Lite_Agent
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Oh yeah, was confused by the 2 in 2.13, my brain got things mixed up. Thanks for the heads up!
Nintendo software and hardware sales data from 1983 to present
Kenka
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How dare you call them random.
These are premium-grade, first-quality thoughts you pheasant.
I am joking.
It's definitely not bad, I just expected Switch to do better.
That was just my false expectation.
The really surprising thing though are the PS4 versions outselling the Switch versions in 2021.
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I was thinking the same thing about 2021 tbh, and yet a handful of games went up with no warning (the only predictable one was Xenoblade 2) while others barely went down.
But yeah logically 2022 should be the start of a more significant decline for most titles, with MK8D, Kirby, Bayonetta and Xenoblade as the most likely exceptions. The weak FYQ1 in the US might point to a steep one for some, but it's not clear yet if that was an anomaly or not.
The question is, does logic apply to the Nintendo Switch?
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they'll announce Drake and 4K patches for games, extending the legs of games. BELIEVE!I was thinking the same thing about 2021 tbh, and yet a handful of games went up with no warning (the only predictable one was Xenoblade 2) while others barely went down.
But yeah logically 2022 should be the start of a more significant decline for most titles, with MK8D, Kirby, Bayonetta and Xenoblade as the most likely exceptions. The weak FYQ1 in the US might point to a steep one for some, but it's not clear yet if that was an anomaly or not.
The question is, does logic apply to the Nintendo Switch?
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Shouldn't @Grady's new numbers be threadmarked as well? Even if they've presumably been added to other spots, I liked the idea of the posts in question being highlighted as it's where all the new info is.
Here for reference:
Here for reference:
Dark Souls 3:
Hopefully that's it. Feel free to bookmark this post if you'd like for ease. I can add any I missed.
These graphs are super cool!
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch)
Code:2017 - 6.700.000 / 6.700.000 (NEW!) 2018 - 4.980.000 / 11.680.000 (-26%) 2019 - 4.660.000 / 16.340.000 (- 6%) 2020 - 5.110.000 / 21.450.000 (+10%) 2021 - 4.350.000 / 25.800.000 (-15%)
1-2-Switch
Code:2017 - 1.880.000 / 1.880.000 (NEW!) 2018 - 980.000 / 2.860.000 (-48%) 2019 - 320.000 / 3.180.000 (-67%) 2020 - 270.000 / 3.450.000 (-16%) 2021 - 180.000 / 3.630.000 (-33%)
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Code:2017 - 7.330.000 / 7.330.000 (NEW!) 2018 - 7.690.000 / 15.020.000 (+ 5%) 2019 - 7.940.000 / 22.960.000 (+ 3%) 2020 - 10.450.000 / 33.410.000 (+32%) 2021 - 9.940.000 / 43.350.000 (- 5%)
ARMS
Code:2017 - 1.610.000 / 1.610.000 (NEW!) 2018 - 600.000 / 2.210.000 (-63%) 2019 - 170.000 / 2.380.000 (-72%) 2020 - 180.000 / 2.560.000 (+ 6%) 2021 - 100.000 / 2.660.000 (-44%)
Splatoon 2
Code:2017 - 4.910.000 / 4.910.000 (NEW!) 2018 - 3.360.000 / 8.270.000 (-32%) 2019 - 1.540.000 / 9.810.000 (-54%) 2020 - 2.090.000 / 11.900.000 (+36%) 2021 - 1.230.000 / 13.130.000 (-41%)
Super Mario Odyssey
Code:2017 - 9.070.000 / 9.070.000 (NEW!) 2018 - 4.690.000 / 13.760.000 (-48%) 2019 - 2.830.000 / 16.590.000 (-40%) 2020 - 3.640.000 / 20.230.000 (+29%) 2021 - 2.790.000 / 23.020.000 (-23%)
