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PAOerfulone on 10 October 2018

Solid opening for Mario Party.



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Miyamotoo on 10 October 2018
Green098 said:

Yokai Watch 4 may of got delayed to Spring 2019, but it still seems which is going to have a solid year in 2018 with Let's Go and Smash on the horizon. Great numbers for Super Mario Party, with the legs the series is known for I could see it getting close to 700k lifetime especially with a big holiday boost.

2019 is going to be absolutely insane though for Switch in Japan. We're still a ways out and the line-up is already packed with big upcoming titles; New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe, Tales of Vesperia, Fire Emblem Three Houses, Yokai Watch 4, Daemon X Machina, Yoshi's Crafted World, an onslaught of Final Fantasy titles, Luigi's Mansion 3, Animal Crossing, Pokemon Generation 8 and that's just so far.

If Dragon Quest XI S is announced for 2019 in Japan or anything else for that matter is just going to be overkill.

Actually it's confirmed its delayed to Spring.

Yeah, 2019. already now looks very strong.



AJNShelton on 10 October 2018
0D0 said:
Wow, people still play Mario Party

Of course, it never lose it's revelancy.



outlawauron on 10 October 2018
Replicant said:
Mnementh said:

Thanks for your continuing work on this, this graph really gives insights. As others explained (I wasn't aware) the drop in PS4-sales is because a price-drop for Pro is coming. This will probably boost PS4-sales next week. Interesting to see if it leads to a new baseline.

PS4 baseline could really use a boost but I doubt it'll get one from the 10% price cut on PS4 Pro only.

Price is dropping to ~$385 from the ~$430 it was at previous. A 5,000 yen price drop is worth noticing, but it's more a push to be inline with global prices than anything else.



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PwerlvlAmy on 10 October 2018

Good Switch numbers. Really ouch PS4 numbers. I feel sad to see Astro Bot so far down in the chart. Astro Bot deserves more love :(



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Mbolibombo on 10 October 2018
jonathanalis said:
Switch really dropping the ball.

I think you need to elaborate here, it's by far the best selling console in the country and it's up compared to last year?

Not sure what you were expecting SMP to do to hardware?



Keybladewielder on 10 October 2018

Good start for Mario Party, though most of its sales will come from the long legs it will surely have.

PS4 sales are tragique 
What is that "Pleasure Grove" game, the name surely sounds interesting...


Kai_Mao on 10 October 2018
PwerlvlAmy said:
Good Switch numbers. Really ouch PS4 numbers. I feel sad to see Astro Bot so far down in the chart. Astro Bot deserves more love :(

How is PSVR doing in Japan?



zorg1000 on 10 October 2018
Kai_Mao said:
PwerlvlAmy said:
Good Switch numbers. Really ouch PS4 numbers. I feel sad to see Astro Bot so far down in the chart. Astro Bot deserves more love :(

How is PSVR doing in Japan?

I dont think we have ever gotten any concrete numbers for PS VR in Japan but it recently passed 3 million globally so if we assume Japan makes up a similar % for both PS4 & VR than it would be roughly ~250k.



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Farsala on 10 October 2018
zorg1000 said:
Train wreck said:

By this point in the Switch's lifecycle, I would expect a significant disparity between it and the PS4 when it comes to third party titles releasing on the same day (especially those that favor the Switch audience) but 3rd party Switch titles are receiving the Vita sales treatment...which isn't good (from the publishers perspective).

Anybody who has payed attention to Japanese sales for the last few years knows that it takes awhile for 3rd party sales to transition from 1 platform to the next.

The exact same thing happened with Vita & PS4, for the first year or two PSP & PS3 versions were selling just as much or better.

Big difference though is that PS4 had terrible HW sales and install base, so of course the games on 10m PS3 and 5m Vita sold more than PS4. The Switch on the other hand nearly equals PS4 install base.