6. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics – 20,094 / 215,305
13. [PS4] The Last of Us Part II – 4,223 / 218,191
It seems like we have to wait 1 more week until Clubhouse defeats TLOU2
Pocky Lover Boy!
6. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics – 20,094 / 215,305
13. [PS4] The Last of Us Part II – 4,223 / 218,191
It seems like we have to wait 1 more week until Clubhouse defeats TLOU2
Pocky Lover Boy!
NSW - 23 (8 of which are third party)
PS4 - 7 (5 of which are third party)
This was a good week for PS4 third party games, since three new ones hit the charts. In spite of that Switch still has 8/13 = 62% of third party games in the top 30 chart. Even on a good week for PS4, Switch still has a majority of the third party games.
curl-6 bet me that PS5 + X|S sales would reach 56m before year end 2023 and he was right.
My Bet With curl-6
My Threads:
Master Thread, Game of the Year/Decade
Switch Will Be #1 All Time
Zelda Will Outsell Mario (Achieved)
How Much Will MH Rise sell?
My Bet With Metallox
TOP 20 Switch Famitsu 2020:
TOTAL: 9.654.025
Seems like pokemon isn't selling more than 200k in the rest of the year
It makes me wonder how much the franchise is dependent of Christmas gift effect compared to other Nintendo IPs
Pokemon are always released on Christmas season or at least very close to it and its first quarter sales are always mindblowing, but their catalog sales are weaker compared to other Nintendo IPs
Curious to see how a Pokemon game would perform if it was released in March like Animal Crossing. How much weaker would be the first quarter and how better would be it's legs in the next quarters
Btw these were the numbers for the last Pokemon games on the first half in the year after their releases:
Pokémon OmegaRuby / AlphaSaphire 207.780
Pokémon Sun / Moon – 527.862
Pokémon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon – 215.281
Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu / Eevee - 230.134
All those games were released almost at the same point as Sword and Shield (3rd friday of November), so I guess it's a fair comparison
Sword and Shield is doing slightly better than Sun and Moon that was selling ~4k weekly at this point (and Sun and Moon had a much bigger user base from 3DS)
In other hand, Sw&Sw weekly sales seems on pair with Let's Go, which is not that good as this one is a main entry and Switch as been selling like hotcakes in the last months (and of course, Let's Go don't have a DLC)
IcaroRibeiro said: Seems like pokemon isn't selling more than 200k in the rest of the year It makes me wonder how much the franchise is dependent of Christmas gift effect compared to other Nintendo IPs Pokemon are always released on Christmas season or at least very close to it and its first quarter sales are always mindblowing, but their catalog sales are weaker compared to other Nintendo IPs Curious to see how a Pokemon game would perform if it was released in March like Animal Crossing. How much weaker would be the first quarter and how better would be it's legs in the next quarters |
I wouldn't make a judgment on this yet, due to your own reasoning. Out of the current games, Pokemon would be the third best selling game during December for sure. Its still a very popular Christmas gift and there is DLC planned instead of a 3rd version. It doesn't have the potential to sell as much as New Horizon or Ring Fit Adventure but it will easily surpass 200K during December alone. The game will probably finish higher than Smash did last year or Splatoon 2 did in 2018.
Historically Pokemon games haven't done well in their second holiday season because Pokemon Company always releases the 3rd version. This time their marketing would be focused around an expansion around November and December. This will revive interest in the game and make it a popular Christmas gift alongside New Horizon.
My guestestimate would be at least 1.25M for the year.
noshten said: Historically Pokemon games haven't done well in their second holiday season because Pokemon Company always releases the 3rd version. This time their marketing would be focused around an expansion around November and December. This will revive interest in the game and make it a popular Christmas gift alongside New Horizon. |
Good point, but 3rd versions generally comes in the 3rd year, not 2nd. From my memory only Sun & Moon was replaced right after the release, but 3DS was dying so Nintendo kinda rushed its release
If anything sometimes is the remakes that replace main entries as Christmas gifts: FR/LG for 3rd gen, HG/SS for 4th gen, OR/AS for 6th gen
5th gen still the only exception, Black/White wasn't replaced by anything until June 2012
noshten said: TOP 20 Switch Famitsu 2020: Pokemon Sword / Shield - 666.827 |
Pokemon Sword/Shield the work of the devil confirmed.
TOP 10 Switch Famitsu 2020 Q2:
TOTAL: 3.693.828
TOTAL HARDWARE: 966.530
TOP 10 Switch Famitsu 2020 Q3:
TOTAL: 400.536
TOTAL HARDWARE: 149.129
Hardware should be massive next week as Nintendo tends to release extra supply alongside major releases.