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Code:2017 - 1.060.000 / 1.060.000 (NEW!) 2018 - 590.000 / 1.650.000 (-44%) 2019 - 270.000 / 1.920.000 (-54%) 2020 - 250.000 / 2.170.000 (- 7%) 2021 - 270.000 / 2.440.000 (+ 8%)
Kirby Star Allies
Code:2018 - 2.420.000 / 2.420.000 (NEW!) 2019 - 510.000 / 2.930.000 (-79%) 2020 - 490.000 / 3.420.000 (- 4%) 2021 - 560.000 / 3.980.000 (+14%)
Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 01: Variety Kit
Code:2018 - 1.060.000 / 1.060.000 (NEW!) 2019 - 250.000 / 1.310.000 (-76%) 2020 - 110.000 / 1.420.000 (-56%) 2021 - 0 / 1.420.000 (-100%)
Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze (Switch)
Code:2018 - 2.080.000 / 2.080.000 (NEW!) 2019 - 570.000 / 2.650.000 (-73%) 2020 - 770.000 / 3.420.000 (+35%) 2021 - 700.000 / 4.120.000 (- 9%)
Mario Tennis Aces
Code:2018 - 2.530.000 / 2.530.000 (NEW!) 2019 - 530.000 / 3.060.000 (-79%) 2020 - 600.000 / 3.660.000 (+13%) 2021 - 620.000 / 4.280.000 (+ 3%)
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Switch)
Code:2018 - 1.050.000 / 1.050.000 (NEW!) 2019 - 390.000 / 1.440.000 (-63%) 2020 - 330.000 / 1.770.000 (-15%) 2021 - 360.000 / 2.130.000 (+ 9%)
Super Mario Party
Code:2018 - 5.300.000 / 5.300.000 (NEW!) 2019 - 3.820.000 / 9.120.000 (-28%) 2020 - 4.700.000 / 13.820.000 (+23%) 2021 - 3.570.000 / 17.390.000 (-24%)
Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu/Eevee!
Code:2018 - 10.000.000 / 10.000.000 (NEW!) 2019 - 1.760.000 / 11.760.000 (-82%) 2020 - 1.240.000 / 13.000.000 (-30%) 2021 - 1.330.000 / 14.330.000 (+ 7%)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Code:2018 - 12.080.000 / 12.080.000 (NEW!) 2019 - 5.600.000 / 17.680.000 (-54%) 2020 - 5.170.000 / 22.850.000 (- 8%) 2021 - 4.550.000 / 27.400.000 (-12%)
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
Code:2019 - 5.850.000 / 5.850.000 (NEW!) 2020 - 3.970.000 / 9.820.000 (-32%) 2021 - 2.900.000 / 12.720.000 (-27%)
Yoshi's Crafted World
Code:2019 - 1.840.000 / 1.840.000 (NEW!) 2020 - 720.000 / 2.560.000 (-61%) 2021 - 450.000 / 3.010.000 (-38%)
Super Mario Maker 2
Code:2019 - 5.040.000 / 5.040.000 (NEW!) 2020 - 1.870.000 / 6.910.000 (-63%) 2021 - 980.000 / 7.890.000 (-48%)
Marvel's Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order
Code:2019 - 1.020.000 / 1.020.000 (NEW!) 2020 - 290.000 / 1.310.000 (-72%) 2021 - 190.000 / 1.500.000 (-34%)
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Code:2019 - 2.580.000 / 2.580.000 (NEW!) 2020 - 820.000 / 3.400.000 (-68%) 2021 - 420.000 / 3.820.000 (-49%)
Astral Chain
Code:2019 - 1.030.000 / 1.030.000 (NEW!) 2020 - 180.000 / 1.210.000 (-83%) 2021 - 70.000 / 1.280.000 (-61%)
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Switch)
Code:2019 - 4.190.000 / 4.190.000 (NEW!) 2020 - 1.140.000 / 5.330.000 (-73%) 2021 - 750.000 / 6.080.000 (-34%)
Ring Fit Adventure
Code:2019 - 2.170.000 / 2.170.000 (NEW!) 2020 - 6.510.000 / 8.680.000 (+200%) 2021 - 4.850.000 / 13.530.000 (-25%)
Luigi's Mansion 3
Code:2019 - 5.370.000 / 5.370.000 (NEW!) 2020 - 3.760.000 / 9.130.000 (-30%) 2021 - 1.910.000 / 11.040.000 (-49%)
Pokémon Sword/Shield *
Code:2019 - 16.060.000 / 16.060.000 (NEW!) 2020 - 4.290.000 / 20.350.000 (-73%) 2021 - 3.550.000 / 23.900.000 (-17%)
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX
Code:2020 - 1.600.000 / 1.600.000 (NEW!) 2021 - 290.000 / 1.890.000 (-82%)
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Code:2020 - 31.180.000 / 31.180.000 (NEW!) 2021 - 6.440.000 / 37.620.000 (-79%)
Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition
Code:2020 - 1.480.000 / 1.480.000 (NEW!) 2021 - 200.000 / 1.680.000 (-86%)
Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics
