Famitsu Sales: Week 52, 2025 (Dec 22 - Dec 28)

[CosmicSex]

Sephiran said:

CosmicSex said:

Does Japan not like GTA? Looking as GTA 5 the game sold 360k in it first week back in 2013.  What makes you so sure that GTA 6 will have no impact?  Given the series growth curve in Japan, GTA 6 should blow GTA 5 out of the water.  Wouldn't it be odd if it didn't sell any consoles?

Not exactly no impact, but for example Monster Hunter is a bigger franchise in Japan than GTA, and Monster Hunter Wilds only really led the PS5 to get one week over 100k sales in Japan, as well as boosting it by a smaller amount for 2-3 weeks until reverting back to the normal low selling weekly PS5 numbers. So if GTA boost PS5 sales in Japan, it would be by lower amounts than MH Wilds did in 2025. The PS5 would also be a good deal older when GTA finally releases compared to when Wilds released, which should also lower the potential boost it can get from GTA in Japan.

I dont agree with your potential boost argument because i dont see a direct link from MH fans to GTA and.  I think the hardware boost will be around the same. Maybe mire.