koshergweilo parent
It's wild to me how Team Sonic Racing sold more than Total War Three Kingdoms
I think in general Total War and its genre is relatively niche. While almost everybody is up for a bit of cartoony racing.
I tbink it's easy to underestimate this - everyone seems surprised when I tell them Mario Kart 8 is the 5th best selling game of all time.
Well it's been continuously sold for over a decade now, and bundled with the Switch.
It's bundled due to the success of the game and not the other way around: https://www.hackerneue.com/item?id=44338584
Wii Sports enjoyed a similar status, as it was also bundled with a console. I don't think console bundles are necessarily a fair way to count video game sales.
Mario Kart was not originally bundled with the Switch and the Switch has never been exclusively bundled with Mario Kart. You've always been able to buy a Switch by itself or bundled with other games - Mario Kart was not even the first bundle. It was like the 8th or something - two years after release, and has been re-issued every Black Friday since, but there have been numerous other bundles since as well.
What's the list?!
I’m shocked Overwatch is so high. Microsoft/Activision/Blizzard seem to barely give it any attention and basically killed off its pro scene.
On other hand TW Warhammer III sold surprisingly well to me. I would have expected it to be much more niche...
PC games are relatively niche compared to console gaming for one. And RTSes tend to be heavily PC biased from the control schemes. Although these days you should be able to keyboard and mouse to a console due to being USB or Bluetooth connected anyway, using it on a couch without a desk would be awkward.
Team Sonic Racing is also available on iOS and android stores while Total War Three Kingdoms is PC only. The price must also be widely different, so the sales numbers are complex to compare.
... Why? It would be quite surprising if it were the other way around.
I'm quite surprised that TW:3D sold that many copies, tbh.