Code:2020 - 2.620.000 / 2.620.000 (NEW!) 2021 - 1.380.000 / 4.000.000 (-47%)
Paper Mario: The Origami King
Code:2020 - 3.050.000 / 3.050.000 (NEW!) 2021 - 290.000 / 3.340.000 (-90%)
Super Mario 3D All-Stars
Code:2020 - 8.320.000 / 8.320.000 (NEW!) 2021 - 750.000 / 9.070.000 (-91%)
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit
Code:2020 - 1.080.000 / 1.080.000 (NEW!) 2021 - 500.000 / 1.580.000 (-54%)
Pikmin 3 Deluxe
Code:2020 - 1.940.000 / 1.940.000 (NEW!) 2021 - 290.000 / 2.230.000 (-85%)
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury
Code:2021 - 8.850.000 / 8.850.000 (NEW!)
New Pokémon Snap |Overseas|
Code:2021 - 2.360.000 / 2.360.000 (NEW!)
Miitopia (Switch)
Code:2021 - 1.630.000 / 1.630.000 (NEW!)
Game Builder Garage
Code:2021 - 1.010.000 / 1.010.000 (NEW!)
Mario Golf: Super Rush
Code:2021 - 2.260.000 / 2.260.000 (NEW!)
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD
Code:2021 - 3.850.000 / 3.850.000 (NEW!)
WarioWare: Get it Together!
Code:2021 - 1.240.000 / 1.240.000 (NEW!)
Metroid Dread
Code:2021 - 2.740.000 / 2.740.000 (NEW!)
Mario Party Superstars
Code:2021 - 5.430.000 / 5.430.000 (NEW!)
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl
Code:2021 - 13.970.000 / 13.970.000 (NEW!)
Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain
Code:2021 - 1.280.000 / 1.280.000 (NEW!)
* Global sales of the SKU 'Pokémon Sword/Shield + Expansion Pass' are not counted towards the total for 'Pokémon Sword/Shield' in Nintendo's public shipment data. Since this SKU was not listed among Nintendo's million-seller titles, its global sales are under 1 million units and it appears that its shipments were strictly limited to calendar year 2020.
Do you have the next ones after Astral Chain? E.g. Animal Crossing, 3D World, etc...?
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Thanks! I chose to only have them in text this year because they'd make the graphs bigger without being as interesting as the rest with only 1 or 2 bars of data each, but yeah since you're asking here are bonus quick test versions to show 2020-2021 games:
Lower-sellers (2020-2021 only, presents well but lacks comparison to older titles which tbh is not as much of an issue as I thought)
Lower-sellers (2017-2021, too large)
Higher-sellers (scaled for Animal Crossing 2020, making the rest tiny)
Higher-sellers (with Animal Crossing 2020 out of bonds lol)
Lower-sellers (2017-2021, too large)
Higher-sellers (scaled for Animal Crossing 2020, making the rest tiny)
Higher-sellers (with Animal Crossing 2020 out of bonds lol)
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Aostia82
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Absolutely, and will become and stay the best selling Mario Sport game ever! impressive
Just had a check. I completely missed it the first time around. Taiko's WW figure is 1.89m.
Thanks!Thanks! I chose to only have them in text this year because they'd make the graphs bigger without being as interesting as the rest with only 1 or 2 bars of data each, but yeah since you're asking here are bonus quick test versions to show 2020-2021 games:
Lower-sellers (2020-2021 only, presents well but lacks comparison to older titles which tbh is not as much of an issue as I thought)
Lower-sellers (2017-2021, too large)
Higher-sellers (scaled for Animal Crossing 2020, making the rest tiny)
Higher-sellers (with Animal Crossing 2020 out of bonds lol)
Now the most interesting part of these graphs is comparing the yearly amount across different releases, e.g. 3D World in 2021 vs Odyssey in 2017!
