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Forums - Sales Discussion - Nintendo Quarterly Sales Update: Switch at 150.86m shipped, Mario Party Jamboree at 6.17m

Not doing too bad, are they?



                            

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Err, wrong thread... meant to post in Rol's. :/

Last edited by archbrix - on 05 February 2025

Tober said:
Norion said:

I was expecting at least as much as New Super Mario Bros DS and the Wii one considering the massive install base and how many Nintendo series have broken records on the Switch. It did have the biggest launch for a Mario game ever but only slightly over 2m since the end of March doesn't strike me as enough to get to 30m since sales for it should be lower this year than in 2024. It just seems to me that 2D Mario has underperformed on the Switch when compared to how most other big series have performed so the popularity of 2D Mario was significantly higher 15 years ago from what I can see with 3D Mario heavily increasing in popularity since then at the same time.

Simply more competition from other Mario platformers. I believe the DS had 2, the Switch has 4 (5 if Mario Maker2 is included).

8 actually.

3D All Stars with 64, Sunshine, and Galaxy 1.

Even if the release was limited, it still counts.



People there are MASSIVE NEWS you won't believe!! There will no(t) (only) be cross gen titles, there even will be SWITCH 1 EXCLUSIVES ONCE SWITCH 2 WILL BE OUT!! That shakes things up coompletley! This is from Furukawa himself! Just read:

https://icon-era.com/threads/launching-exclusive-games-for-nintendo-switch-2-is-essential-for-its-success-according-to-the-president-of-nintendo-shuntaro-furukawa.15763/

As you can read he directly pointed out PokémonZA and METROID PRIME 4: BEYOND!! 

I said it before and i was right again!! Metroid 4: Beyond will be not only on Switch 1 but Switch 1 EXCLUSIVE!! So NO CROSS GEN!!

Q10: With Nintendo Switch 2 announced, will new games still be released for Nintendo Switch?

A10 - Furukawa:
We have already announced Pokémon Legends Z-A and Metroid Prime 4 Beyond for Nintendo Switch in 2025.

We will continue developing Nintendo Switch titles, but launching exclusive games for Nintendo Switch 2 is essential for its success.

However, we aim to ensure a smooth transition between the two platforms.



Mario Wonder sales are really good, it just hasn't had as much time in the spotlight compared to other entries.

15.5 million in just over a year is something most games can only dream of, it only seems less massive because the competition on Switch is so strong.

It's going to continue to sell for years and years to come, especially with Switch 2 being backwards compatible.



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Mario Wonder still sold well, even if it feels like it's slowing down and won't catch NSMB & NSMB Wii. To be fair, even Odyssey hasn't surpassed those two yet (although Odyssey is a 3D Mario game).



curl-6 said:

Mario Wonder sales are really good, it just hasn't had as much time in the spotlight compared to other entries.

15.5 million in just over a year is something most games can only dream of, it only seems less massive because the competition on Switch is so strong.

It's going to continue to sell for years and years to come, especially with Switch 2 being backwards compatible.

I blame Zelda ToTK's massive front-loaded debut for setting some of our expectations too high for how fast Wonder would hit 20m, which it will absolutely do, but I doubt that it will beat Odyssey in the end.  Now the race is on to see which title becomes the Switch's 10th game to pass 20m between Wonder, NSMBU and Switch Sports.

In any case, it's just champagne problems for Nintendo.



Do we have an updated list for million sellers?



killer7 said:

Do we have an updated list for million sellers?

In the OP, and the following post.

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killer7 said:

People there are MASSIVE NEWS you won't believe!! There will no(t) (only) be cross gen titles, there even will be SWITCH 1 EXCLUSIVES ONCE SWITCH 2 WILL BE OUT!! That shakes things up coompletley! This is from Furukawa himself! Just read:

https://icon-era.com/threads/launching-exclusive-games-for-nintendo-switch-2-is-essential-for-its-success-according-to-the-president-of-nintendo-shuntaro-furukawa.15763/

As you can read he directly pointed out PokémonZA and METROID PRIME 4: BEYOND!! 

I said it before and i was right again!! Metroid 4: Beyond will be not only on Switch 1 but Switch 1 EXCLUSIVE!! So NO CROSS GEN!!

Q10: With Nintendo Switch 2 announced, will new games still be released for Nintendo Switch?​

A10 - Furukawa:
We have already announced Pokémon Legends Z-A and Metroid Prime 4 Beyond for Nintendo Switch in 2025.

We will continue developing Nintendo Switch titles, but launching exclusive games for Nintendo Switch 2 is essential for its success.

However, we aim to ensure a smooth transition between the two platforms.

Sorry, but I don't these statements as an evidence of Legends ZA and MP Beyond being Switch 1 exclusives or that there will be more Switch 1 exclusive games. What I understood from that is that Legends Z and MP Beyond will be lauched on the Switch 1 (which is something that we already knew) and that there will still be games being launched on the Switch 1, with no info if these games are going to be exclusive or cross-gen. The only information about exclusive games is directed to the Switch 2.


Personally, I think Legends ZA is a Switch 1 exclusive game and Metroid Prime 4 Beyond a cross-gen game