Splatoon 3 has been shaping up to be another hit for the franchise and Nintendo. Selling 3.45 million copies as of Friday in Japan alone, Splatoon 3 had its best-ever launch for a Switch game in Japan, as reported by Cointelegraph. Eurogamer.
This includes both digital and physical sales. It’s safe to say that the squid (and Octoling) community is off to a great start with the Switch-specific baquel. Based on Eurogamerhowever, although the game also topped the UK canning charts, as reported by GamesIndustry.biz, overall launch sales fell 9% compared to Splatoon 2 there. However, the UK boxed chart only includes physical games, so it’s possible that the decline doesn’t appear when digital games are taken into account. There’s no word on how Splatoon 3 develops in the US, but it’s generally trending in the UK
“Nintendo Co., LTD … announced that domestic sales of the Nintendo Switch game Splatoon 3 surpassed 3.45 million units in the first three days of its launch on September 9th. 2022”, a Nintendo Press Release read. “This is the highest domestic sales of any Nintendo software within the first three days.”
No wonder Splatoon 3 is selling well in Japan and elsewhere – great! And you can read about why in Game informant Reviews on Splatoon 3.
[Source: Eurogamer]
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