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curl-6 on 12 May 2023
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Soundwave said:
curl-6 said:

Comparing to Switch games isn't a useful metric because it's actually the Switch, not the Wii, that is unusual in this respect. First party games sold way more on Switch than pretty much any previous Nintendo system, the infamous Switch boost.

It's not that Galaxy's sales are abnormally low, it's rather that Luigi's Mansion 3's are abnormally high.

The Switch is a lot more hardcore Nintendo fans is the sense I get from the platform. 

The Wii was more like you had Nintendo fans, but then you had the "I'm here for Wii Sports + plus I like Mario because I played it in 1988, what the hell is a Metroid?" crowd that made up a huge chunk of the Wii userbase. It's not random coincidence the sales totals of a lot of Nintendo IPs have gone through the roof. 

You're  seeing the Wii as the outlier when it's actually the Switch that's abormal for a Nintendo platform.

Sales of Mario Galaxy are equal or better than most other 3D Mario games; Odyssey is the odd one out, because the Switch's software selling power is way beyond any of its predecessors.

Last edited by curl-6 - on 12 May 2023