Famitsu Sales: W52, 2019 (Dec 23 - Dec 29)

[zorg1000]

JWeinCom said:

zorg1000 said:

That site isnt sketchy, it uses data from famitsu.

You are missing the point, there is no big Switch boost in Japan like there is in the West where almost every game does significantly better, most are in the same general range as 3DS entries with some slightly below and some slightly ahead.

The few titles that are significantly higher on Switch are for specific reasons like the game being a massive improvement over previous entries like Smash Ultimate/Breath of the Wild/Super Mario Party or because they released when 3DS was dead like Captain Toad.

Mystery Dungeon has been on a massive decline and Japan typically doesnt get as excited about nostalgia to the extent that the West does so a 15 year old remake is not likely to reverse the decline.

Regardless this is all besides the point, which was that Mystery Dungeon DX is a significantly smaller release than NSMBU Deluxe.

Like I said, either sketchy or not updated often enough.  If they're using Famitsu, it's the latter.  They have Luigi's Mansion at about 300K where it's over 500 in the most recent Famitsu.  That's a few weeks, which is kind of a big deal when your examples are using really recent games.  

You were fine bringing up Link's Awakening vs Link Between Worlds when the latter is significantly better, but then complain about bringing up Mario Party or Smash?  That's trying to have it both ways.  I don't know enough about Japan to judge how nostalgic they are, but a lot of remakes have seemed to do well there.  A lot of times a long break is what a tired out series needs to get out of a rut.  

I dont see how it's both ways, Links Awakening vs Between Worlds are going to be pretty similar in the end. One being a remake of a 20+ year old game and the other a direct sequel of a 20+ year old game. 

But again this is missing the point, in the West you can expect almost any new entry to do significantly better on Switch than they did on 3DS simply because Switch is a mainstream success while 3DS was a moderate success in these regions.

This does not apply to Japan where 3DS is the 3rd highest selling system of all time so games were not held back by the platform. Sone games do better, some do worse and many do similar. It all depends on the individual game.

Whether or not this game reverses the decline is irrelevant to the what I was talking about, this game is going to sell a fraction of what NSMBU did.