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Forums - Sales Discussion - Famitsu Sales: W47, 2019 (Nov 18 - Nov 24)

RolStoppable said:

This week's year over year gain allows Switch to exceed the 1m mark of its advantage over 2018. If the five remaining weeks are flat, Switch will finish at 4.5m for the year 2019. Last year's December poses a tough comparison because of the release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. This year there is no December first party release at all, so the already released games have to make the push along with the Switch Lite SKU.

Week 2018 Weekly 2018 Cumulative 2019 Weekly 2019 Cumulative Difference Weekly Difference Cumulative
1 159.636 159.636 225.698 225.698 66.062 66.062
2 31.189 190.825 83.136 308.834 51.947 118.009
3 38.749 229.574 71.672 380.506 32.923 150.932
4 39.473 269.047 51.556 432.062 12.083 163.015
5 46.517 315.564 66.448 498.510 19.931 182.946
6 43.522 359.086 61.042 559.552 17.520 200.466
7 40.655 399.741 64.313 623.865 23.658 224.124
8 41.294 441.035 49.139 673.004 7.845 231.969
9 43.801 484.836 66.453 739.457 22.652 254.621
10 45.746 530.582 67.624 807.081 21.878 276.499
11 47.841 578.423 55.478 862.559 7.637 284.136
12 51.563 629.986 56.812 919.371 5.249 289.385
13 41.402 671.388 49.852 969.223 8.450 297.835
14 36.341 707.729 46.850 1.016.073 10.509 308.344
15 32.427 740.156 54.101 1.070.174 21.674 330.018
16 32.476 772.632 40.338 1.110.512 7.862 337.880
17 35.498 808.130 42.108 1.152.620 6.610 344.490
18 54.534 862.664 41.735 1.194.355 -12.799 331.691
19 27.907 890.571 41.736 1.236.091 13.829 345.520
20 30.341 920.912 32.564 1.268.655 2.223 347.743
21 31.673 952.585 25.936 1.294.591 -5.737 342.006
22 36.271 988.856 33.154 1.327.745 -3.117 338.889
23 36.449 1.025.305 33.590 1.361.335 -2.859 336.030
24 44.824 1.070.129 34.321 1.395.656 -10.503 325.527
25 46.750 1.116.879 29.058 1.424.714 -17.692 307.835
26 50.678 1.167.557 59.184 1.483.898 8.506 316.341
27 43.648 1.211.205 75.481 1.559.379 31.833 348.174
28 47.317 1.258.522 55.823 1.615.202 8.506 356.680
29 53.644 1.312.166 45.596 1.660.798 -8.048 348.632
30 47.446 1.359.612 42.689 1.703.487 -4.757 343.875
31 48.975 1.408.587 36.613 1.740.100 -12.362 331.513
32 50.549 1.459.136 46.338 1.786.438 -4.211 327.302
33 53.536 1.512.672 46.339 1.832.777 -7.197 320.105
34 46.413 1.559.085 30.072 1.862.849 -16.341 303.764
35 41.125 1.600.210 90.553 1.953.402 49.428 353.192
36 46.206 1.646.416 77.392 2.030.794 31.186 384.378
37 36.153 1.682.569 51.619 2.082.413 15.466 399.844
38 36.751 1.719.320 239.740 2.322.153 202.989 602.833
39 43.197 1.762.517 196.489 2.518.642 153.292 756.125
40 46.590 1.809.107 89.137 2.607.779 42.547 798.672
41 44.572 1.853.679 56.680 2.664.459 12.108 810.780
42 43.863 1.897.542 54.067 2.718.526 10.204 820.984
43 38.448 1.935.990 69.438 2.787.964 30.990 851.974
44 40.344 1.976.334 119.397 2.907.361 79.053 931.027
45 53.385 2.029.719 88.772 2.996.133 35.387 966.414
46 180.585 2.210.304 180.136 3.176.269 -449 965.965
47 113.341 2.323.645 179.992 3.356.261 66.651 1.032.616
48 107.450 2.431.095
49 278.313 2.709.408
50 285.513 2.994.921
51 300.661 3.295.582
52 186.806 3.482.388

How about brain training? Maybe it isn't going to be considered a major game but it could be a surprise hit and possible HW mover.



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RolStoppable said:
peachbuggy said:

How about brain training? Maybe it isn't going to be considered a major game but it could be a surprise hit and possible HW mover.

I forgot that it launches earlier in Japan, not in January like the rest of the world.

The first trailer of Brain Training didn't look promising for a hardware mover as it basically showed the same old concept. This stands in contrast to Ring Fit Adventure that isn't a retread of Wii Fit.

Whilst I agree it didn't look that promising, it could be the sort of thing that "The casualz" eat up.



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Updated the OP with the charts. Switch flat WoW.

Week 47 marks the fifth best week of the year for the SW and the worst week for the PS4. In order to be in the top for the SW has to sell over 180k and the PS4 more than 34k.

Pokemon crazyness far from over and RFA with stock problems hanging on. OG still selling more than Lite. Japanese love the best version of the SW



Mario Party had a huge jump, special bundle or something?



nero said:

Updated the OP with the charts. Switch flat WoW.

Week 47 marks the fifth best week of the year for the SW and the worst week for the PS4. In order to be in the top for the SW has to sell over 180k and the PS4 more than 34k.

Pokemon crazyness far from over and RFA with stock problems hanging on. OG still selling more than Lite. Japanese love the best version of the SW

I know holiday sales are far more muted in Japan than in Europe or especially the US, but having the lowest weekly sales during that period just feels so wrong to me. It tells me that the demand for the PS4 is breaking away, so next year sales will probably be pretty low.



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MK8 has now in total (NS and WiiU) outsold MKWii in Japan.



PortisheadBiscuit said:
Mario Party had a huge jump, special bundle or something?

The joy con bundle was brought back 



Switch sales flat from a new gen pokemon release? How lmaoooo. Seems like word of mouth that the game is actually good might be an aspect, although not sure it had backlash in japan as much as row.

Pokemon having similar drops to X/Y and lower than more recent games is good news. I think it will have pretty good legs again from word of mouth.

I know switch will destroy everything this holiday but each week I'm surprised. Like I saw on Twitter, pokemon is the first big game that really push the 1 console per person idea compare to the 1 per household and I'm sure that this factor going in 2020 with the help of AC and more will make it so the console might peak next year or come really close to this year. Cause like Switch didn't get anything amazing in 2019 until June, so the fact it has a bigger momentum starting 2020 and a huge system seller in march will be game changer imo.



Wyrdness said:
MK8 has now in total (NS and WiiU) outsold MKWii in Japan.

At this rate, the Switch version alone can do it by then end of the generation



Friday launch (3 days)
Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon -80%
Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire -79%
Sun/Moon -78%
Let's Go, Pikachu/Eevee! -76%
Sword/Shield -72%

Saturday launch (2 days)
Platinum -75%
Black 2/White 2 -74%
X/Y -72%
Black/White -71%
Heart Gold/Soul Silver -65%

Great drop for Sword/Shield.

With digital, S/S probably sold another ~500k this past week bringing its total 2.50 million.