RaymondBryce
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Do we have any proof of that?
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DeuceGamer
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Wow at Bayo 2 moving over 1m as a late port. Now I’m curious what to expect for Bayo 3. Could it be a 2m+ seller?
War Inquisitor
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Because we never got official numbers before CESA 2022, so it's impossible to know how much it sold during 2021
RennanNT
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CESA doesn't report how much it sold during the year, people are just deducing it by subtracting the known total in 2020.
Except for Bayo, all the games in that list were already million sellers by Dec 2020, so we got their total in the previous white papers.
Sagitario
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Given how long it took for Bayo 2 to hit 1M, I'm not going any higher than 1.5M.
Lelouch0612
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Nonsense, that's a new game vs a late port, potential isn't comparable.
For instance,
SM3DW+BF : 9,43M (as of March 2022)
SMO : 23,93M (as of June 2022)
And that was one of the most attractive late ports.
Tbone5189
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Very true. Also Astral Chain, it's at 1.3mil. Bayo3 gonna do 2mil or near it
Peleo
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Been waiting for the CESA Figures to post the updated July Figures, made a few adjustments to the charts and included a bit more data on Xenoblade. A few interesting data points, many of which other people already pointed out:
- Link's Awakening is very close to becoming the top selling 2D Zelda, just behind the original
- Smash Ultimate sold more than both Smash 4 + Brawl combine
- Yoshi Crafted World became the third best seller in the series
- Kirby Forgotten Land and Star Allies are just behind the original
- Paper Mario Origami King is the third best seller in the Mario RPG series
- Mario Strikers Battle League is 0.7m behind Charged. Once it surpasses it, all Mario Sports Top 3 will be Switch
- The Switch Boost is Real, the only 2 franchises in which a new game (non-remake) didn't break Top 3 were 2D Mario (Mario Maker 2) and Wario (Wario Ware Get it Together).
- Beyond that, often times the top seller is the Switch entry (3D Mario, Zelda, Smash, Animal Crossing, Mario Kart, Metroid, Mario Party, Mario Sports, Splatoon, Luigi's Mansion, Pikmin, Xenoblade, Fire Emblem)
Looking at the "Top 3 Franchise Average Sales" Chart, we had a discussion at the other thread about Tiers for Nintendo Franchises, which takes into account a few factors such as sales, public reception, longevity, marketing focus, critical acclaim. This is how I divided them, adding the context of the sales data.
S Tier: Mario, Zelda, Pokemon, Mario Kart, Smash Bros, Animal Crossing (35.9m-14m)
A Tier: Splatoon, Donkey Kong, Luigi's Mansion, Mario Party (12.1m-7m)
B Tier: Kirby, Metroid, Fire Emblem, Xenoblade, Yoshi, Pikmin, Mario Sports, Wario, Mario RPG (4.3m-1.7m)
C Tier: Starfox, F-Zero, Mother, Excite, Rhythm Heaven, Punch-Out! (1.7m-1m)
D Tier: Chibi-Robo, Custom Robo, Advance Wars, Kid Icarus, Wave Race, Golden Sun (1m-0.5m)
Updated as of Jun 2022 + 2021 CESA White Papers
TOP 3 GAMES PER CONSOLE
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Wii Sports had to be split in half since it was skewing the graph too much.
