Kakadu18 said:
Zippy6 said:
Famitsu's most wanted games poll: 1. [PS5] Final Fantasy XVI – 965 votes
2. [NSW] Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – 959 votes
3. [NSW] Pikmin 4 – 514 votes
4. [PS5] Street Fighter 6 – 477 votes
5. [PS5] Final Fantasy VII Rebirth – 461 votes
6. [PS5] Pragmata – 292 votes
7. [PS5] Like a Dragon 8 – 214 votes
8. [NSW] Ys X – 166 votes
9. [PS4] Like a Dragon 8 – 164 votes
10. [NSW] Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection – 159 votes
11. [NSW] Etrian Odyssey Origins Collection – 151 votes
12. [NSW] Atelier Marie Remake – 148 votes
13. [NSW] Master Detective Archives: Rain Code – 133 votes
14. [NSW] Suikoden I & II HD Remaster: Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars – 114 votes
15. [NSW] Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster – 113 votes
16. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! – 111 votes
17. [PS5] Ys X – 109 votes
18. [PS5] Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name – 108 votes
19. [PS4] Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name – 106 votes
20. [NSW] Professor Layton and the New World of Steam – 103 votes
21. [PS4] Street Fighter 6 – 101 votes
22. [NSW] Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time – 85 votes
23. [NSW] Ushiro – 80 votes
24. [NSW] Infinity Strash: Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai – 74 votes
25. [NSW] Natsu-Mon! 20th Century Summer Vacation – 72 votes
26. [NSW] Buccanyar – 71 votes
27. [PS5] Diablo IV – 69 votes
28. [PS5] Tekken 8 – 67 votes
29. [PS4] Granblue Fantasy Relink – 66 votes
30. [PS4] Hogwarts Legacy – 64 votes Definitely not going to trust COMG numbers to be reflective of FW sales for FFXVI. Famitsu's most wanted games - April 16, 2023 (nintendoeverything.com) |
Famitsu's readers have always been more Playstation leaning. While Comg isn't the best point of reference, Famitsu's poll had FFXVI ahead of Splatoon 3 and Pokémon S/V last year. That poll is way less trustworthy unless you expect FFXVI to sell over 4mil in it's first week. TotK's first week physical shipment is going to be 1mil while FFXVI is unlikely to ever reach that even including digital looking at how software sales have so far behaved on PS5. The Amazon best seller charts are a good way to gauge interest. TotK is at #1, #8,#18. It has been #1 for many months now. FFXVI is at #4 and I think this is the highest it's been so far. In the GEO pre-order charts (one of the largest gaming store chains in Japan) TotK has been #1 for many months now, while FFXVI is #3, up from #4 the previous week. The farthest off Comg has been in recent years was with Pokémon Legends Arceus and that was because they had a shortage. |
The best example is Animal Crossing New Horizons vs FF 7 Remake. FF7 remake always had way more votes than Animal Crossing, yet what happened during the launch week for both games? FF7 Remake did 700k while Animal Crossing did 1.8 million. The Famitsu most wanted isn't a good indicator for how well games sell. Zelda and FF16 are very close in votes, but we all know Zelda will obliterate FF16 in sales.
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