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Forums - Sales Discussion - Japan Sales Week 2 Media Create - January 07-13, 2019

Jranation on 16 January 2019

Seems like Somy needs them PS4 discounts and deals to keep it alive.



Pocky Lover Boy! 

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jonathanalis on 16 January 2019

So big drops. Seems that smash will take longer to pass splatoon 2.
I wonder how would be the new baseline for switch. was 40k in 2018. Seems that it would be like 20k more this year.



Keybladewielder on 16 January 2019

Not surprisingly, sales fell off a cliff. Good opening for NSMBUDX.

Vesperia did decently considering the japanese had already got the extra content that the remaster has.



Bofferbrauer2 on 16 January 2019
Medisti said:
Kai_Mao said:
Not a bad hold for Switch and Smash Bros had an expected drop. But damn what a run it had in December. Smash Bros. Ultimate is already in the Splatoon and Monster Hunter World tier for this generation in Japan. It really vindicates Nintendo for promoting Ultimate as their big title of the year despite some naysayers.

"It's a port of the Wii U game!"
"There're too many Smash Directs!"
"Smash Bros. isn't a system seller like Mario or Zelda or Pokemon"
"Why is Nintendo relying on Smash (and Pokemon Let's Go) to carry them through the holidays?"

Well there's your answer.

People actually said Smash isn't a system seller?

Oh yes, very much so.

Many in fact argued that the series peaked saleswise with Brawl and would sell less than it's 13M: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/dev2016/post.php?id=8955521



The Nintendo eShop rating Thread: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=237454 List as Google Doc:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aW2hXQT1TheElVS7z-F3pP-7nbqdrDqWNTxl6JoJWBY/edit?usp=sharing

The Steam/GOG key gifting thread: https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread/242024/the-steamgog-key-gifting-thread/1/ 

Free Pc Games thread: https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread/248138/free-pc-games/1/

zygote on 17 January 2019

So proud of Xbox One moving to the second level of pixels in that last graph.  You can do it buddy.



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GProgrammer on 17 January 2019
Kai_Mao said:
"Smash Bros. isn't a system seller like Mario or Zelda or Pokemon"

People said this?

historically it has sold far better than Zelda, eg smash on the GameCube was the best selling title on the platform even better than any Mario game!

i can’t believe people said it wasn’t a system seller, even the wii U version was a huge success with a massive attach rate



PortisheadBiscuit on 17 January 2019
GProgrammer said:
Kai_Mao said:
"Smash Bros. isn't a system seller like Mario or Zelda or Pokemon"

People said this?

Yes! Don't know how many times I read "People who will buy Smash already have a Switch" 



TheBraveGallade on 17 January 2019
GProgrammer said:
Kai_Mao said:
"Smash Bros. isn't a system seller like Mario or Zelda or Pokemon"

People said this?

historically it has sold far better than Zelda, eg smash on the GameCube was the best selling title on the platform even better than any Mario game!

i can’t believe people said it wasn’t a system seller, even the wii U version was a huge success with a massive attach rate

I'd say Zelda isn't even a system seller in Japan while Metroid is very niche, more niche that FE was pre awakening. B tier, smash is, I thought, in Japan. Before BoTW and SSBU happened.

The race between Splatoon and smashU will be interesting to watch...



Mnementh on 17 January 2019

Hmm, looks like Switch could settle at around the same baseline as last year (40K per week) or maybe a bit higher. PS4 looks like it will fall under last years baseline (18K).



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Miyamotoo on 17 January 2019

Top 100 selling retail games in Japan, that top 10.
https://sites.google.com/site/gamedatalibrary/games-by-year/2018-top-100

1. SWI Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 2.360.655 2.360.655 Nintendo 07/12/2018
2. PS4 Monster Hunter: World 1.962.221 1.962.221 Capcom 26/01/2018
3. SWI Pokémon: Let's Go Pikachu! / Let's Go Eevee! 1.253.677 1.253.677 Pokémon Co. 16/11/2018
4. SWI Splatoon 2 1.122.324 2.874.420 Nintendo 21/07/2017
5. SWI Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 926.553 2.030.297 Nintendo 28/4/2017
6. SWI Super Mario Party 764.853 764.853 Nintendo 05/10/2018
7. SWI Kirby Star Allies 664.815 664.815 Nintendo 16/3/2018
8. SWI Super Mario Odyssey 575.926 1.900.206 Nintendo 27/10/2017
9. SWI Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition 525.045 525.045 Microsoft 21/06/2018
10. SWI The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 491.648 1.179.692 Nintendo 03/03/2017