Switch Was The Best-Selling Console Of October In US, Metroid: Dread Sets New Franchise Record

Update, 11/12/2021, 10:47 a.m. EST:

In a uncommon infinitesimal of fiscal openness, if you will, Nintendo has released immoderate authoritative numbers regarding its October income of Switch consoles, Metroid: Dread, and more. 

In a caller interrogation with The Washington Post, Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser revealed that the institution sold 711,000 Switch consoles successful the U.S. successful October. Of those 711,000, Bowser says 314,000 of them were the recently-released OLED model. He besides revealed that galore of the Switch units sold were bought by radical that already owned 1 and they were upgrading to the OLED oregon buying different for idiosyncratic else. 

On the Metroid: Dread front, 854,000 copies were sold successful October, and Bowser says this is the champion Metroid motorboat successful bid history. 

The archetypal communicative astir the NPD numbers for past period continues below...

Original Story, 11/12/2021, 10:31 a.m. EST:

Nintendo had a truly large October if U.S. income numbers are thing to spell disconnected of. 

The NPD Group released its monthly update today, and it revealed that the Switch was the best-selling console for October successful the U.S., some successful units and dollars. That’s apt owed to excitement astir the new OLED exemplary of the console released past month and the motorboat of caller first-party games specified arsenic Mario Party Superstars and Metroid: Dread. Speaking of Dread, it had a large October arsenic well. 

“US NPD SW – Metroid: Dread debuted arsenic October’s #3 best-selling game, portion besides ranking 1st connected Switch,” NPD’s Mat Piscatella writes successful a tweet. “Metroid: Dread achieved the highest motorboat period income of immoderate Metroid franchise merchandise successful tracked history.”

Dread’s carnal dollar income besides “nearly doubled those of the erstwhile franchise best, Metroid: Prime,” according to Piscatella. Congrats, Metroid fans – you did it. Now let’s anticipation Nintendo sees this arsenic a motion to support the Metroid games coming. 

Elsewhere successful today’s NPD report, the Switch leads consoles successful units sold for 2021, but the PlayStation 5 remains the best-selling hardware level for 2021 successful presumption of year-to-date dollars. This makes consciousness considering the PS5 costs a minimum of $400 (for the integer edition), whereas the astir costly Switch – the OLED exemplary – goes for $350. 

In presumption of games, Far Cry 6 debuted arsenic October’s best-selling game, and Piscatella writes connected Twitter that it “instantly” became the eighth best-selling crippled of the year. Back 4 Blood was down it arsenic the 2nd best-selling crippled for October, and Dread came successful third. 

Other caller releases this period did well too. For example, Eidos-Montreal’s Guardians of the Galaxy debuted arsenic the seventh best-selling crippled successful October, with little than a week connected the October market. Nintendo’s Mario Party Superstars debuted astatine fig 8 with adjacent little time, having released conscionable 2 days earlier October was over. 

Despite October’s numbers, Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War remains the best-selling crippled of 2021 – it came successful arsenic the twelfth best-selling crippled successful October. Following it is Madden NFL 22, which was the 4th best-selling crippled of past month. Here’s the full apical 10 best-selling games this year:

1. Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War
2. Madden NFL 22
3. MLB: The Show 21
4. Resident Evil: Village
5. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury
6. Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
7. Mario Kart 8
8. Far Cry 6
9. Minecraft
10. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla

For more, cheque retired Game Informer’s Metroid: Dread review and past work Game Informer’s Far Cry 6 review. Be definite to cheque retired Game Informer’s Switch OLED review aft that. 

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