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Forums - Sales Discussion - Famitsu Sales: W49, 2019 (Dec 02 - Dec 08)

noshten on 14 December 2019

TOP 10 Switch Famitsu 2019:

  1. Pokemon Sword / Shield - 2.224.881
  2. Smash Ultimate - 1.001.792
  3. Super Mario Maker 2 - 720.268
  4. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe - 716.520
  5. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 527.618
  6. Minecraft - 513.046
  7. Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age S - 443.927 
  8. Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu! / Let's Go, Eevee! - 416.432
  9. Super Mario Party - 412.797
  10. Ring Fit Adventure - 328.511

TOTAL: 7.305.792

Top 10 Switch Famitsu CY2018:

  1. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - 2.360.655
  2. Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu! / Let's Go, Eevee! - 1.253.677
  3. Splatoon 2 - 1.122.324
  4. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 926.553
  5. Super Mario Party - 764.853
  6. Kirby Star Allies - 664.815
  7. Super Mario Odyssey - 575.926
  8. Minecraft- 525.045
  9. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 491.648
  10. Mario Tennis Aces - 376.366

TOTAL: 9.061.862

  • Smash surpasses 1M
  • Ring Fit Adventure enters top 10
  • Last year Switch's top 10 games sold >1M in Week 51 with the top three being Smash >450K, SMP >150K, PLG >140K
  • This year the top 3 games will be Pokemon Sword/Shield, Ring Fit Adventure & Luigi's Mansion 3.

Week 52 Prediction

  • With enough stock Ring Fit Adventure is top selling game >350K 
  • Pokemon Sword/Shield >300K takes to the top spot if Nintendo doesn't supply enough Ring Fit Stock
  • Luigi's Mansion 3 is only other Switch game >100K
  • Top 10 games end up selling >1.1M if Ring Fit stock is there, >950K if Ring Fit Stock sales are below 200K


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hunter_alien on 17 December 2019
TruckOSaurus said:
It was to be expected that Switch wouldn't match last year's Smash week but still good numbers. PS4 finally bounces back but fails to get a title in the Top 10.

Is Yo-kai Watch 4++ a "deluxe" version of Yo-kai Watch 4? Either way, the game not making the Top 10 doesn't bode well for the series.

Honestly, the series is so overmilked, that I would be shocked if it won't die off completely in the next 3 years or so. 



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Barkley on 17 December 2019
hunter_alien said:
TruckOSaurus said:
It was to be expected that Switch wouldn't match last year's Smash week but still good numbers. PS4 finally bounces back but fails to get a title in the Top 10.

Is Yo-kai Watch 4++ a "deluxe" version of Yo-kai Watch 4? Either way, the game not making the Top 10 doesn't bode well for the series.

Honestly, the series is so overmilked, that I would be shocked if it won't die off completely in the next 3 years or so. 

Was just looking up the sales and noticed the "Third Version" of Yo-kai Watch 2 launched just 5 months after the first 2. I think Third Versions of Pokemon are bad, but that's just scummy. xD

Yo-kai Watch - 1.29m
Yo-Kai Watch 2 (All Versions) - 5.8m
Yo-Kai Watch 3 (All Versions) - 2.26m
Yo-Kai Watch 4 - 0.29m

Series died a quick death, peaked massively with 2 then declined massively.

Last edited by Barkley - on 17 December 2019

zorg1000 on 17 December 2019
Barkley said:
hunter_alien said:

Honestly, the series is so overmilked, that I would be shocked if it won't die off completely in the next 3 years or so. 

Was just looking up the sales and noticed the "Third Version" of Yo-kai Watch 2 launched just 5 months after the first 2. I think Third Versions of Pokemon are bad, but that's just scummy. xD

Yo-kai Watch - 1.29m
Yo-Kai Watch 2 (All Versions) - 5.8m
Yo-Kai Watch 3 (All Versions) - 2.26m
Yo-Kai Watch 4 - 0.29m

Series died a quick death, peaked massively with 2 then declined massively.

Not only that but even though the original released in Summer 2013, it didnt really take off until early 2014 when the anime began.

End of 2013-~275k

End of 2014-~1.3m

So for most people it was Yokai Watch in early 2014, Yokai Watch 2 in mid-2014 and Yokai Watch 2.5 in late 2014.



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hunter_alien on 17 December 2019
Barkley said:
hunter_alien said:

Honestly, the series is so overmilked, that I would be shocked if it won't die off completely in the next 3 years or so. 

Was just looking up the sales and noticed the "Third Version" of Yo-kai Watch 2 launched just 5 months after the first 2. I think Third Versions of Pokemon are bad, but that's just scummy. xD

Yo-kai Watch - 1.29m
Yo-Kai Watch 2 (All Versions) - 5.8m
Yo-Kai Watch 3 (All Versions) - 2.26m
Yo-Kai Watch 4 - 0.29m

Series died a quick death, peaked massively with 2 then declined massively.

Damn that's a quick collapse. I guess 4 has some digital sales as well, that is not included but still probably under 500k. 



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