Famitsu Sales: Week 27, 2024 (Jul 01 - Jul 07)

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zeldaring said:

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Just last year Suika Game, a third party IP, became the most downloaded Switch game of the year, beating even Tears of the Kingdom and Mario Bros Wonder.

The Momotaro games, also third party, have exploded on Switch in the last few years.

Genshin Impact, Honkai Star Rail, and Zenless Zone Zero were big hits in Japan too.

I'm talking about thirdparty developers that  actually make games for the core gamer and are known to be top developers. I don't even know what those games are.

So your issue isn't really "there are no big hits other than Splatoon in the last 10-12 years" but rather "how dare the Japanese not like what I like".