Famitsu Sales: Week 12, 2025 (Mar 17 - Mar 23)

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kenjab said:

firebush03 said:

229 XBSXS units sold is insane. That feels abnormally small for Xbox in JP, no? Also, NSW seems to be surviving. Sitting at 30k certainly is a bit reassuring after last week.

Xbox has never been that big in JP. As I recall, the XB1 was under 100 per week for most of its time in the market. 

While the Xbox brand never was really big in Japan, the XS last dropped below 300 in spring of 2023 and before that in early 2021. So yes, it is abnormally low for the console.

Comparing to the XBO, which the XS has long outsold already in Japan, doesn't really work here. It's like comparing the Vita to the PS3 in the west; while the PS3 underperformed somewhat it's nowhere near the level of the Vita. I mean, the XBO was so bad in Japan that the massive Flop that was the Virtual Boy outsold it there.