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Forums - Sales Discussion - Famitsu sales: Week 52, 2021 - (20th Dec - 26th Dec)

RFA crosses the 3m mark.



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Nice rebound for the PS5



The hardware numbers in the OP have been updated. It reflects a two-week time period in the Last Year column and now uses 53 weeks in the Last YTD column to match up with what currently appears in the YTD column (also 53 weeks).



Switch: SW-3707-5131-3911
XBox: Kenjabish

Switch finishes calendar year 5 in strong form.

Top 10 as evergreen as a pine forest.



Remember when people were saying Mario Kart would sell 5 to 9 million at most?



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Ashadelo said:

Remember when people were saying Mario Kart would sell 5 to 9 million at most?

Were people saying this about the Deluxe version?



Kakadu18 said:
Ashadelo said:

Remember when people were saying Mario Kart would sell 5 to 9 million at most?

Were people saying this about the Deluxe version?

Yes, some on this board were saying it wont pass up the WiiU version



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Ashadelo said:
Kakadu18 said:

Were people saying this about the Deluxe version?

Yes, some on this board were saying it wont pass up the WiiU version

"Is only a port and not a new game" was given as a reason for low sales.



ShadowLink93 said:
Farsala said:

Another interesting tidbit about MK8 is that this old game sold more in 2021 than in 2020.
~900-950k vs 640k

This is despite hardware for the NSW being down YoY. So demand for MK8 is vastly outperforming. Nintendo only had a few games that could compete with MK8. I think they are intent on not releasing MK9 any time soon with these numbers. In fact they could just release MK8 for Switch 2.

Which means the Tie ratio (software units per hardware unit) is going to rise every quarter from here on out, currently at 7.33 worldwide. A couple of years ago people were unimpressed with the Switch's Tie ratio being ignorant of the fact that Software rapidly increases relative to hardware in the second half of a consoles lifespan. Although MK8D is increasing in Japan yoy it will be down globally. There is no way it will hit 10.62m this FY, probably 9 to 9.5m. Lastly Mario Kart 9 is next gen now IMO and i hope it is because imagine how good it will look on a 4K system considering how great MK8D looks on the current Switch.

That attach ratio is insane already and it will probably double by the time switch lifetime ends.



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That attach ratio is insane already and it will probably double by the time switch lifetime ends.

Impossible for it to double but it could get up to between 9 to 10.