MK11 is the first 3rd party game in 14 years to take the #1 software spot on Nintendo hardware

Mortal Kombat 11 was the best-selling game on the Switch in the United States for April 2019. Seeing a third party title top the Switch list was pretty damn fantastic! Hell, seeing any third party title top the software list for Nintendo hardware is something that rarely happens. As a matter of fact, its been 14 years since it last happened!

[PhoenixUp]

Holy crap I didn’t realize it had been that long since this happened

[indysurfn]

Yeah well April is the perfect time! People are starting to peep outside and go go go!

[Marioraider18]

Wat

[Gemmol]

For the people that do not read they are talking about M rated game.....other games with other ratings took 1st

[indysurfn]

The article is only 2 paragraphs long. I think you may have read the third comment. The article It self never says anything about M rated games.

[strayanalog]

Hard to believe its been that long, but considering it was the Wii eras... I'm not surprised.

[Gemmol]

Keyword you missing they said M rated so Nintendo had other games without M rated to be number 1

[FallenAngel1984]

Wow this hasn’t happened since Resident Evil 4

It’s not hard to imagine why this hasn’t happened since then but god damn

[Gemmol]

It said M rated so other 3rd parties was number 1

[TekoIie]

I'm actually kinda surprised Minecraft couldn't accomplish this.

[Neonridr]

Minecraft may have accomplished this. The story isn't entirely accurate. M rated title yes.

[Gemmol]

They said M rated

[KillaT2501]

MK11 is the first M RATED 3rd party game in 14 years to take the #1 software spot on Nintendo hardware. Different story, title is a lie

[Neonridr]

correct.. Mario + Rabbids accomplished this already on the Switch when it released.

[badz149]

still has Mario in it. hard to think the game would do as well as it did if it's not for Mario

[Neonridr]

@badz149 - perhaps.. but it was a really great title.

[Fraggle1987]

That right there shows the 3rd party problem nintendo has had for so long. Terrible.

[Neonridr]

just means that 1st party stuff is usually the big seller.

[CorndogBurglar]

No it doesn't. It means that Nintendo has a history of not having a ton of 3rd party games.

[Neonridr]

@CorndogBurglar - even with more 3rd party support, that doesn't mean that it would necessarily top the charts though. So that isn't exactly sound logic there. I get what you are saying.. but that isn't always the case. Nintendo has always been about 1st party titles selling. Every new Switch owner is gonna buy some of the iconic games the Switch has received, so that makes it tough for any non Nintendo game to slot in at the top spot.

[LucasRuinedChildhood]

Switch gets more third party support - third party games get more representation in sales charts. That's what's happened here. It's not that hard to understand, man.

[Neonridr]

@Lucas - well this article also really fails to mention that they are speaking about M rated titles only. Not that the list is incredibly long when you factor in more family friendly titles, but it has been done since Resident Evil 4. That being said, yes you are correct. If there is more 3rd party titles, there is more opportunity for it to top out the charts.

[CorndogBurglar]

If Nintendo had more 3rd party support it wouldn't have taken 14 years for one to be at the top.

Yeah, Mario, Zelda, and a bunch of Nintendo games will always sell very well on their systems. But Nintendo doesn't release those types of games every month. If Nintendo had enough good 3rd party games to release one or two every month then they would have far more 3rd party games at the top. How can you say that isn't sound logic? It's the only logic that makes sense.

[Neonridr]

@CorndogBurglar - I simply meant that Nintendo 1st party stuff always sells well, look at Japan, Smash and Splatoon 2 outsell newer stuff constantly. The article is misleading as it's been 14 years since the first M rated game has topped the charts.. not a 3rd party game period.

But hopefully Nintendo gets more 3rd party support as time goes on, I mean it certainly seems like plenty of devs want a piece of the action. As the Switch continues to sell devs will be trying to find ways of getting their games to work with it.

[Gemmol]

Read properly first M RATED in 14 years, they had other games take number 1 spot that wasn’t M rated

[Blu3_Berry]

That's kinda sad when you think about it more in depth.

[Gemmol]

Read article the title was dumb it’s the first M Rated game in 14 years to take number 1 spot.......games that have other ratings took number 1 spot many times

[Edito]

Good for them but personally I don't get how people are enjoying this game... After MK 9 I couldn't enjoy these games... they feel stiff... but obviously it's just me...

[Elronza]

I agree with you, as MK Armageddon will always be my favorite game in the series.