| Chicho said: Horizon Forbidden West opened higher on PS4 but the PS5 version will probably stay in the charts longer and sell more in the long run. |
That would be a reversal of situation from what usually happens though. Looking at Dying Light 2, the PS5 version is nowhere to be found while the PS4 version still hangs around the Top 30.
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archbrix said:
Animal Crossing NH was a rare beast, in a rare year to boot, so, yeah... Regarding MHR, it launched at the end of March, so April saw a boost from its sales. This year, Kirby at the end of March should keep April pretty healthy until Switch Sports launches at the end of the month, so May's sales should reflect that nicely. Then in early June we get Strikers as well. Where I think we'll see 2022 make big strides in Japan especially is Q2 (July-Sep). Last year, the Switch had Skyward Sword, Wario Ware and Cruis'n Blast in that time frame in addition to many people waiting for the OLED, which accounted for a modest September. This year, the Switch has Splatoon 3 (summer) which will boost sales in Japan more than the three aforementioned titles put together. And September will have Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Switch hype will be soaring this year. Let's just hope there's enough stock to suffice. |
ah yeah, i'm sure 2022 as a whole will fare pretty well with such an awesome lineup! will probably end up around 5 mil, depending on stock, and doing a lot of catching up in q2 as you said.
i was thinking more specifically around end of march, and how big of a spike kirby in particular will create. just a thought seeing that awesome annual weekly sales graph, and thinking how popular kirby is in japan. super interesting times ahead! :D
| siebensus4 said: I'm actually a bit surprised that Switch has its best week 7 and 8 after this mediocre holiday season. |
On the contrary, a mediocre holiday season can translate well to a strong week 7/ 8.
The reason of course being stock. Some sales might have been shifted to now from the holiday season due to stock issues. But of course Pokemon Arceus is helping a lot too for this boost.
As for PS5, it is interesting that Sony decided to provide good stock for Horizon, but they seem unable to hold stock for other releases.
Sogreblute said:
GT isn't nearly as big in Japan as it used to be. Some people I guess still think it is. |
Its not a question of whether its as big as it used to be, but whether its bigger than Horizon. GT Sport opened to 150k in 2017, more than Horizon Zero Dawn. GT Sport wasn't really a true sequel either, so I'm just projecting that sales gap.
IcaroRibeiro said:
So it's in line with the UK decrease in sales. Thanks |
With physical yes but HFW has a ~50% digital rate in the UK on a Friday launch instead of the Tuesday launch of HZD in the UK.
405,187 
The top 30 still has 5 Switch games from 2017.
Some games we could consider from before 2017 even, like Minecraft.
great sales for switch i think it will be pretty stable this year, so insane
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