningful content (which would be extremely stupid considering how popular the game is) then MK8D will win the battle lifetime.

Mario Kart games don't stop selling after a successor comes out. MK7 sold for years after the release of MK8 and MK8D. This isn't a Pokemon game. ACNH now selling less than MK8D each quarter means ACNH is never taking the crown.

I didn't say it would stop selling, or even say it would stop selling well. I just said it would drop off considerably once 9 is announced and even more after 9 comes out. AC won't be replaced for many years, and the game is only a little over a year old. It has a tremendous amount of growth potential as an evergreen especially during each holiday season. MK8D has what, maybe 2-3 holidays left as the flagship MK game, whereas AC probably has 5+ holidays left as the flagship AC game. That's 2-3 more holidays ACNH has as the flagship AC game than MK8D has remaining as the flagship MK game. That will be more than enough for ACNH to win. But that's not all, as ACNH has new content coming and I suspect Nintendo will make that an annual occurance going forward, driving sales even further.