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The marketing + release plan for both MP:R and Engage were pretty clear indicators that measuring them up against Dread + Three Houses would be a fool's errand. Time of year, nature of the title itself, time between announcement and release... all indicators of the expectations Nintendo had for them being different than their predecessors.
Further, using them as measures of the health of the Switch is misguided. All of the following titles (might have missed some) are +5m sellers from last year...
There were plenty of "lower tier" titles last year, eg. XB3 and B3 selling under that 5M mark (hell, they were under 2M) with no cause for alarm. Same applies here.
EDIT: and I for one am glad that there's a place for these kind of titles in their line-up! Unreasonable sales expectations are the bane of the larger industry right now... I feel lucky to get different "tiers" of games within my favorite series
Further, using them as measures of the health of the Switch is misguided. All of the following titles (might have missed some) are +5m sellers from last year...
- Pokémon Scarlet/Violet - 22.10m
- Pokemon Legends: Arceus – 14.83m
- Splatoon 3 – 10.67m
- Nintendo Switch Sports – 9.60m
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land – 6.46m
There were plenty of "lower tier" titles last year, eg. XB3 and B3 selling under that 5M mark (hell, they were under 2M) with no cause for alarm. Same applies here.
EDIT: and I for one am glad that there's a place for these kind of titles in their line-up! Unreasonable sales expectations are the bane of the larger industry right now... I feel lucky to get different "tiers" of games within my favorite series
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