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The first game's playercount at its peak is higher I'm pretty sure and everyone was talking about NASB 1 during its peak. Loads of randoms bought NASB 1, Some very unexpected people like LowTierGod even bought and streamed two full priced versions of the game for different consoles. Everyone knowing about the first game is what screwed the second tbh.
NASB1 selling better than NASB2 is really easy to prove.
All of that is circumstantial evidence at best and assumption at worst. Topping a chart doesn't mean anything as pure sales numbers amongst all games vary greatly from week to week, sponsoring a Youtuber costs money and that money could've been better spent improving the game, and reviews are not an indication of purchase; I and basically everyone I know only ever leaves a review if the product is exceedingly bad.
The whole point of a chart is to track sales numbers. NASB2, as far as I know, has never been on a chart whatsoever, this doesn't inherently confirm it sold poorly, especially given that licensed games tend to be granny-sees-SpongeBob-and-buys-it slow-burns instead of relying on hype, but a game that hasn't ever been on a chart is always going to be at a disadvantage against a game that has topped multiple charts, one of which it has topped multiple times - NASB1's second chart topping was AFTER NASB2 released in fact.
Yes, that is where money is better used for game quality, but we're talking about sales. Not game quality. Game quality and sales do not go hand in hand, never will, and never should, because sales are objective and quality is subjective. Marketing benefits sales, quality does not.
You call me out for using "circumstantial evidence" and then immediately say this? Anyway, here are the ratings of both games' most reviewed SKUs - NASB1 US Switch on left, NASB2 US code-in-box on right. I'm quite familiar with Amazon reviews, and negative ones are EXTREMELY rare for any product whatsoever.
I am not seeking validation, stop projecting. Just being on a chart is not confirmation of sales numbers. Until you've got the objective physical evidence to back up your claims, you're full of **** by saying that one game outsold the other. That is an objective fact.
There is another factor that hasn't been brought up here: the first game has been available for 2 1/2 years, as opposed to the second which has been available for only about 6 1/2 months. Obviously the first game is slowly going to gain a steady supply of dripfeed sales over time. We also don't know how well this round of DLC has sold, but if a majority of people who bought the game also purchased the DLC, I feel like that's a good indicator to Nickelodeon that, for lack of better terminology, there's still more money they can milk out of this game. The first game's negative general perception likely did have an impact on the DLC sales, even despite pulling in two of the biggest requests.
