Software Sales

1. [NS2] Mario Kart World – 102,435 / 2,354,146
2. [NS2] Kirby Air Riders – 46,737 / 288,618
3. [NS2] Pokemon Legends: Z-A – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – 44,331 / 862,377
4. [NSW] Pokemon Legends: Z-A – 40,441 / 1,347,242
5. [NSW] Octopath Traveler 0 – 21,698 / NEW
6. [NS2] Metroid Prime 4: Beyond – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – 21,415 / NEW
7. [NS2] Momotaro Dentetsu 2 – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – 19,806 / 113,094
8. [PS5] Octopath Traveler 0 – 19,533 / NEW
9. [NS2] Octopath Traveler 0 – 18,083 / NEW
10. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu 2 – 17,851 / 158,992

Octopath Traveler 0 total sales = 59,314

Hardware Sales

1. Switch 2 - 203,398
2. Switch - 51,316
3. PS5 - 25,240
4. Xbox Series - 231
5. PS4 - 20


Switch 2 – 203,398
Switch OLED – 24,395
Switch Lite – 15,194
Switch – 11,727
PS5 Digital Edition – 12,372
PS5 Pro – 8,797
PS5 – 4,071
Xbox Series X Digital Edition – 130
Xbox Series S – 54
Xbox Series X – 47
PS4 – 20

Someone forgot to tell NS1 it needs to retire

So much for price being the issue for the PS5...

It’s like I’ve been saying for a while now. There are were three problems with the PS5 in Japan: The high price, the lack of exclusive games that appeal to the region and form factor. But as we’re seeing here, lowering the price on something with two much bigger issues can only do so much.

Example:

- Monster Hunter Wilds launches, PS5 (still expensive) sells 190,000 in the first three weeks during a non-holiday period.

- Substantial price drop during the holidays, PS5 sells 98,000 in the first three weeks.

It’s clear that games that matter are far more important for a console than a price drop without them and Switch 1 continuing to compete with the cheaper PS5 in Japan shows how important portability is as well. The final nail in the coffin for the PS5 in Japan was, of course, Switch 2. Games like Resident Evil and Final Fantasy are day one for Nintendo’s new system and the selling power of GTA6 + what Sony has left in the pipeline can’t begin to compete with Nintendo’s 1st party lineup in the region.

1. Metroid Dread 86,798
2. Metroid Fusion 49,680 / 155,528
3. Metroid: Other M 44,103 / 75,578
4. Metroid Prime 39,829 / 78,384
5. Metroid: Zero Mission 39,112 / 85,045
6. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption 34,151 / 74,647
7. Metroid Prime: Hunters 32,613 / 90,028
8. Metroid: Samus Returns 28,596 / 42,437
9. Metroid Prime 2: Echoes 17,680 / 40,355
10. Famicom Mini 23: Metroid 14,900 / 50,353

Accounting for NS1 Edition & digital, MP4:Beyond likely saw the second biggest JP debut week in the franchise history.

The Switch Effect continues into the Switch 2 generation, it seems. Solid start! If even a bit down from Metroid Dread.

(What’s craziest to me though is that Kirby could already be at 500k in JP alone lol.)

That is a massive competitive advantage for Nintendo that they can sell good numbers in all 3 major console markets. It basically means Sony has to outsell Nintendo enormously over many years in Europe to have their console sell more than Nintendo's in the future. For example Switch 2 could sell 15-20M in Europe and still reach 80M+ worldwide sales, due to how big their sales potential is in the US, Japan etc, while for Sony such a sales performance in Europe would spell disaster due to their heavy dependancy on the US and EU market.

Unlikely. If it's anything like other regions Switch 2 will account for the large majority of sales. They'd probably need a 45-50% digital Ratio to beat Fusion's opening which is very high.

MP4 unfortunately looks like one of the few games that hasn't had the "switch effect".

Sony is extremely strong in Asia outside Japan

PS4 sold 23 million ROW and PS5 will likely surpass that as well 

Last month literally 30% of its total hardware sales (VGC bumbers) were from ROW

Sony only weak market is Japan, but their rumored new handheld should fix this and make them to sell on 15 million range again 

At what cost though?

I keep hearing these rumors about Sony releasing a new handheld and I just think “…Really?”

Remember the Vita? There’s a reason Sony stopped making handhelds in the first place. They saw the growing mobile elephant in the room, the difference was they didn’t (and still don’t) have the IPs to still compete, sell well, or even thrive despite mobile like Nintendo does.

And they also stopped making handhelds for the same reason Nintendo stopped making two separate systems - It became too costly and demanding in resources for them to support two separate systems when their development resources were spread so thin and one system clearly wasn’t pulling its weight.

And unless Sony seriously puts effort, emphasis, costs, and resources into doing so, they’re going to run into the same problem again.

Which is exactly why all the rumours state the new console is just going to run the same games as the PS5. It won't require anywhere near the resource investment that a handheld with its own library like the PSP/Vita did.