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Forums - Sales Discussion - Nintendo Financial Results: Switch sales top 19.67m, Mario Tennis 1.38m, DK TF 1.4m, more

Asriel said:
Soundwave said:

10-11 mill is a pretty big ask for a holiday quarter. That's basically peak Wii numbers. 

I think Switch might pull that off - though part of me thinks that in order to do that, Nintendo are going to stuff the channel and risk a weaker Q4, which would still end up with them missing the FY target.

A 10 million plus quarter doesn't just hinge on Smash and Pokemon - key as they are - but also on other mass-market, family-friendly titles finding an audience; Labo, Super Mario Party, Just Dance and Star Link might contribute to a very strong quarter, as may bundles and Black Friday sales. Big ask, though. Like I said, the key lesson Nintendo should take away from this is that they need to pace their big titles.

Yeah Nintendo really need to learn to plan their lineups better, there's basically not a single system seller between Odyssey last October and Let's Go this November, that's over a year without a significant killer app. No wonder sales are slackening, you just can't go so long without anything to spur sales and not lose momentum.



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They almost hit that 20m mark for total Switches. They just aren't going to hit their goal for this fiscal year though. Maybe games like Fortnite and Octopath Traveler can help make up for the deficit in first party titles, but I still don't think they are going to hit the 20m goal for this fiscal year.



Overall, a great result for Nintendo.

Honestly, the biggest surprise for me there is Donkey Kong.In just one month and a half, it almost managed to sell what the original version did in its whoile life!Just goes to show how much the Wii U was holding back its software potential.For the top 7 selling softwares on the list, there is not much to say, given that it was expected for them to keep selling well.Its still kind of impressive that ARMS and 1-2 Switch are still selling this well, but they have been constantly selling good numbers.

My boi Xenoblade is at 1.42 and I couldnt be happier!I personally expected it to be at 1.45, but its close enough.The sad thing is that its very likely that XC 2 will be throw out of the top 10 next quarter, due to the release of Mario Party and the constant growth of the other games being higher than of Xenoblade, but what can you do?Already had a stellar performance, so I wont complain.Mario Tennis Aces did extremely well!Good lord, in less than 2 weeks, it sold 1.38 million units, thats mighty impressive.If it keeps up like that, it will be Camelot best selling game, easily.Hopefully that gives them more confidence and makes Nintendo invest in them more, so that they can tackle more projects at once and finally make a goddamn new Golden Sun game!

Hardware sales are good.Nothing to write home about, but nowhere near bad either.Labo is having legs as Nintendo expected, and its also at a respectable number.NES classic sold an extra 1.26(!!!) million this quarter alone.Seriously, thlose classic editions are beasts on their own.

Nintendo keeps doing great.



My (locked) thread about how difficulty should be a decision for the developers, not the gamers.

https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=241866&page=1

Zelda almost 11mil when counting wiiu sku of at least 1.5mil



Breath of the Wild is already the best-selling Zelda ever for a single SKU. Combined with Wii U, it’s only below Ocarina of Time (with the 3DS remake included). There’s basically no doubt it will surpass even that in the next year, maybe this holiday. Crazy to think about for such a long-running series.



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Barkley said:

I'm upset that 1-2-switch is still selling, at this rate it's going to be in the top 10 first party sales FOREVER

Don't Worry.

 

Smash

The 2 pokemon games we will see on Switch (at least)

Animal Crossing

Luigi mansion

 

will make sure 1-2 will not be in the top ten by the end of it.



Switch!!!

curl-6 said:
Asriel said:

I think Switch might pull that off - though part of me thinks that in order to do that, Nintendo are going to stuff the channel and risk a weaker Q4, which would still end up with them missing the FY target.

A 10 million plus quarter doesn't just hinge on Smash and Pokemon - key as they are - but also on other mass-market, family-friendly titles finding an audience; Labo, Super Mario Party, Just Dance and Star Link might contribute to a very strong quarter, as may bundles and Black Friday sales. Big ask, though. Like I said, the key lesson Nintendo should take away from this is that they need to pace their big titles.

Yeah Nintendo really need to learn to plan their lineups better, there's basically not a single system seller between Odyssey last October and Let's Go this November, that's over a year without a significant killer app. No wonder sales are slackening, you just can't go so long without anything to spur sales and not lose momentum.

There is Super Mario Party, and depending on how they market it, it might be a big title, in terms of pushing hardware.



My (locked) thread about how difficulty should be a decision for the developers, not the gamers.

https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=241866&page=1

Nautilus said:
Overall, a great result for Nintendo.

Honestly, the biggest surprise for me there is Donkey Kong.In just one month and a half, it almost managed to sell what the original version did in its whoile life!Just goes to show how much the Wii U was holding back its software potential.For the top 7 selling softwares on the list, there is not much to say, given that it was expected for them to keep selling well.Its still kind of impressive that ARMS and 1-2 Switch are still selling this well, but they have been constantly selling good numbers.

My boi Xenoblade is at 1.42 and I couldnt be happier!I personally expected it to be at 1.45, but its close enough.The sad thing is that its very likely that XC 2 will be throw out of the top 10 next quarter, due to the release of Mario Party and the constant growth of the other games being higher than of Xenoblade, but what can you do?Already had a stellar performance, so I wont complain.Mario Tennis Aces did extremely well!Good lord, in less than 2 weeks, it sold 1.38 million units, thats mighty impressive.If it keeps up like that, it will be Camelot best selling game, easily.Hopefully that gives them more confidence and makes Nintendo invest in them more, so that they can tackle more projects at once and finally make a goddamn new Golden Sun game!

Hardware sales are good.Nothing to write home about, but nowhere near bad either.Labo is having legs as Nintendo expected, and its also at a respectable number.NES classic sold an extra 1.26(!!!) million this quarter alone.Seriously, thlose classic editions are beasts on their own.

Nintendo keeps doing great.

Super Mario Party doesn't come out until October 5th, so it'll just miss the September 30th update. They'll likely do an update for that game during their Outline & Presentation.



I'm surprised it couldn't make 20m this quarter. Sales should pick up for the last few months of the year though given the software.



Nautilus said:
curl-6 said:

Yeah Nintendo really need to learn to plan their lineups better, there's basically not a single system seller between Odyssey last October and Let's Go this November, that's over a year without a significant killer app. No wonder sales are slackening, you just can't go so long without anything to spur sales and not lose momentum.

There is Super Mario Party, and depending on how they market it, it might be a big title, in terms of pushing software.

The game itself will sell well, but it's not a big hardware mover.