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Nintendo Switch 2 Smashes Records with Over 3 Million Units Sold in 24 Hours (www.inspire2rise.com)
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[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're right that for the GameCube, that's puts it as the 25th best selling game, but it had 1/5th the sales of Double Dash (while being released in the opposite ordering, Kirby in July and Double Dash in November).

While I agree that Sakurai directing it is a big deal for some, I don't think the general consumer cares. I suspect that what will make it sell is that there is little competition from the switch 2 perspective.

But time will tell in this case.

[–] missingno@fedia.io 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would argue that what counts as a "big game" really just comes down to how much Nintendo invests in it. In terms of budget, Sakurai gets a blank check to do whatever he wants, this will be a much bigger game than the original. In terms of marketing, this was a Direct-closer. Nintendo will make consumers care about this game.

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

That's fair, I do think there are easier and harder games to hype though.