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Forums - Sales Discussion - Japan Sales Week 48 Media Create/Famitsu/Dengeki - November 26-December 2, 2018

RetroGamer94 on 05 December 2018

Switch is crushing it in Japan, can’t wait to see next week too!



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Kai_Mao on 05 December 2018
Keybladewielder said:
Switch domination. Mario Kart 8 DX now surpassed Super Mario Odyssey.
I think Persona Q2 did well considering the dying state of the 3DS.

And people thought Wii U ports were bad for the Switch.

And yea Persona Q2 is impressive considering circumstances. I hope Atlus considers developing ports of the mainline Persona games for Switch. There shouldn't be a reason that would stop them from doing it, since Persona Q allows Nintendo fans to get their feet wet into the franchise, getting rid of a myth that Persona is a PlayStation thing for Atlus.



jonathanalis on 05 December 2018

pokemon 1 million next week?
we will have smash boost, it might help pokemon to get to 1 million.



curl-6 on 05 December 2018

Switch outselling PS4 by 6:1 without a major release this week.

What are the LTD sales for both systems in Japan? At this rate it surely can't be too long before Switch passes PS4 in total Japanese hardware sales?



zorg1000 on 05 December 2018
curl-6 said:

Switch outselling PS4 by 6:1 without a major release this week.

What are the LTD sales for both systems in Japan? At this rate it surely can't be too long before Switch passes PS4 in total Japanese hardware sales?

NSW-5.83m

PS4-7.31m

 

I'm guessing the gap will close to 500-600k at the end of the year.



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wombat123 on 05 December 2018
curl-6 said:

Switch outselling PS4 by 6:1 without a major release this week.

What are the LTD sales for both systems in Japan? At this rate it surely can't be too long before Switch passes PS4 in total Japanese hardware sales?

As of this week:
PS4: 7,314,121
NSW: 5,830,878

Also, this reminds me of that thread about whether the Switch or Vita would get to 6m first.  As of now, it's:
Vita: 5,952,964
NSW: 5,830,878

I guess next week is going put an end to that debate.



Kai_Mao on 05 December 2018
zorg1000 said:
curl-6 said:

Switch outselling PS4 by 6:1 without a major release this week.

What are the LTD sales for both systems in Japan? At this rate it surely can't be too long before Switch passes PS4 in total Japanese hardware sales?

NSW-5.83m

PS4-7.31m

 

I'm guessing the gap will close to 500-600k at the end of the year.

Kinda crazy thinking about Switch potentially overtaking the PS4 in LT sales in Japan in such a short amount of time. And despite the big AAA games releasing on PS4 this year (i.e., Monster Hunter World, God of War, BO4, Spiderman, etc.), the Switch has been unfazed this year in Japan.



curl-6 on 05 December 2018
RolStoppable said:
curl-6 said:

Switch outselling PS4 by 6:1 without a major release this week.

What are the LTD sales for both systems in Japan? At this rate it surely can't be too long before Switch passes PS4 in total Japanese hardware sales?

Switch - 5.830m
PS4 - 7.314m

According to Media Create. Still 1.5m to go, of which a significant chunk will be made during the holiday season. Afterwards it depends on where the baselines for the two consoles settle in 2019, so giving a good estimate isn't easy. Release-wise, the first calendar quarter tends to be PlayStation's best and Nintendo's worst, so that's a factor that can push back the date.

It will definitely happen in 2019, but without knowing the margin that will be left after the holiday season, it's really hard to narrow it down to a specific month or two.

Hey, good to see you back dude! Was bummed out when you got banned.



Faelco on 05 December 2018
Lonely_Dolphin said:
Labo not in the top 20 I see. Probably wont see any more kits then.

 

I remember when people were saying "Labo is not a flop, it will sell like crazy during the holidays for kids, it's just a first soft launch, you'll see!". Good times. 



NoCtiS_NoX on 05 December 2018
JSG87 said:
Hang on so the Switch is up on last week and only 4K down on last year's sales for the same week and this is a disappointment? Switch didn't explode until the week Pokemon launched. Same could happen with Smash. Let's wait and see what happens next week. One thing I will say is that Smash should easily sell over 1 million games next week in Japan and if 200K consoles can sell with 600K Pokemon games then that should be the floor for Switch sales next week.

since you are comparing it with last year.

Let's add more context.

2017:March Launch. Not full year. 2017 is plagued with massive shortage.

2018: No massive shortage and Switch is available. Full year.

To elaborate further, it should be massively up, not on par or down.  This was the expectation for 2018. Labo should have been the next big thing but it failed. I think we should be an agreement that Labo failed what is supposed to do.  So it will be logical for me to think Switch sales is a disappointment.  Just because it is a disappointment it doesn't mean it sold bad. Anyway, let's see what Smash will do next week that will be interesting and the PS4 temporary price cut will do.

 

Anyway, on Pokemon Let's Go. To add more context. It's still not selling it's initial shipments. 

as for the 2019 talks. PS4 will have a great Q1 again. KH III might sell a lot of console with 2 limited edition for it. RE 2 will be a wild card it might bring the old RE fans again.