Famitsu sales Week 52, 2024 - Week 1, 2025 (23/12/24 - 5/1/25)

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IcaroRibeiro said:

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Even on the Wii U, which was both a home console and a failure, games like Splatoon sold better in Japan than pretty much anything on PS5.

Hardware is an issue, but so is software.

Nintendo IPs have higher attachments rates, they are closely tied to the brand name. This is also true in West, I think the highest attachment rate for PS4 was Spider Man, which sold 20 million before PC and PS5 releases. An attachment rate of 17%. Switch currently have 7 games with higher attachments rates

It's more representative to compare the total software units moved 

Granted, I have no idea how collectively Wii U software has sold in Japan. Guess it was in pair with Vita?

Wii U first party software did well relative to its small install base, with Splatoon especially becoming a breakout hit.

The console itself was just crippled by the same disastrous design and marketing flaws that killed it everywhere else.