| curl-6 said: September/October is going to be a bloodbath with so many games all packed into a two-month block to get away from GTA6. Control and Fire Emblem in particular I can see coming off worse for being stacked against so many other bigger games; FE for instance I can see selling say 2-3m in total. Onimusha seems to be getting a decent amount of hype and could overcome the odds and sell several million over the long run. Orbitals... I dunno, I really would love to see it succeed as it looks fantastic, but being a new IP squeezed into such a busy window, I can see it struggling too. |
I think Orbitals will be bigger than many Nintendo 1st party releases this year. I foresee a strong but relatively soft launch followed by crazy good word of mouth that keep it selling for the rest of the gen. I think the hectic releases won't really effect Switch 2 exclusives titles as much as other platforms either. I always see my Switch 2 purchases as separate from my PS5 ones and I suspect many Switch 2 third party ports will get way less attention then Orbitals. It will also stand out as a Co-Op game too. Something someone gets alongside whatever AAA single player games get release in September/November, not either or.
Edit: I revised Orbitals down a tad because I just saw the metacritic. I saw a few 9/10 reviews on twitter but see the general reviews are a bit more mixed (82)
