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Nintendo alters Switch eShop charts ranking to deprioritise shovelware
Nintendo has altered the way it ranks best-selling games in the Switch eShop, which could have big ramifications for bo…
That's now been changed to list games by total revenue from the past three days (spotted by GVG, via Kotaku). The change in ranking means cheap games looking to make rapid sales will no longer be prioritised at the top of the charts, meaning studios will be disincentivised to game the charts with cheap knock-offs and sale prices aimed at undercutting bigger releases. At the time of the writing, the eShop Charts are dominated by predictable releases: Minecraft is top, followed by Animal Crossing, FC25, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and Hogwarts Legacy.
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