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[Sooner]

What long drought?

They haven't had a single successful console since the Switch 1.

 

[MrJangles]

 

[Amin_Parker]

The Nintendo Switch brand is destroying the other gaming brands. Congratulations Nintendo!!!

 

[pulicat]

Mario Kart World is going to sell over 50m so easily at this rate.

 

[daxgame]

Much to my surprise it appears that even mynintendo units will be included in the monthly report. But i'm pessimistic that we will get any kind of exact sales numbers again...

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Mario Kart World is going to sell over 50m so easily at this rate.

More than that. MK8 sold over 80 million, so that's the baseline we'll start measuring MKW to eventually surpass

 

[yogaflame]

Impressive number. Nintendo really prepared with supplies. It looks Nintendo and Sony are the two driving force and remaining competitors that making the gaming industry still alive.

 

[Robb]

 

[Jesb]

They did a really good job with having a lot of supply. I decided to take a look and I could order one today if I wanted to. I'd like a switch 2 but the prices for the games are just too overpriced. No videogame is worth over $100 imo.

 

[vaibhavpisal]

They need to lean into how apple has build a brand for long term success. Should keep this going.

Also, announce and release games. Switch 2 launch lineup is far too barren. Announce Metroid Prime 4 release date.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

 

[GigaBowser]

They did a really good job with having a lot of supply. I decided to take a look and I could order one today if I wanted to. I'd like a switch 2 but the prices for the games are just too overpriced. No videogame is worth over $100 imo.

mario kart world worth 200$ open worlds ssx3 wave race game over annnnnnnnd price cheep if you get bundle

 

[Jesb]

mario kart world worth 200$ open worlds ssx3 wave race game over annnnnnnnd price cheep if you get bundle

Yes but every other game is over $100. It's so strange to me that even old switch games like Zelda are also this much.

 

[vaibhavpisal]

mario kart world worth 200$ open worlds ssx3 wave race game over annnnnnnnd price cheep if you get bundle

Cmon, this helps no one.

I have already wasted $130 on two Switch games I didn't enjoy.

Very little chance I pick up Switch 2 if nothing changes.

 

[GigaBowser]

Cmon, this helps no one.

I have already wasted $130 on two Switch games I didn't enjoy.

Very little chance I pick up Switch 2 if nothing changes.

review crud open worlds new waverace ssx3 evens more fun then totk game over

 

[GigaBowser]

Yes but every other game is over $100. It's so strange to me that even old switch games like Zelda are also this much.

yes its all true if you ownsed totk like me free upgrade online but totk annnnd kart world charmpione

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

Yes but every other game is over $100. It's so strange to me that even old switch games like Zelda are also this much.

You can buy a used switch 1 copy of any of the old games

Then with zelda get a free upgrade with nso or pay $10

FWIW I grabbed TOTK new for $40 on Slickdeals and this was years ago

 

[DenchDeckard]

It does

Ok. Great. I'll show my support.

Thx man.

 

[noshten]

So thats 1.1 million without counting Sunday or MyNintendo Store and only for the US,
For North America its definetly over 1.5 million for the first week(Sunday included) in such a case, Canada is usually 10% of North America sales and Mexico is probably trending up
I'm guessing that Nintendo's 3.5 million sell-through is actually conservative and the figure is closer to 4 million but they probably only had the numbers for key markets and an idea about how pre-orders in smaller markets are trending

Anyways we gotta wait until the next financial results to get more insight into launch figures, sell-through and quarterly shipments. Looking at launch week 7 million is shipped with around 6 million sell-through is probably where things will end up for the Quarter

 

[TheTony316]

If Cyberpunk is doing that well GTAVI is most definitely coming

You want the system to melt?

 

[Major Insano]

Happy for Cyberpunk!

Those posts don't load for me.

How many units did it sell?

 

[pulicat]

Having Mario Kart World as your launch title is equivalent to launch with exclusive mainline GTA game for your console. A record breaking machine and game.

 

[KungFucius]

That's nowhere near as many as The Switch 1 has sold.

Obviously it isn't, yet some people seem to think this success proves something. Something like 2% of Switch owners got a Switch 2 at launch. Whoopdey doo. The talk of records are silly, they sold more than Sony because they shipped more. Check back again over the holidays if you want to make comparisons.

 

[KungFucius]

Having Mario Kart World as your launch title is equivalent to launch with exclusive mainline GTA game for your console. A record breaking machine and game.

Huh? The people who bought one would have bought it with any game. There are always fans who want the next console day 1.

 

[Woopah]

Huh? The people who bought one would have bought it with any game. There are always fans who want the next console day 1.

And the number of fans who will get it near launch is impacted by the games available for the platform.

 

[LordOcidax]

5 million PR tweet for next week?

 

[Square2015]

Is NPD/Circana tracking weekly again? They used to up to about 2004 or so.

 

[Warspite]

5 million PR tweet for next week?

Can they make that amount to get to that number?

 

[GigaBowser]

mart piscartolla ahahaha

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

Obviously it isn't, yet some people seem to think this success proves something. Something like 2% of Switch owners got a Switch 2 at launch. Whoopdey doo. The talk of records are silly, they sold more than Sony because they shipped more. Check back again over the holidays if you want to make comparisons.

Please don't take me seriously. I am a clown.

 

[LordOcidax]

Can they make that amount to get to that number?

Of course.

 

[Hawk The Slayer]

Now please use that budget to make the best possible and biggest Mario Part World game and especially the biggest and best Zelda game ever in the coming years.

 

[KU_]

In before Sony "finds" an additional million units of launch PS4's to reclaim the record!

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

March 2017 NPD: Nintendo Switch sales surpass 906,000 in the U.S.

Nintendo introduced a new console last month, and it was a big hit in the United States. The Switch was a huge hit in the United States in March, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. That means the hybrid handheld/home gaming device outsold Microsoft’s Xbox One and Sony’s...

venturebeat.com

I have no idea why I read that number as 96,000 at first.

Anyway, huge numbers for Switch 2. I think US might've narrowly edged out Japan for most units sold, which is very impressive since only Japan got a "cheap" SKU of the thing. Western 3P seem a bit slow to hop on the train, but that just gives CDPR more room to build cache with Nintendo players, which is seriously paying off for them.