Famitsu sales: Week 12, 2021 - (Mar 15 - Mar 21)

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TOP 50 2021 Famitsu:

1. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu (Konami) - 819.094
2. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury - 555.517 
3. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure - 379.936
4. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 321.613
5. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 281.204
6. [NSW] Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town (Marvelous) – 256.421 
7. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - 195.495
8. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield + Expansion Pass - 174.287
9. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft) - 158.722
10. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics - 144.181
11. [NSW] Splatoon 2 - 130.674
12. [NSW] Bravely Default II (Square Enix) – 127.628 
13. [NSW] Super Mario Party - 116.347
14. [NSW] Pikmin 3 Deluxe - 87.695
15. [NSW] Super Mario 3D All-Stars - 82.197
16. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 68.793
17. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe - 61.157
18. [NSW] Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (Marvelous) - 59.268
19. [NSW] Little Nightmares II (Bandai Namco) - 51.835 
20. [NSW] Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Koei Tecmo) - 50.020
21. [NSW] Fitness Boxing 2 (Imagineer) - 49.200
22. [NSW] Dragon Quest XI S (Square Enix) - 48.928
23. [NSW] Human Fall Flat (Teyon Japan) - 42.692
24. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 - 40.296
25. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey - 38.125
26. [NSW] Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (Sega) - 33.546
27. [NSW] Luigi's Mansion 3 - 28.240
28. [NSW] Disgaea 6 (Nippon Ichi) - 25.744
29. [PS4] Little Nightmares II (Bandai Namco) - 24.968
30. [NSW] Densha de Go!! (Square Enix) - 24.393 NEW
31. [NSW] Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training - 23.457
32. [NSW] A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism (Artdink) - 20.043
33. [PS4] Disgaea 6 (Nippon Ichi) - 18.289
34. [NSW] Family Trainer (Bandai Namco) - 17.151
35. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War (Sony) - 16.454
36. [PS4] Dragon Quest XI S (Square Enix) - 16.352
37. [NSW] Jack Jeanne (Broccoli) - 15.827 NEW
38. [NSW] Fishing Spirits (Bandai Namco) - 15.414
39. [PS4] NieR: Automata - Game of the YoRHa Edition (Square Enix) - 13.712
40. [NSW] Derby Stallion (GameAddict) - 13.170
41. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythmic Adventure Pack (Bandai Namco) - 12.327
42. [NSW] Apex Legends (Electronic Arts) - 11.665 NEW
43. [NSW] Buddy Mission Bond - 11.027
44. [NSW] Uta no Prince-sama (Broccoli) – 10.588
45. [PS4] Nioh 2: The Complete Edition (Koei Tecmo) - 9.969
46. [PS5] Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Sony) - 9.473*
47. [NSW] Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega) - 7.696
48. [NSW] The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV (Nippon Ichi) - 6.074 NEW
49. [NSW] Umineko no Naku Koro ni Saku (Entergram) - 5.821
50. [NSW] Darius Cozmic Revelation (Taito) - 5.341 

NSW: 4.628.849

PS4: 99.744 

PS5: 9.473*

TOTAL: 4.738.066

Finally was able to complete the Top 50 for 2021 this week, as I wanted to at least have games that surpassed 5K in there. The Top 50 games this year are likely to be between 6.25M to 6.5M by the end of the Quarter due to the launch of Monster Hunter Rise next week. Last year the Top 50 achieved over 22 million sales, so this year being the peak in terms of Software and hardware sales we can expect something closer to 30 million physical. 

The major difference will be platform splits, PS4/PS5 managed a respectable 17% of Software sales last year, while this year it does seem that it would be a major problem to even reach 5%, with such a strangle hold on the market - it's not surprising that certain AA projects might become entirely Switch exclusives if they are Japanese focused. This has already happened to Baseball Spirits by Konami, a franchise usually associated with the PlayStation ecosystem. This is a continuation of what I talked about mid of last year, as we were speculating on the PS5 launch, as expected the PS4/PS5 failed to surpass 1 million units combined last year and I very much doubt the PS5 will manage to surpass 1 million this year either.

Nier Replicant & Resident Evil: Village are the first major games on the ecosystem for 2021.. So for me that's when we would get a few questions answered