Stealth 笔辞办茅尘辞苍 hit boosts Nintendo Switch 2 momentum sentiment
TOKYO 鈥 Nintendo said on Thursday it has sold more than 2.2 million copies of 笔辞办茅尘辞苍 Pokopia in the four days since launch as the game鈥檚 popularity helps offset fear about Switch 2 sales momentum.
Industry observers have fretted that the Switch 2 lacks high-profile games to drive sales, with spiking prices for memory chips also driving market concern about impact on profit margins.
The new life simulation game, a spin-off from the mainline 笔辞办茅尘辞苍 series, has been widely praised and has a metascore of 89 on review aggregator Metacritic.
The game is a 鈥渟tealth hit,鈥 Jefferies analyst Atul Goyal wrote in a client note.
鈥Pokopia serves as a critical software catalyst, accelerating adoption for the … (Switch 2) hardware install base by capturing the lucrative non-gamer demographic,鈥 he wrote.
Nintendo previously attracted a wide range of consumers with island life simulator Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which become an escapist hit during the COVID-19 pandemic. 鈥 Reuters