TOP 3 GAMES PER FRANCHISE
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
Top 3 Average Sales per Franchise
*Splatoon only includes 2 games
2D MARIO SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
3D MARIO SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
ANIMAL CROSSING SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console
DONKEY KONG SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
FIRE EMBLEM SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
Only includes Western released titles
F-ZERO SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
KIRBY SALES
Blue = Handheld Console; Yellow = Home Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
LUIGI'S MANSION SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
MARIO KART SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
MARIO PARTY SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
MARIO RPG SALES
Blue = Paper Mario ; Yellow = Mario & Luigi
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
MARIO SPORTS SALES
Blue = Golf ; Yellow = Tennis; Green = Strikers; Orange = Baseball
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
METROID SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
PIKMIN SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console; Green = Hybrid Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
POKEMON SALES
Blue = Original Version ; Yellow = Third Version ; Green = Remake
SMASH BROS SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
SPLATOON & ARMS SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
STAR FOX SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
WARIO SALES
Blue = Wario Land ; Yellow = Wario Ware
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
XENOBLADE CHRONICLES SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
YOSHI SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
2D ZELDA SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
3D Zelda SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
NINTENDO HARDWARE SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
- Link's Awakening is very close to becoming the top selling 2D Zelda, just behind the original
- Smash Ultimate sold more than both Smash 4 + Brawl combine
- Yoshi Crafted World became the third best seller in the series
- Kirby Forgotten Land and Star Allies are just behind the original
- Paper Mario Origami King is the third best seller in the Mario RPG series
- Mario Strikers Battle League is 0.7m behind Charged. Once it surpasses it, all Mario Sports Top 3 will be Switch
- The Switch Boost is Real, the only 2 franchises in which a new game (non-remake) didn't break Top 3 were 2D Mario (Mario Maker 2) and Wario (Wario Ware Get it Together).
- Beyond that, often times the top seller is the Switch entry (3D Mario, Zelda, Smash, Animal Crossing, Mario Kart, Metroid, Mario Party, Mario Sports, Splatoon, Luigi's Mansion, Pikmin, Xenoblade, Fire Emblem)
Looking at the "Top 3 Franchise Average Sales" Chart, we had a discussion at the other thread about Tiers for Nintendo Franchises, which takes into account a few factors such as sales, public reception, longevity, marketing focus, critical acclaim. This is how I divided them, adding the context of the sales data.
S Tier: Mario, Zelda, Pokemon, Mario Kart, Smash Bros, Animal Crossing (35.9m-14m)
A Tier: Splatoon, Donkey Kong, Luigi's Mansion, Mario Party (12.1m-7m)
B Tier: Kirby, Metroid, Fire Emblem, Xenoblade, Yoshi, Pikmin, Mario Sports, Wario, Mario RPG (4.3m-1.7m)
C Tier: Starfox, F-Zero, Mother, Excite, Rhythm Heaven, Punch-Out! (1.7m-1m)
D Tier: Chibi-Robo, Custom Robo, Advance Wars, Kid Icarus, Wave Race, Golden Sun (1m-0.5m)
Updated as of Jun 2022 + 2021 CESA White Papers
TOP 3 GAMES PER CONSOLE
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Wii Sports had to be split in half since it was skewing the graph too much.
TOP 3 GAMES PER FRANCHISE
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
Top 3 Average Sales per Franchise
*Splatoon only includes 2 games
2D MARIO SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
3D MARIO SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
ANIMAL CROSSING SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console
DONKEY KONG SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
FIRE EMBLEM SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
Only includes Western released titles
F-ZERO SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
KIRBY SALES
Blue = Handheld Console; Yellow = Home Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
LUIGI'S MANSION SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
MARIO KART SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
MARIO PARTY SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
MARIO RPG SALES
Blue = Paper Mario ; Yellow = Mario & Luigi
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
MARIO SPORTS SALES
Blue = Golf ; Yellow = Tennis; Green = Strikers; Orange = Baseball
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
PIKMIN SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console; Green = Hybrid Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
POKEMON SALES
Blue = Original Version ; Yellow = Third Version ; Green = Remake
SMASH BROS SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
SPLATOON & ARMS SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
STAR FOX SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
WARIO SALES
Blue = Wario Land ; Yellow = Wario Ware
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
XENOBLADE CHRONICLES SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
YOSHI SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
2D ZELDA SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
3D Zelda SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
NINTENDO HARDWARE SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
DeuceGamer
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I think it’s hard to say until we know more, but if it reviews well I don’t think 2m is out of the question. I do think 1.5m is probably more likely tho.
Edit: Also I think 1.5m would be a fairly good result. Would be interesting to know what it would need to make to be deemed a success by both Sega and Nintendo.
