Nintendo has altered the way it ranks best-selling games in the Switch eShop, which could have big ramifications for both shovelware games and indies alike.
The change comes as part of a major firmware update released yesterday for the older console, in preparation for Switch 2’s release next month.
Previously, the eShop listed best-selling games by total downloads from the past 14 days. That’s now been changed to list games by total revenue from the past three days (spotted by GVG, via Kotaku).
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On the one hand, this appears to be a good move to help filter out cheap shovelware games. The eShop has been rife with cheap imitation games and “slop” – back in December, copycat games based on Black Myth: Wukong and Unpacking were both called out.