{"id":126871,"date":"2022-07-31T07:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T07:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-135268"},"modified":"2022-07-31T07:45:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-31T07:45:00","slug":"xenoblade-chronicles-3-is-already-switch-eshops-top-seller-unsurprisingly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/07\/31\/xenoblade-chronicles-3-is-already-switch-eshops-top-seller-unsurprisingly\/","title":{"rendered":"Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Is Already Switch eShop&#8217;s Top Seller, Unsurprisingly"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9c28201f870ca\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9c28201f870ca\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture ptris\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Xenoblade Chronicles 3\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9c28201f870ca\/xenoblade-chronicles-3.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9c28201f870ca\/xenoblade-chronicles-3.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Xenoblade Chronicles 3\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It&#8217;s the launch weekend for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/xenoblade_chronicles_3\">Xenoblade Chronicles 3<\/a>, and although there was a lot of demand for the physical versions of the game, it seems plenty of people are still picking up the digital version of the title.<\/p>\n<p>For some, these purchases may have even been due to the delays associated with the fancier collector&#8217;s versions. According to the eShop charts in the US, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is now out in front of Minecraft.<\/p>\n<p>Even games like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/nintendo_switch_sports\">Nintendo Switch Sports<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/mario_kart_8_deluxe\">Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/a> &#8211; two titles that just received DLC updates. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/digimon_survive\">Digimon Survive<\/a> has also snuck into the sixth spot, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/live_a_live\">Live A Live<\/a> in 9th place, at the time of writing.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A tale of life, tying past to future. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/XenobladeChronicles3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#XenobladeChronicles3<\/a> is out now on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NintendoSwitch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NintendoSwitch<\/a>!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rFlUOHM3zd\">https:\/\/t.co\/rFlUOHM3zd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QUkQOgV6Pb\">pic.twitter.com\/QUkQOgV6Pb<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoAmerica\/status\/1553047706788044803?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>It&#8217;s the same situation in locations like the UK &#8211; Xenoblade is out in front, ahead of games like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/among_us\">Among Us<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/fifa_22\">FIFA 22<\/a>, and Mario Kart. And in Japan, the game is also in the top spot. To add to this, it&#8217;s charting on websites like Amazon as well.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, it&#8217;s not a bad start for an RPG series like this. The previous game <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/xenoblade_chronicles_2\">Xenoblade Chronicles 2<\/a> sold over 2 million copies, and the original game&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/xenoblade_chronicles_definitive_edition\">Definitive Edition<\/a> on Switch has shifted more than 1.5 million copies.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"xsI5ZQvZaaw\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Have you contributed to Xenoblade Chronicles 3&#8217;s digital or physical sales? Can you see this going on to become the best-selling entry in the series? <em>Leave your thoughts down below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo It&#8217;s the launch weekend for Xenoblade Chronicles 3, and although there was a lot of demand for the physical versions of the game, it seems plenty of people are still picking up the digital version of the title. For some, these purchases may have even been due to the delays associated with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126871\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}