Current Events > Splatoon 2 is the first console game to hit 2 million sales in Japan this decade

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http://metro.co.uk/2018/01/11/splatoon-2-first-game-hit-2-million-sales-japan-decade-7221176/

With anticipation for the first Nintendo Direct of the year already at fever pitch, its suddenly become very easy to predict what new games might be in the Switchs future as Splatoon 2 becomes Nintendos biggest Japanese hit in eight years. One of the great frustrations about the video games industry is that its always so difficult to tell how well games are actually selling. European and American charts are purposefully vague and never include sales figures, but in Japan things are very different and you get highly accurate sales data every week.

And this week has seen the first new chart of the year, reporting sales over the new year period which in Japan is the most important gift-giving season. And as you can see its almost total Nintendo domination

Hardware sales of the Switch also handily beat the PlayStation 4, at 159,636 to 103,607, but the biggest news is that Splatoon 2 was not only the number one game but is the first console title to sell over 2 million copies in Japan since Wii Party in 2010.

Total sales now stand at 1,882,997 physical copies and 150,617 digital, for a grand total of 2,033,614.

Although successful in the West, the Splatoon franchise has been disproportionately popular in Japan with multiple live music concerts and other media appearances. And that can mean only one thing: more sequels.

When well find out about that is anyones guess but in the meantime theres been more good news for Nintendo, as their French subsidiary has reported that Switch sales have hit 911,000 beating their target of 800,000 and both the Wii (703,000) and PlayStation 4 (650,000) during the same period. Its also more than the Wii Us entire lifetime sales in the country, at 832,000.

The situation seems to be similar in Italy, which this week reported that the Switch was selling faster than the Wii there too. And this is only a few days after the Switch was named the fastest selling console ever in the US, where its sold 4.8 million units in just 10 months.

As usual, the country with the least amount of information on sales is the UK, but as ever its the success in Japan that has the most influence on Nintendo themselves. And so hopefully this all means not just more Splatoon. but also more new franchises in general.
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We did it, Nintenbros.
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The fact that it beat out Dragon Quest is fucking insane.
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Not even Dragon Quest or Final Fantasy hit 2 mill there?
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Its more causal than call of duty is why

Bump
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This is only for consoles that are technically considered home consoles. Handheld games have already reached 2 mil sales quite often
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legendarylemur posted...

This is only for consoles that are technically considered home consoles. Handheld games have already reached 2 mil sales quite often

The word "console" on its own typically indicates you're referring exclusively to home consoles. It's not technically correct, as portable consoles are indeed still consoles, but that's the way the word is used.
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BLAKUboy posted...

legendarylemur posted...

This is only for consoles that are technically considered home consoles. Handheld games have already reached 2 mil sales quite often

The word "console" on its own typically indicates you're referring exclusively to home consoles. It's not technically correct, as portable consoles are indeed still consoles, but that's the way the word is used.

Yeah personally I never found the distinction to be all that valuable. Call it home vs handheld any day, but some home console users are pretty elitist about it sometimes
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