fart town usa
Member
I can't speak for the Switch but some of the Wii U codes on amazon are cheaper than the actual eShop. Captain Toad and Yoshi's Woolly World come to mind.
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Amazon Releases Best Sellers of 2020, Top 10 Dominated by Nintendo
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This year isn't ended yet, I'll make a thread of US, UK, France, Germany, and Canada yearly result charts on the first day of 2021.
Mister Wolf
Member
Getting Xenoblade 3 and BOTW 2 in 2021 will be like 2017 all over again.
Mostly from digital sales.
NPD result = Combined SKU + Without Nintendo digital data.
Amazon = Individual SKU + Physical sales.
If Digital sales were included on NPD chart then the result would be looking similar to Amazon with the addition of COD and other sport games.
BlueXImpulse
Banned
Is it really worth it to push the industry forward with GOTY after GOTY after GOTY?
Bragr
Banned
Almost all the major franchises has set franchise records on the Switch, Breath of the Wild is by far the biggest Zelda ever. But Mario Kart's legs is truly something to behold, Mario Kart and Animal Crossing are pushing the kind of numbers you only see out of something like GTA and the biggest Call of Duty's.
And Future Perfect is fantastic.
Nezzeroth
Member
Nintendo is the only developer making games for children and being consistently successful. Literally.
So yes, it makes sense for Sony to target a different audience.
Please deliver this news to himMy friend would like to remind you that Pokemon Go hit 1 Billion dollars in profit in 2020.
He got ignored by my other 2 friends talking about assassins creed though lol. Those plebians!!!
Fate/Grand Order Developer Experiences Massive Drop in Profits
After several years of explosive popularity, Delight Works, developer of Fate/Grand Order, sees a massive drop in profits during 2020.
gamerant.com
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はちま起稿：スマホゲー年間売上ランキングを見ると『FGO』の売上の落ち方がエグすぎる！！1年で約半分に……
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ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
If only 10 million games count then every other platforms must be in a severe drought in the past few years.
Clarissa
Banned
Let me share it with him. He'll be very happy to know that Sony's fate grand order is making less profits now.Please deliver this news to him
Fate/Grand Order Developer Experiences Massive Drop in Profits
After several years of explosive popularity, Delight Works, developer of Fate/Grand Order, sees a massive drop in profits during 2020.スマホゲー年間売上ランキングを見ると『FGO』の売上の落ち方がエグすぎる！！1年で約半分に…… : はちま起稿
はちま起稿：スマホゲー年間売上ランキングを見ると『FGO』の売上の落ち方がエグすぎる！！1年で約半分に……blog.esuteru.com
Woopah
Member
I was just using that as a general example to show how the lineup from Nintendo this year was weaker than previous ones. Outside of Japan, the other consoles receive very strong third party titles on a fairly regular basis.
hemo memo
You can't die before your death
Ahh I see USA = World again.
Stilton Disco
Member
Comparing the Switch's peak year with PS4's swansong one, especially with so many people being stuck at home with kids that need to be kept entertained, is hardly a straightforward comparison. Using it as evidence that Playstation's stratergy, that has seen them create 4 out of the 5 best selling consoles ever, and record profits with the PS4, is just stupid.
Ultimately the two platforms cater to slightly different audiences, both make a shedload of cash from their different approaches, and while Nintendo has to rely entirely on it's first party output, Playstation uses it's own games first and foremost as advertisements to get people who will buy third party games in their ecosystem.
The entire gaming industry is stronger for having two such brilliant players in it, and none of us should want one to start trying (and inevitably failing) to copy the other.
Mister Wolf
Member
3D Zelda has finally become more popular than 3D Mario.
Cornbread78
Member
Nintendomination huh? Complete and utter domination. Sony and MS should bow down and throw in the towel before they really get hurt.
Sander Cohen
Member
I know but the effort that is needed to create these Sony candies, blood, sweat and tears that goes into them, years and years of 10h work etc while Ninty over there creates stuff that could be run on your home calculator. And then sells 2*, 3* as much. It’s not fair and I just wonder is it worth it.
