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Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

As noted during Nintendo’s latest financial results, the company’s digital sales continue to rise. Those sales went up even further this past fiscal year, which prompted one attendee during the Q&A session of the Big N’s investor briefing to ask about any specific changes to the numbers.

Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa pointed out a few things. For one thing, gamers are continuing to be interested in owning titles digitally as opposed to physically. Additionally, sales growth of download-only software is increasing, add-on content sales are up, and revenue is coming in from Nintendo Switch Online. Furukawa also highlighted the Fighters Pass for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which “has made a huge contribution.”

Furukawa said:

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Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

Luigi’s Mansion 3 sold through 55 percent of its initial shipment in Japan, Dengeki reports. That’s with the game having sold around 150,000 copies in its first week.

The previous entry in the series, Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon, sold 285,000 units in its first week and 1.05 million life-to-date in Japan. Also, the original Luigi’s Mansion shifted 134,000 copies before going on to sell 412,000 copies in total.

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Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

Capcom updated its list of list of “Platinum Titles” today, showing that a few more games have now reached one million copies sold. Okami HD, Mega Man 11, and Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection have all hit that milestone (all platforms included).

As for Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate, that moved another 100,000 copies the past fiscal period and is now at 3.3 million units worldwide. DuckTales Remastered sold another 200,000 copies and is at a total of 1.4 million.

You can see Capcom’s official Platinum Titles page here.

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Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:

1. [PS4] Persona 5 Royal (Limited Edition Included) (Atlus, 10/31/19) – 201,448 (New)
2. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo, 10/31/19) – 150,649 (New)
3. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 51,143 (183,685)
4. [PS4] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (SIE, 10/25/19) – 37,905 (155,575)
5. [NSW] Mario & Sonic at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (Sega, 11/01/19) – 19,438 (New)
6. [NSW] Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition (Limited Edition Included) (Square Enix, 09/27/19) – 8,551 (421,548)
7. [NSW] Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town (Marvelous, 10/17/19) – 8,266 (90,954)
8. [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Bundle Version Included) (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 7,758 (987,202)
9. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 7,233 (2,511,662)
10. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 7,109 (3,317,305)

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Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch | 0 comments

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Famitsu are as follows:

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Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

New sales data is in from the UK for the month of October.

Although there aren’t any major highlights this month, a few Nintendo titles made the top ten. That includes Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, which is still going strong at #4.

Here’s the full top ten:

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Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

We previously reported that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has become the best-selling entry in the series. That’s not the only milestone the Switch game has achieved. Interestingly enough, Smash Bros. Ultimate is now the best-selling fighting title of all time.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate sales sit at 15.71 million copies based on the latest data provided by Nintendo last week. Street Fighter II, the previous record holder, sold 15.5 million units.

Super Smash Bros. is also the most popular fighting game franchise of all time. The series has shifted 53.03 million copies whereas other heavy hitters like Tekken, Dragon Ball, Street Fighter, and Mortal Kombat fall short at around the 45 to 47 million mark.

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Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

Luigi’s Mansion 3 was already said to have had the fastest-selling physical Switch game of 2019 in the UK. GamesIndustry now reports that its sales are 140 percent higher than its predecessor, without including digital sales.

Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King also launched last week. It came in at #12 and sold the best on Switch. 48 percent of sales were on Nintendo’s platform, followed by PS4 at 38 percent and Xbox One at 14 percent.

As one other note, Ring Fit Adventure continues to do well. Sales dropped just 21 percent and the title remained in the top ten at #7.

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Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

September was another good month for Nintendo and Switch sales in the United States. It was once again the best-selling hardware platform and remains the best-selling platform of 2019. Nintendo also announced that Switch sales surpassed 15 million units in North America.

Adding on top of that, we’re hearing that Switch hardware drove the highest unit sales for a September month since 2014. That accomplishment previously went to the PlayStation 4 five years ago.

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Posted on 5 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in News, Switch | 0 comments

This week’s UK software sales are as follows:

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