noshten on 08 January 2021
Famitsu 2020 Top 50:
- NSW: Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) - 6.378.103
- NSW: Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo) - 1.591.366
- NSW: Momotaro Dentetsu (Konami) - 1.233.023
- NSW: Pokemon Sword / Shield (Pokemon Co) - 1.040.754
- PS4: Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix) - 932.821
- NSW: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) - 798.174
- NSW: Smash Ultimate (Nintendo) - 560.122
- NSW: Minecraft (Microsoft) - 556.982
- NSW: Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo) - 519.649
- NSW: Super Mario 3D All-Stars (Nintendo) - 492.620
- NSW: Super Mario Party (Nintendo) - 466.086
- NSW: Pikmin 3 Deluxe (Nintendo) - 462.806
- NSW: Splatoon 2 (Nintendo) - 429.272
- PS4: Ghost of Tsushima (Sony) - 412.868
- NSW: Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo) - 316.541
- NSW: Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Koei Tecmo) - 304.963
- NSW: Paper Mario: The Origami King (Nintendo) - 267.743
- NSW: Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX (Pokemon Co.) - 259.513
- PS4: Resident Evil 3 (Capcom) - 258.676
- NSW: eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 (Konami) - 248.024
- NSW: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo) - 246.688
- PS4: Yakuza 7: Like a Dragon (Sega) - 243.769
- NSW: New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo) - 236229
- NSW: Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo) - 227.265
- PS4: The Last of Us Part II (Sony) - 222.943
- NSW: Luigi's Mansion 3 (Nintendo) - 218.973
- NSW: Fishing Spirits (Bandai Namco) - 207.472
- PS4: eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 (Konami) - 180.243
- NSW: Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games: Tokyo 2020 (Sega) - 167.411
- PS4: Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs. MaxiBoost On (Bandai Namco) - 161.014
- PS4: Nioh 2 (Koei Tecmo) - 156.772
- PS4 Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War (Sony) - 150.964
- PS4: Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers (Atlus) - 149.898
- PS4: Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot (Bandai Namco) - 149.654
- NSW: Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! (Bandai Namco) - 133.978
- PS4: Trials of Mana (Square Enix) - 133.593
- PS4: One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 (Bandai Namco) - 131.315
- NSW: Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition (Nintendo) - 128.989
- NSW: Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo) - 128.499
- NSW: Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit (Nintendo) - 126.750
- NSW: One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 (Bandai Namco) - 117.954
- PS4: Cyberpunk 2077 (Spike Chunsoft) - 112.408
- PS4: Granblue Fantasy Versus (Cygames) - 111.094
- NSW: Derby Stallion (Game Addict) - 108.570
- NSW: Dragon Quest XI S (Square Enix) - 101.956
- NSW: Trials of Mana (Square Enix) - 100.451
- PS4: The Legend of Heroes: Hajimari no Kiseki (Nihon Falcom) - 96.140
- NSW: Human: Fall Flat (Teyon Japan) - 87.440
- PS4: Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris (Bandai) - 85.010
- NSW: Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (Marvelous) - 84.814
NSW - 33
PS4 - 17
TOTAL: 22.038.362
NSW TOTAL: 18.349.180 (83.26%)
PS4 TOTAL: 3.689.182 (16.74%)
Based on the Top 50, I anticipate when Famitsu releases the Official Top 100, Switch will have more than 85% of the Software Market in 2020.
Top 10 3rd Party Publishers:
- Konami - 1.661.290 (7.53%)
- Square Enix - 1.268.821
- Bandai Namco - 986.397
- Microsoft - 556.982
- Koei Tecmo - 461.735
- Sega - 411.180
- Capcom - 258.676
- Atlus - 149.898
- Spike Chunsoft - 112.408
- Cygames - 111.094
- Konami more than doubled their sales YoY, will end up the Top Selling 3rd Party publisher for 2020
- Bandai Namco had the biggest drop YoY, falling by about 1 million sales YoY
- Square could have been flat if Bravely Default 2 launched instead they also lose ground, likely around 500-600K YoY
- Capcom & Sega also saw declines YoY due to a lack of Switch games
- Koei Tecmo will see great growth YoY
- GameAddict and Teyon Games barely missed out on the Top 10, Human Fall Flat should continue to sell greatly in 2021
- Marvelous and Capcom will be making the biggest gains YoY in 2021
