Nintendo’s 2017 sizzling streak continues with phenomenal early gross sales figures for Mario’s newest journey.
The newest Super Mario recreation, which launched completely for Nintendo Switch on October 27, has accomplished reasonably nicely for itself.
According to Nintendo’s six month briefing for the fiscal yr (a interval that started in March), the sport’s gross sales have been super. To quote the briefing immediately:
“While about 7 million units of Nintendo Switch hardware have been delivered into the hands of our consumers around the world, we estimate that the global sellthrough of Super Mario Odyssey has already exceeded 2 million units in just its first 3 days. The holiday sales season will soon go into full swing, and we plan to make more Nintendo Switch systems available in the market.”
Super Mario Odyssey – which is a tremendous game, by the way in which – was all the time going to promote nicely, however these figures are nonetheless stunning. With Christmas on its method, this determine will, after all, hold rising.
The 7 million gross sales determine for the Switch can be important – it signifies that the Switch is on monitor to overhaul the lifetime gross sales of the Wii U inside its first yr on sale. Yowza.
Elsewhere within the briefing, Nintendo has revealed that the SNES Mini has racked up 2 million gross sales since its launch. That’s lots of people selecting up Star Fox 2 for the primary time.
Basically, Nintendo’s having an excellent yr. Super Mario Odyssey was not the ultimate massive Switch launch for the yr, both – look ahead to Xenoblade Chronicles 2 on December 1.
Source