I think I've reported all of them. Obviously, I skipped Animal Crossing, Pokemon titles, Mario, etc since we have more recent numbers.@Grady Do you think there's more numbers to come, especially in regards to Nintendo 1st-party-games, or did you report all numbers? Asking because if all numbers are there, I'd update my Nintendo 1st-Party Sales-thread, too
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And all 3rd-party Switch stuff's been reported as well? What about non-Switch numbers, any left?
HK-47
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No one knows for Bayo 1 unless Sega says something. I think that only number for Bayo 2 was like 400k or something on an investor slide.
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Bayo 1 sold over 2m on PS360 by 2014 and it's Platinum's Skyrim so it has probably doubled that by now or surely after the standalone physical Switch release
HK-47
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That seems like a hell of an assumption. Maybe after the standalone release.
I suppose it was decent news when it and Vanquish ended up on PC.
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It has a lot going for it
Bundled with B2 in multiple SKUs on Wii U and Switch
25$ price tag on PS4+/XBO+ since 2020 with very frequent sales to 10$, or bundled with Vanquish at a 20% discount
20$ price tag on PC since 2017 with frequent sales to 5$ (daily and leaked LTD player counts also point to sustained high sales)
Massive cult classic status but unlike so many others it's actually easily accessible on all modern platforms
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Ok, I'm blind, because I don't see this in the link you provided (?)
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It's under the Double Climax section
MysticGon
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Thanks for the data.
Bayonetta feels to me like Monster Hunter before World. It stuck to roughly the same specs for 3 console cycles. 14 years of bouncing back between PS2/Wii and PSP/3DS capabilities for Monster Hunter and 13 years of PS3/360/Wii U/Switch for Bayonetta.
If Bayonetta 3 proves successful I think a sequel on Nintendo's next platform could bring the series to the next level. First 3 would need to sell well enough to warrant such an investment. 1.5-2 million wouldn't be enough to send that message to either Nintendo or Sega.
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I just looked a bit deeper into the actual numbers, and realized that Origami King's "bad legs" in 2021 are quite likely not for the reason people think they are. Percentages is sometimes a very misleading parameter, especially when viewed without context.
In its first two months (by September), the game already shipped 3 million and was actually the fastest selling entry in the series. Yet by end December (the holiday season to boot), it only shipped an additional 50k. Now if this was a matter of loss of interest/sales potential reached, the game shouldn't have shipped an additional 290k in 2021 - yet it did. What this tells me is that the game was initially overshipped to some extent, but eventually interest (and actual legs) overcame this overshipment.
Kirby
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TOP 3 systems for Pokémon sales. Switch will be the first on Scarlet/Violet release day. Pokémon sales on Switch might even reach 100m in a year or two.
Source: OP
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GB | |
Pokémon Red/Blue/Green | 31,05 |
Pokémon Gold/Silver | 23,73 |
Pokémon Yellow | 14,64 |
Pokémon Crystal | 6,39 |
Pokémon Pinball | 5,31 |
Pokémon Trading Card | 3,72 |
TOTAL | 84,84 |
DS | |
Pokémon Diamond/Pearl | 17,67 |
Pokémon Black/White | 15,64 |
Pokémon HeartGold/SoulSilver | 12,72 |
Pokémon Black/White 2 | 8,52 |
Pokémon Platinum | 7,60 |
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon 2 | 4,88 |
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Blue | 3,49 |
Pokémon Ranger | 2,93 |
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows Of Almia | 2,35 |
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs | 1,53 |
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon 2 Sky | 1,49 |
TOTAL | 78,82 |
NSW | |
Pokémon Sword/Shield | 24,50 |
Pokémon BrilliantDiamond/ShiningPearl | 14,79 |
Pokémon Let’sGoPikachu/Let’sGoEevee! | 14,66 |
Pokémon Legends: Arceus | 12,64 |
New Pokémon Snap | 2,40 |
Pokkén Tournament DX | 2,04 |
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX | 1,89 |
Pokémon Scarlet/Violet | |
TOTAL | 72,92 |
Lelouch0612
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And that's with Pokken and NPS lacking Japanese sales.
What about 3DS console,is it not worth to show?
60.93M on 3DS and 39.01M on GBA.