Numbers are delicious. We are big fans of all the delicious statistical cereals and interesting fact cookies. Do you remember when we looked at gamesindustry.biz ‘Year In Numbers’ and realized that Nintendo Switch owners would probably own another console? Well, we’re back with another fun discovery, thanks to GI.biz editor Christopher Dring.
It seems that there are two things people want to do during the pandemic: driving and dancing. Since we can not do much of it in real life, we all turn to video games. Dans net 2021 apparently sold almost as many copies as Watch Dogs Legion, which is a surprising (and perhaps disappointing?) turnout for the London hacking game.
However, both games are owned by Ubisoft, but it’s money in their pocket – money that will make the next Just Dance even more dancers.
Meanwhile, it Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – the Nintendo Switch version of the bestseller Wii U game – sold more copies in 2020 than it sold in 2019., according to Dring, and this even reached number one spot on Christmas in Germany.
That probably means many people are buying Switches and expanding their game library with the 10/10 game we called the “definitive Mario Kart 8 experience”, telling readers it was an “easy choice” for Switch owners.
Wait, does that mean people listen to our advice? We’re going to say yes.