Long before indie games and mobile apps became the market trend, Super Meat Boy was the exception-to-the-rule indie darling that went from Newgrounds Flash game to multi-console hit. The game first came to consoles on Xbox 360 via the Xbox Live Arcade amassing well-over 100,000 players in the first few months. And while the Xbox 360 release of the game has been one of the most significant launches for developer Team Meat, it appears that Nintendo Switch gave it a run for its money eight years later.
News comes by way of Team Meat’s official Twitter, where they revealed that “Switch first day sales came shockingly close to [Super Meat Boy’s] debut on Xbox 360 back in 2010″:
Super Meat Boy on Switch first day sales came shockingly close to it's debut on Xbox 360 back in 2010. That's. nuts.
— Team Meat (@SuperMeatBoy) January 12, 2018
While Team Meat didn’t go into specifics on the sales numbers, they did go as far as agreeing that Nintendo Switch is (currently) the more friendly ecosystem for indie games, yet gave ample warning about constant curation of content:
As of right now, yes. I hope that continues but any market with an influx of products is bound to become bloated without careful curation. https://t.co/Iz6vLeF2jo
— Team Meat (@SuperMeatBoy) January 12, 2018
And besides discussing the game’s early success on Nintendo Switch, Team Meat delved further in re-confirming a physical copy of Super Meat Boy for Nintendo Switch — in case you were holding out for that.
Of course, if you are not a Nintendo Switch owner there is other good news on the horizon. While the game itself is nearing a decade old, Team Meat had incorporated a new RACE MODE that allowed for two-player, split-screen action. And while this mode is still exclusive for the Nintendo Switch, PC players can expect to see an update bringing this feature in the near future:
We will make it available for PC at some point in the near future. https://t.co/fLHqlN21vo
— Team Meat (@SuperMeatBoy) January 13, 2018
Super Meat Boy is currently available for Nintendo Switch, alongside PC, PS4, PlayStation Vita, and older generation consoles. Team Meat is also releasing Super Meat Boy Forever for Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, and Xbox One, and the team is hoping that the success of that game will allow them to buy Notch’s house.