Splatoon 2 passed the 10m mark earlier this year and now sits at 10.71m units as of June 30th. What are your lifetime sales expectations?
Here's the game's sales progression. Quarter ending month/year followed by quarterly sales/LTD figures:
September 2017 - 3.61m/3.61m
December 2017 - 1.30m/4.91m
March 2018 - 1.11m/6.02m
June 2018 - 0.74m/6.76m
September 2018 - 0.71/7.47m
December 2018 - 0.80m/8.27m
March 2019 - 0.43m/8.70m
June 2019 - 0.32m/9.02m
September 2019 - 0.26m/9.28m
December 2019 - 0.53m/9.81m
March 2020 - 0.32m/10.13m
June 2020 - 0.58m/10.71m
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Bonus question: Splatoon happens to be Nintendo's only multiplayer IP where its online modes are superior to its offline options. Do you pay for Nintendo Switch Online, do you avoid doing so by settling for the other ones of Nintendo's multiplayer hits or do you simply not play multiplayer games at all?
Legend11 correctly predicted that GTA IV (360+PS3) would outsell SSBB. I was wrong.
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