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zorg1000 said:
PAOerfulone said:

This can’t all just be TOTK, can it?!

Norion said:

What the hell is going on with the Switch right now in Japan? I thought TOTK would notably boost sales for 2-3 weeks and then it'd return to normal but it's suddenly doing over 100k the week nearly a month after launch. From what I've seen the boost elsewhere hasn't been this big and Japan isn't as into Zelda as something like Splatoon and Splatoon 3 didn't boost sales for this long so this is cool to see but genuinely confusing at this point.

I think people are underestimating  the Mario movie effect. It’s like Pokémon Go for 3DS in 2016.

anonymunchy said:
Norion said:

What the hell is going on with the Switch right now in Japan? I thought TOTK would notably boost sales for 2-3 weeks and then it'd return to normal but it's suddenly doing over 100k the week nearly a month after launch. From what I've seen the boost elsewhere hasn't been this big and Japan isn't as into Zelda as something like Splatoon and Splatoon 3 didn't boost sales for this long so this is cool to see but genuinely confusing at this point.

There's likely something else at play, maybe the Mario Movie had a big impact as well? It came out the same weekend as the Zelda OLED edition in Japan if I remember correctly. Still wouldn't really explain how sales are going up 5 weeks after TotK release. This almost feels like a GameBoy Pokémon moment, where one game reinvigorates interest and sales just keep creeping up. I wonder what the coming weeks are going to look like and how much of an impact Pikmin 4 can make. 

The Mario film will have played a part but Japan is still have a uniquely big boost so it's perplexing. Pikmin 4 shouldn't do much since it's a niche series but after the past few weeks I have no idea how the Switch is gonna sell here in the next couple months.