Reports circulated earlier today from some publications that third party game sales on Nintendo Switch 2 were fairly dire at launch. However, US sales tracker Mat Piscatella who works for Circana, has said that third party sales of Nintendo Switch 2 games in the United States were actually “far better” than those of the original Nintendo Switch console which launched in March 2017. The biggest third party game turned out to be the excellent Cyberpunk 2077 from CD Projekt Red.
US: Nintendo Switch 2 third party software sales were better than original Switch launch
That’s good, Cyberpunk is a pretty popular title, bet many Nintendo fans wanted to play it
I had it on PC but it ran horribly on my machine, much better on Switch 2 for me and my budget.
Good to see an actual cartridge at the top of the pile. Apparently several publishers who put out Key Cards said sales were “below their lowest expectations”… What were they expecting?
Cyberpunk is really popular right now. The Switch 2 performance is on a hot streak.
Cyber Punk 2077 is selling better than Super Bomberman R? I don’t believe it. Fake news. Lies.
When I get my Switch 2 in a few weeks i will buy Cyberpunk physical copy and Street Fighter 6 Digitally.
Only thing I picked up so far besides MK Bundle was Bravely Default Remaster. I missed this on the 3DS due to time and money limitations at the time. Having a blast with the game so far!
Love to see it. Probably my favorite 3DS game. Hope you have a good time!
Thanks so much! Edea’s VA being Morgana from P5R and Sothis from FE3H is so trippy to me 😂
Also the voice of Lin in Xenoblade X :)
I mean original Switch had a very weak third party showing at launch and Switch 2 had a strong one so I guess it’s not surprising. I assume they are counting sales of the MK World bundle as sales of MK World because otherwise that would hugely distort it of course as BotW wasn’t bundled.
It’s literally the Wii U launch all over again. People are fawning over a pretty mid version of a 5 year old game because “BuT iTz PoRtAbLe”*
*battery life may vary
Isn’t that the point of the nintendo switch? To play games on the go, and to play nintendo exclusives?
This guys on BlueSky raises questionability. They’re going full defense for the industry right now look at Jason over at Bloomberg going crazy.
Cyberpunk2077 is not selling. Yakuza0 that’s different probably selling.