Not what Nintendo was hoping for.
Last Friday saw the launch of Pikmin 3 Deluxe on Nintendo Switch, a new and improved port of Pikmin 3 which originally released on Wii U. In an unusual turn of events, the Switch version hasn’t managed to outperform the original game in its opening week sales – in the UK, at least.
Thanks to the Switch’s significantly higher install base, we’ve seen plenty of Wii U ports jumping over to Nintendo’s newest console and enjoying great success. As one example, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on Switch has already sold more than 26 million copies worldwide – with that figure ever-rising – compared to the Wii U version‘s final total of just 8.45 million.
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