Super Mario Maker 2 Sold 2.42 Million Copies In Just Three Days

Less than 100% attach rate? I guess this is another commercial failure for Nintendo. Only Zelda sold OK-ish when it was released with an attach rate slightly above 100%

I only play games that sold 2.5 million copies or more.

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Nintendo are only doing well because PlayStation 4 and XBoxOne are so old and out of date...

edit This is tongue in cheek. Tried to imply Switch being not as powerful as old and out of date, yet being so successful suggests specs and next gen etc etc are all irrelevant.

@Rhaoulos The only way Nintendo can remedy this is to convince consumers to destroy their Switches. Or some sort of exchange deal.

‘Trade in your Nintendo Switch and get a free copy of Super Mario Maker 2’.

It’d have a knock-on positive effect on all other attach-rates too.

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@GrailUK While that's certainly a factor for hardware sales, less so for games. Xbone and PS4 are still far more graphically powerful than Switch, they still are getting new major games on a consistent basis. Nintendo and the Switch are doing well because of quality game releases and the Switch's hybrid design filling a niche that Sony and Microsoft didn't even realize was there. Or even if they did, ignored.

The Switch has had one success after another for months and months now and those quality games are what's driving the system's continued sales. Not to mention how many of those games are only on the Switch. The age of the Xbone and PS4 is only a very minor factor.

Also I think the Switch has shown that the overwhelming focus on the latest and greatest graphics is not the driving force it used to be.

I'm sorry, but Nintendo are only doing well at the moment because they make incredible games and focus on hardware to play the games on with unique selling points. There's really no excuse.

...oh, wait....

@dew12333 I didn't buy it either... Because of us, Nintendo will probably go bust.

@Maxz Come to think of it, having a big console base isn't too bad either for Nintendo.

@GrailUK Wow, that's a bad hot take there. Whatever justifies Nintendo going to be doomed when PS5 and Xbox Two comes out, I suppose.

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@Heavyarms55 I tried to say all that with my tongue in cheek comment Glad you got it! The fact the Switch is less powerful than old and out of date yet being so successful cries out it's all bloody irrelevant!

@Rhaoulos haha i'd forgotten about that! that's a hell of a stat isn't it!

@pblive Applause from me too

Digital sales for Mario Maker 2 are pretty massive. In fact, it might have the biggest digital attach rate of any Nintendo game that isnt ludicrously supply-constrained like Fire Emblem.

@gwyntendo I'm pretty sure BotW is the only game that ever had an attach rate above 100%. Which makes no sense but people were happy to have the game ready when the Switch was back in stock.

@TempOr Nintendo exclusives especially Mario titles rarely see a price drop unless it’s Black Friday or something lol.

surprised it not higher Mario Maker 2 is the ultimate 2D Mario game

It's a nice headline, but it's completely wrong.

Nintendo makes money selling games to retailers - wholesale shipments.

These shipments are ordered weeks if not months in advance. So it's hardly 3 days of sales.

This represents the first shipment of MM2 at retailers ... Not 3 days of sales to consumers. No doubt it sold well, but not this well.