madmaltese★ 2,700 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 One of the most competitive weeks of the year and there was Blooooood. - Pokemon Let's Go finished no.1 if you combine both editions and had a big boost in pushing the hardware as it caused significant increase in other Switch games. MK8D was up 94%, BotW 52% up, SMO 30% up and Super Mario Party 25% up. - However the sales of Let's Go were down considerably compared to the mainline 3DS games. Down more than 60% compared to Sun and Moon. -Spyro performed very well. With PS4 version accounting for 75% of the sales. -Fallout 76 tanked. Sales down 82.4% from FO4 -Hitman 2 also did very poorly. Can't compare to Hitman due to the episodic release of that game but sales were 90% lower than Hitman Absolution. As always, remember no digital data with UK sales https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-11-18-pok-mon-and-spyro-top-hyper-competitive-week-at-uk-games-retail New Entry 1 Spyro Reignited Trilogy 1 2 Red Dead Redemption 2 New Entry 3 Fallout 76 New Entry 4 Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu 3 5 FIFA 19 New Entry 6 Pokémon Let's Go Eevee 2 7 Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 New Entry 8 Fortnite: Deep Freeze Bundle 6 9 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe New Entry 10 Hitman 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lynux3 2,224 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Damn so maybe Pokemon Let's Go isn't a system seller after all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Teh_Diplomat 2,054 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Damn shame for Hitman 2 - but as I said in another thread, it released into a veritable mosh pit of acclaimed games, so yeah I could see it being left out in the cold; but Fallout 76 is number 3!? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jehurey 3,308 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 24 minutes ago, lynux3 said: Damn so maybe Pokemon Let's Go isn't a system seller after all. Pokemon Sun and Moon was sold when the 3DS had almost 100 million handheld sold. Switch has 25% of the 3DS userbase and sold about 40% of what Sun/Moon did. That's pretty solid. And it'll probably have a long tail. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
madmaltese★ 2,700 Posted November 19, 2018 Author Share Posted November 19, 2018 All Switch games are up fairly significantly on the previous week so Let's Go definitely pushed hardware. Obviously not to the effect of a main Pokemon game though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Remij 4,792 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Sadly Hitman is probably done for after this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DynamiteCop 2,101 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 2 hours ago, lynux3 said: Damn so maybe Pokemon Let's Go isn't a system seller after all. I told Gooberson and McDickhead to cool their jets on this game but they kept playing it up like it was some mainline game and would perform like one talking about 18 million sales and shit, clearly not... as I said.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lostfool 682 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 4 minutes ago, DynamiteCop! said: I told Gooberson and McDickhead to cool their jets on this game but they kept playing it up like it was some mainline game and would perform like one talking about 18 million sales and shit, clearly not... as I said.. You are an idiot Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DynamiteCop 2,101 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 13 minutes ago, lostfool said: You are an idiot And you're upset. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Goukosan 2,326 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, DynamiteCop! said: I told Gooberson and McDickhead to cool their jets on this game but they kept playing it up like it was some mainline game and would perform like one talking about 18 million sales and shit, clearly not... as I said.. My god you're dense. This is the UK only, It achieved #1 after 2 days. Sold in line with other mainline Pokémon games in the UK and pushed hardware sales after only 2 days of sales and this represents only physical sales. and last but not least you still have a 6 weeks left in the year(5 till Christmas) , the game isn't done selling... it's just begun. Edited November 19, 2018 by Goukosan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
McWicked 825 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 6 hours ago, DynamiteCop! said: I told Gooberson and McDickhead to cool their jets on this game but they kept playing it up like it was some mainline game and would perform like one talking about 18 million sales and shit, clearly not... as I said.. This comment is going to age beautifully. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TLHBO 2,212 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Flopout Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. House 3,371 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 This is why third parties will never take Nintendo platforms too seriously, most new potential consumers just buy other first party games. It cannibalizes potential third party sales. as it caused significant increase in other Switch games. MK8D was up 94%, BotW 52% up, SMO 30% up and Super Mario Party 25% up. I mean, wow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Goukosan 2,326 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 49 minutes ago, Ramza said: This is why third parties will never take Nintendo platforms too seriously, most new potential consumers just buy other first party games. It cannibalizes potential third party sales. as it caused significant increase in other Switch games. MK8D was up 94%, BotW 52% up, SMO 30% up and Super Mario Party 25% up. I mean, wow. are you a Lemming? you're surprised that first party exclusives are system sellers? