20 Nintendo Switch Titles Sold Over A Million Copies Between April And September

Good numbers. It's kinda surprising how seemingly few quality, third party, family oriented games are getting made for Switch, because these sorts of games are doing so well.

I've bought Animal Crossing, Ring Fit, Clubhouse Games, Mario 3D All-stars, and Luigi's Mansion in that period, though LM was a second-hand purchase so I guess I lose Nintendo points for that one.

Keep the updates going and just relent and allow at least a second island and I'll be playing AC for years.

This is crazy good.

Four years ago we heard rumors of the NX.

Now, we are enjoying a treasure trove of games.

What a great time to be a Nintendo fan.

So hang on - where does that put Origami King in terms of sales against the other Paper Mario games? (yet another on my watch list...which keeps on growing)

I wonder why Nintendo didn't reveal the five third-party titles, I'm really curious what they are.

I'm glad for Nintendo.... but in a pessimistic way, I'm glad Pokemon S/S isn't selling "crazy" numbers anymore.

That game's direction needs to die.

@CowCatcher You're definitely right, and I can understand not releasing exact numbers, but it seems weird to mention the fact that five titles sold over a million and then not at least say what they were.

@fafonio i agree that the game direction needs to die, but it's kind of selling crazy numbers. i think it's the third most sold in the franchise and it might surpass gold/silver

Nintendo is king of software sales. Almost all the other publishers are not any close to this. And regarding the typically much lower costs of Big N games compared to e. g. Sony cinematic games and the much longer period of good shipments, Nintendo is highly profitable.

So what is the best selling Switch game of all time?

@Waa-Laa Mario Kart 8 I think.

@PapaPedro One of them is definitely Minecraft.

@Moon ahh I forgot about that one, thank you.

It breaks my heart that Mario Maker 2 isn't on this list. It's so much better than NSMBU.
I actually thought that Mario Maker 1 was a huge success, what went wrong here?

@chipia I think the problem is a mixture of the user created levels usually being of a low quality compared to Nintendo's own, but also the controls just aren't as good. The Wii U's resistive touch screen was perfect for creating levels in the game, and while the Switch can do it just fine... it's not quite as user friendly, you know?

But could be something else entirely.

Nintendo at times has taken flack for focusing on games that "everybody could enjoy". Those numbers prove over and over again they know how to make it rain. It's real simple. Just about any new Switch owner at some point (if not right away) will purchase Mario Kart, a Mario adventure game, Smash Bros. and maybe a few more from that list. On the other I don't see the same pattern with any new Playstation or Xbox owner.

I bought a Switch to play Splatoon 2 without ever knowing about the first game. Everyone I've showed it to has got their own copy now. I hope they keep the Splatfests happening and give away ability tokens in the news feed to keep the game in people's minds. I'd love it to be one of the first Nintendo Selects on Switch so more people can play it.

Animal Crossing is a behemoth juggernaut!

Surprised NSMBU Deluxe is doing so well. I'd completely forgotten about it but people must be buying it.

@PBNightmare
I wished they would try harder to keep Splatoon 2 alive. Even with the post-Final Fest Splatfests and the on-going tournaments, I don't see the game like I did back in 2017-2019. It just doesn't have the life within that it previously did.

5 third-party games shipped over 1 million copies in during Apr - Sep 2020.

Minecraft and Minecraft Dungeons account for 2 of those 5 games. Genuinely curious what the other 3 games are...

Noooo! 3D all-stars is selling, so now Now Nintendo thinks it's fine to make games limited release {{{(>_<)}}} Why Nintendo, just why.

Xenoblade Chronicles: DE did very well, even given that it's not even a new game!

Hope Monolithsoft gives us that XCX remaster soon (or even XC3!).

This year I bought

January - Luigi's Mansion 3
February - Dragon Quest Builders 2
March - Animal Crossing: New Horizons
April - Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu!
May - Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes
June - Rocket League - Ultimate Edition
July - Paper Mario: The Origami King
August - eShop games (Bayonetta, Hotline Miami Collection, Darkwood, Project Highrise, RUNNER3, To The Moon, etc.)
September - Super Mario 3D All-Stars
October - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
November - Xenoblade Chronicles - Definitive Edition

Incredible sales numbers. Nintendo couldn't have done better during a global pandemic! Now I would like to know what those 5 third-party titles are...