Sephiran said:
It seems that Tomodachi Life had the biggest launch ever for a system over 7-9 years old in Japan:
Last 3DS game with a 500+K first week was Pokémon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon, about 6.5 years from launch. It was also the last game to start over 100K.
Last DS game with a 500+K first week was Pokémon Black 2 / White 2, about 7.5 years from launch. It was also the last game to start over 100K.
Just after 7 years from launch PS2 had Warriors Orochi at about 380K. 8.5 years from launch Super Robot Wars Z opened at 360K. 9.5 years from launch SD Gundam G Generation Wars opened at 200K, and also looks like the last game to open over 100K. PS2's last game with a 500+K first week was Final Fantasy XII, 6 years from launch.
PS1's last game with a 500+K first week was Dragon Quest IV, almost 7 years from launch. Dragon Quest Monsters 1+2 about 7.5 years from launch was its last game with a first week over 100K.
And Tomodachi Life likely had around 1M launch including digital sales, so it had the best late gen launch of any game on an older system in Japan just by including its retail sales. |
Tomodachi's first week performance is incredible. I wouldn't be surprised if Rhythm Heaven got 100k+ in it's first week though. We'll see. The Switch may still have some more records it can set.
