Famitsu Sales: Week 41, 2024 (Oct 07 - Oct 13)

[Kyuu]

curl-6 said:

Kyuu said:

Having these games on Switch would have hardly made a difference in terms of Japan vs the world. Hell, many of them would have still sold better on Playstation in Japan due to brand association.

I did say partly. That said, plenty of multiplats have sold well on Switch in Japan, including those with Playstation heritage. Even if they simply matched PS sales, that's still doubling your current JP sales.

Sales would not have necessarily matched Playstation's actual numbers. A lot of the Switch users that are interested in 3rd party AA or AAA games also have a PC or a Playstation... or rarely even Xbox.

So if for example Elden Ring released on Switch at launch, combined versions sales would have been higher by maybe 20%-25%, because the other version would have sold less than what they ended up selling.

Edited to correct my poor wording.

Last edited by Kyuu - on 19 October 2024