LisaMariaMartin
Banned
I remember when people here laughed at Microsoft for buying Minecraft for 2.5 billion. It's basically free cash flow with 0 downsides.
Tencent/Epic have this thing called Fortnite ...
Nezzeroth
Member
That's a single game, I said consistently. Microsoft also has Minecraft. That doesn't mean they have multiple successful franchises for that market the way Nintendo does. In that market either you become hugely succesful or your fail miserably. Nintendo is the only publisher able to have multiple franchises for that market and be hugely successful. Every other big publisher focuses on a different audience, and for good reason.
Royal-Slime
Banned
What else did you expect? Mario was always a dominant alpha male.
TheContact
Member
i almost hate that the switch / games are so selling so well because nintendo just going to look at that and be like "yeah we don't need to release a switch pro or anything any time soon"
Royal-Slime
Banned
meh, fake =/Nintendo Switch is aging well like the good wines......
Sony isn't able to produce a Mario Kart 8. That's god tier stuff. They just aren't there on that level to produce something that brilliant with such mass appeal and accesibility.
diffusionx
Gold Member
Yea, it's not as good as Nintendo's "let's re-release old Wii U shit" strategy
ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
Really shows how fun and classic those Wii U games are when they are selling better than current gen junks like Cyberpunk 2077 on PS4.
S0ULZB0URNE
Gold Member
It's better.
MagnesG
Banned
Animal Crossing would cross 30 million this holiday already, it does balances out lol.
Around 3-4 AA 2-5 millions seller
Mario All Stars 8 million minimum
Evergreen like Mario Kart 8 selling more this year compared to 2019 (?!)
Pretty healthy software sales imo, just not what we want I guess.
Nailing good game design for every Mario release is much much harder than just creating pretty assets for TLoU + its crappy ai partner.
Why does having great games capable of running on a home calculator a terrible thing?
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S73v3
Banned
Eh, Sony's IP is often refreshed completely, it's a nice difference.
There is room in the gaming space for Nintendo's approach and Sony's
To me, both companies are hit and miss.
Both have their failures and triumphs.
Sony and Nintendo have their audiences.
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GhostOfTsu
Banned
What MTs? You keep repeating that but Nintendo games have way more MTX, they even have seasons passes and everything for all their games.
Spider-man had DLC and Horizon too but it was integrated in Goty edition that you can get on sale at 10$/20$. I can't even think of a season pass for the rest? Days Gone, Ghost of Tsushima were all free, GOW and TLOU2 didn't get any.
Maybe do your research before spewing bs next time.
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ethomaz
Banned
$1 billion revenue from a less than $100m cost game is worth?
$400 million revenue from a less than $50 million cost game is worth?
I mean crazy are these that are not doing what Sony is doing.
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Nintendo made more profits with every game they sold to customers.
ethomaz
Banned
The is good.
Doesn’t make what Sony does not worth because it made a hell of profit with every game they sold to consumers too.
Like I said it crazy not do what Sony does... it is like throwing money on trash.
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ethomaz
Banned
Sony strategy is based in new IP innovations.
Nintendo strategy is based in the same 20-30 years old franchises with the same mechanics.
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geordiemp
Member
Makes you question why some cant comprehend that most Ps4 and ps5 sony game sales are digital and not reflected in Amazon.
Is Switch mainly digital sales like Sony platforms ?
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Nezzeroth
Member
People defending ports over new games because they make more money for their favorite company.
I think I've seen it all now.
People are defending good game vs bad game
HeresJohnny
Member
Real sad that an unfinished, broken game sold so many copies. So many more deserving games should be so lucky.
Last 2 quarters of digital sales for packaged games = 63.6% of total sales
Woopah
Member
Oh yes overall the software sales are very strong, but a lot of that is based on their strong releases in prior years. Animal Crossing has really saved their year as outside of that the quality and sales potential of their release schedule has been quite poor by Nintendo standards.