RolStoppable on 08 February 2023
| KrspaceT said: At least as of last year, 20% of game sales on the Nintendo Switch are third party. |
Those 20% refer to the revenue that Nintendo collects from third parties (read: royalty fees) in comparison to the revenue they earn from first party game sales. In terms of units, it's roughly a 50% split between first and third party games. But since there about a 100 times more third party games than Nintendo games on Switch, the sales of third parties are divided among many, many more titles. Add that there are only a few third parties who invest heavily into individual titles and it's not surprising that cracking the 1m mark represents a high hurdle.
Legend11 correctly predicted that GTA IV will outsell Super Smash Bros. Brawl. I was wrong.
