Soundwave said:
We'll see who's right. Nintendo's sales numbers speak for themselves, and they're not the ones going multiplatform anywhere, if anything they're even scaling back the concession they made about 10 years ago to make smartphone games because those games haven't matched the success they have found with the Switch. Once the Switch 2 generation is done, IMO no one in the history of the business is ever going to see that much console volume in two back to back generations (PS1 + PS2 is going down). Their big franchises in many cases are also having record breaking sales ... Zelda has never been bigger than it is now. Mario Kart has never been bigger than it is now. Smash Brothers has never been bigger than it is now. Animal Crossing has never been as big as it is now. 3D Mario on Switch is bigger than its ever been. Pokemon is quite at absolute peak, but it's up from even the DS era. |
I would even argue that Pokemon is at its sales peak.
Gameboy/Color/N64 games
Red/Blue/Green-31.05m
Gold/Silver-23.73m
Yellow-14.64m
Crystal-6.39m
Stadium-5.46m
Pinball-5.31m
Trading Card Game-3.72m
Snap-3.63m
Stadium 2-2.54m
Hey You Pikachu-1.83
Puzzle League-0.45m
Puzzle Challenge-???
Switch games
Scarlet/Violet-27.15m
Sword/Shield-26.84m
Let’s Go-15.07m
Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl-15.06m
Arceus-15.00m
Snap-2.40m
Pokken DX-2.04m
Mystery Dungeon-1.99m
And that’s not counting the eShop titles like Quest, Cafe Mix, Unite, Friends
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