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. House 3,371 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 12 minutes ago, Goukosan said: are you a Lemming? you're surprised that first party exclusives are system sellers? Spider-Man sales aren't going to be up %94 when TLOU2 comes out next-year. Lol at denying that new adopters will gravitate towards a few Nintendo games and ignore almost everything else. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Goukosan 2,326 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 7 minutes ago, Ramza said: Spider-Man sales aren't going to be up %94 when TLOU2 comes out next-year. Lol at denying that new adopters will gravitate towards a few Nintendo games and ignore almost everything else. This is the UK bro. A title selling 900 more copies in a week can translate to a 90% increase compared to a week ago. Is DynamiteCop posting from your account or something? lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. House 3,371 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Goukosan said: This is the UK bro. A title selling 900 more copies in a week can translate to a 90% increase compared to a week ago. Is DynamiteCop posting from your account or something? lol Nintendo games already have abnormally long legs at retail, selling at full price. This denial of the appeal of first party games on Nintendo console is pure insanity. The majority of consumer buy Nintendo systems for first party games first and foremost. They enjoy a level of success that it's competitions can only dream of. Even with Sony being arguably at their best right now. BOTW, MK8, SMO are going to continue selling well for years to come. Smash and Pokemon too. In comparison GoW can't even keep up to one holiday season without slashing it's price in half. And it will be bargain binned and forgotten by the next, then hit PS free games line-up by the third holiday season. While BOTW still sell full price. How much it cannibalizes on sales of third parties is debatable but there's no way there's no negative impact to an extent. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Goukosan 2,326 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 1 minute ago, Ramza said: Nintendo games already have abnormally long legs at retail, selling at full price. This denial of the appeal of first party games on Nintendo console is pure insanity. The majority of consumer buy Nintendo systems for first party games first and foremost. They enjoy a level of success that it's competitions can only dream of. Even with Sony being arguably at their best right now. BOTW, MK8, SMO are going to continue selling well for years to come. Smash and Pokemon too. In comparison GoW can't even keep up to one holiday season without slashing it's price in half. And it will be bargain binned and forgotten by the next, then hit PS free games line-up by the third holiday season. While BOTW still sell full price. How much it cannibalizes on sales of third parties is debatable but there's no way there's no negative impact to an extent. no one denied the appeal of Nintendo first party on their systems.....but its not the a Zero sum scenario as you initially tried to paint it as. Not all Nintendo software has long legs... only certain few titles will fall into evergreen status Other Nintendo Titles will fall down to earth after the first month of sales as with every other software title under the sun. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. House 3,371 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Just now, Goukosan said: no one denied the appeal of Nintendo first party on their systems.....but its not the a Zero sum scenario as you initially tried to paint it as. Not all Nintendo software has long legs... only certain few titles will fall into evergreen status Other Nintendo Titles will fall down to earth after the first month of sales as with every other software title under the sun. They still sell well for 'lesser' games, Mario Party passed the one million mark really quickly, Mario Tennis Aces sold well too. They're doing better than most third parties on the system. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Goukosan 2,326 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Just now, Ramza said: They still sell well for 'lesser' games, Mario Party passed the one million mark really quickly, Mario Tennis Aces sold well too. They're doing better than most third parties on the system. Third parties are actually doing well on Switch. The Majority of them have been happy with their sales, from Capcom, Bethesda, Take 2, Square Enix. After the failure of the Wiiu... they wanted to test the waters with Switch and so far the titles have sold well. Yes Mario Party, Tennis and the B titles did well... but they're not going to be evergreens like Kart, Oddessy and BOTW. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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