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noshten on 31 October 2020
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Famitsu 2020 Top 50:

  1. NSW: Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) - 5.885.737
  2. NSW: Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo) - 1.221.627
  3. PS4: Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square) - 932.821
  4. NSW: Pokemon Sword / Shield (Pokemon Co)- 786.015
  5. NSW: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) - 569.939
  6. NSW: Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo) -  411.984 (+1)
  7. PS4: Ghost of Tsushima (Sony) - 408.312  (-1)
  8. NSW: Smash Ultimate (Nintendo) - 407.585
  9. NSW: Minecraft (Microsoft) - 391.422
  10. NSW: Super Mario 3D All-Stars (Nintendo) - 355.428
  11. NSW: Splatoon 2 (Nintendo) - 335.388
  12. NSW: Super Mario Party (Nintendo) - 317.177
  13. NSW: Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo Switch (Nintendo) - 277.175
  14. NSW: Paper Mario: The Origami King (Nintendo) - 266.041 
  15. NSW: Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX (Pokemon Co.) - 259.513
  16. PS4: Resident Evil 3 (Capcom) - 258.676 
  17. PS4: Yakuza 7: Like a Dragon (Sega) - 243.769 
  18. NSW: eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 (Konami) - 237.550 
  19. PS4: The Last of Us Part II (Sony) - 222.943 
  20. NSW: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo) - 188.330 (+1)
  21. NSW: Luigi's Mansion 3 (Nintendo) - 187.050 (-1)
  22. PS4: eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 (Konami) - 180.243 
  23. NSW: New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo) - 179.681 (+1)
  24. NSW: Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo) - 177.887 (-1)
  25. NSW: Fishing Spirits (Bandai Namco) - 163.501 (+1)
  26. PS4: Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs. MaxiBoost On (Bandai Namco Games) - 161.014 (-1)
  27. PS4: Nioh 2 (Koei Tecmo) - 156.772 (-2)
  28. PS4: Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers (Atlus) - 149.898
  29. PS4: Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot (Bandai) - 149.654 (-1)
  30. NSW: Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games: Tokyo 2020 (Sega) - 138.550
  31. PS4: Trials of Mana (Square) - 133.593
  32. PS4: One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 (Bandai) - 131.315
  33. NSW: Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition (Nintendo) - 128.989
  34. NSW: One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 (Bandai Namco) - 117.954
  35. PS4: Granblue Fantasy Versus (Cygames) - 111.094
  36. NSW: Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! (Bandai Namco) - 101.707 (+1)
  37. NSW: Trials of Mana (Square Enix) - 100.451 (-1)
  38. PS4: The Legend of Heroes: Hajimari no Kiseki (Nihon Falcom) - 96.140 
  39. NSW: Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo) - 88.938 
  40. PS4: Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris (Bandai) - 85.010 
  41. NSW: Dragon Quest XI S (Square Enix) - 82.137 
  42. NSW: Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit (Nintendo) - 81.609 (NEW)
  43. NSW: Hatsune Miku: Project Diva MegaMix (Sega) - 78.558 (-1)
  44. NSW: Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers (Atlus) - 65.653 (-1)
  45. PS4: Marvel's Avengers (Square Enix) - 64.255 (+2)
  46. PS4: Monster Hunter: World - Iceborne (Capcom) - 63.322 (-2)
  47. NSW: Fitness Boxing (Imagineer) - 62.949 (-2)
  48. NSW: Pokemon Let's Go (Pokemon Co) - 57.478 (-1)
  49. NSW: Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (Square Enix) - 56.187 (-1)
  50. PS4: Grand Theft Auto V: Premium Online Edition (Take-Two) - 54.860 (-1)

TOTAL: 17.383.881

NSW: 32

PS4: 18

NSW TOTAL: 13.780.190 (79.26%)

PS4 TOTAL: 3.603.691 (21.74%)

TOP 15 TOTAL: 12.826.164 (73.78%)

Prediction for EOY Top 15 2020:

  1. NSW: Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 7.25M(+1.35M)
  2. NSW: Ring Fit Adventure - 2.85M(+1.1M)
  3. NSW: Pokemon Sword / Shield - 1.4M(+520K)
  4. NSW: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 1.2M(+640K)
  5. PS4: Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square) - 950K
  6. NSW: Momotaro (Konami) - 900K(new)
  7. NSW: Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics - 850K(+400K)
  8. NSW: Super Mario 3D All-Stars - 800K(+450K)
  9. NSW: Age of Calamity (Koei Tecmo) - 750K(new)
  10. NSW: Smash Ultimate - 750K(+350K)  
  11. NSW: Minecraft (Microsoft) - 700K(+310K)
  12. NSW: Super Mario Party - 700K(+345K)
  13. NSW: Splatoon - 650K(+315K)
  14. NSW: Pikmin 3 Deluxe - 500K(NEW)
  15. PS4: Ghost of Tsushima (Sony) - 500K(+100K)

TOTAL Top 15: >20.75M (70%)

TOTAL 16-50: >7M (30%)

NSW TOTAL TOP 50: >25.75M (90%)

PS4 TOTAL TOP 50: >2M (10%)

    • Basically, no game will enter the Top 50 without at least 200K sales
    • All PS4 Titles currently in the Top 50 below eBaseball will be pushed off by evergreens or new Switch titles
    • Playstation might record it's worst performance as an ecosystem, since the launch of their consoles and portable devices
    • There is really no PS5 game that's coming that's expected to sell more than 200K this year in Japan
    • PS3 launched in 2006 and it's Top Selling game that year was Ridge Racer 7 & Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire which both ended up with around 150K Lifetime Sales
    • PS5 sales in 2020 to end up between 200-300K, a decline compared to the PS4's launch of 400K
    • While the PS4 hardware not to surpass 600K this year

    Top Publishers Top 50:

    1. Nintendo - 11.405.608 (65.6%)
    2. Square Enix - 1.369.444 (7.8%)
    3. Pokemon Co - 1.103.006 (6.3%)
    4. Bandai Namco - 910.155 (5.2%)
    5. Sony - 631.255 (3.6%)
    6. Sega - 460.877 (2.6%)
    7. Konami - 417.793 (2.4%)
    8. Microsoft - 391.422 (2.2%)
    9. Capcom - 321.998 (1.8%)
    10. Atlus - 215.551 (1.2%)
    11. Koei Tecmo - 156.772 (0.9%)

    Prediction Top 50 Publishers 2020:

    1. Nintendo >70%
    2. Pokemon Co >5%
    3. Konami >4%
    4. Bandai >4%
    5. Square Enix >4%
    6. Koei Tecmo >3%
    7. Sony >2%
    8. Microsoft >2%
    9. Sega >2%
    10. Other <2%
    • Pokemon Co will end up in 2nd position due to Sword/Shield holiday with the DLC
    • Konami, Bandai and Square will be very close to each other with Bandai & Konami having an edge due to new games releasing.
    • Koei Tecmo will end up making the biggest jump from the current 11th position to 6th
    • Sony might end up with the only Ghost of Tsushima in the Top 50
    • Microsoft, Sega & Capcom are the other pubs who will make it, with one game each in the rankings