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Clank on 09 November 2019

does anybody know where I can find a list with the games with best first weeks sales in Japan? thanks!

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Barkley on 09 November 2019

Clank said:
so, do you think Pokemon Sword, Shield will break the record for first week sales in japan? Smash holds the record right?

Clank said:
does anybody know where I can find a list with the games with best first weeks sales in Japan? thanks!

Are you talking about just Switch games? Or everything? Pokemon doesn't stand a chance at breaking the all time record.

I found figures from 2008 for biggest Japan Launch (Famitsu numbers):

Final Fantasy VIII - 2.5m
Dragon Quest VIII - 2.24m
Final Fantasy VII - 2.03m
Final Fantasy IX - 1.95m
Dragon Quest VII - 1.86m
Final Fantasy XII - 1.84m
Final Fantasy X - 1.75m
Pokemon Diamond and Pearl - 1.59m

Some more recent tiles:

Pokemon Sun and Moon - 1.91m
Pokemon X/Y - 2.1m
Monster Hunter 4 - 1.72m
Smash Bros Ultimate 1.22m

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Megiddo on 09 November 2019

You can go to https://sites.google.com/site/gamedatalibrary/game-search

And click the "FW" column in decreasing order to see the largest first week sales numbers.

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Barkley on 09 November 2019

Megiddo said:
You can go to https://sites.google.com/site/gamedatalibrary/game-search

And click the "FW" column in decreasing order to see the largest first week sales numbers.

Awesome tool, thanks for sharing it. Now have up to date LTD figures for my table!

Days Left	Pokemon Let's Go	Pokemon Sword/Shield	Pokemon Sun/Moon	Pokemon X/Y	Pokemon US/UM	Pokemon OR/AS
50	165	254	892	857	180	688
40	178	290	1003	1106	287	934
30	194	320	1097	1259	365	1096
20	208	367	1241	1442	459	1209
10	232	457	1460	1703	576	1381
9	233	461	1480	1732	590	1399
8	242	469	1495	1760	605	1410
7	248	481	1512	1824	614	1416
6	251	n/a	1553	1894	646	1450
5	259	n/a	1613	1939	683	1477
4	262	n/a	1642	1977	700	1490
3	266	n/a	1664	2020	715	1505
2	273	n/a	1684	2065	740	1526
1	279	n/a	1718	2136	759	1533
First Week Sales (Famitsu)	664,198	n/a	1,905,107	2,096,050	1,199,814	1,534,593
First Week Ratio	2.37	n/a	1.11	0.98	1.58	1
LTD Sales (Famitsu)	1,760,507	n/a	3,918,808	4,557,957	2,536,055	3,198,167

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Clank on 09 November 2019

Barkley said:

Clank said:
so, do you think Pokemon Sword, Shield will break the record for first week sales in japan? Smash holds the record right?

Clank said:
does anybody know where I can find a list with the games with best first weeks sales in Japan? thanks!

Are you talking about just Switch games? Or everything? Pokemon doesn't stand a chance at breaking the all time record.

I found figures from 2008 for biggest Japan Launch (Famitsu numbers):

Final Fantasy VIII - 2.5m
Dragon Quest VIII - 2.24m
Final Fantasy VII - 2.03m
Final Fantasy IX - 1.95m
Dragon Quest VII - 1.86m
Final Fantasy XII - 1.84m
Final Fantasy X - 1.75m
Pokemon Diamond and Pearl - 1.59m

Some more recent tiles:

Pokemon Sun and Moon - 1.91m
Pokemon X/Y - 2.1m
Monster Hunter 4 - 1.72m
Smash Bros Ultimate 1.22m

thank you so much!

Megiddo said:
You can go to https://sites.google.com/site/gamedatalibrary/game-search

And click the "FW" column in decreasing order to see the largest first week sales numbers.

yes I was looking for that website in particular thanks!

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I take it you missed that game called "Conception Please Have My Baby" or what ever then.

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Megiddo said:
You can go to https://sites.google.com/site/gamedatalibrary/game-search

And click the "FW" column in decreasing order to see the largest first week sales numbers.

That site is pure gold.

Thanks man!

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