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curl-6 on 19 August 2020
Marth said:
curl-6 said:

Man it feels so good to get software numbers for these kind of non-megaton Switch games again!

SO where are these numbers coming from, are they physical only, and are they as of the end of 2019?

They are from the 2020 CESA Games White Paper.

They make a yearly survey where publishers can report their game sales numbers. So this is total shipment.

Sadly only few companies bother nowadays. Capcom stopped and Square Enix is only updating some old stuff.

Okay, so do we know when this paper dates from, like is it sales as of end of 2019?



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Marth on 19 August 2020
curl-6 said:
Marth said:

They are from the 2020 CESA Games White Paper.

They make a yearly survey where publishers can report their game sales numbers. So this is total shipment.

Sadly only few companies bother nowadays. Capcom stopped and Square Enix is only updating some old stuff.

Okay, so do we know when this paper dates from, like is it sales as of end of 2019?

Yes, they are always for the full calendar year which means numbers are up to 31.12.2019



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curl-6 on 19 August 2020
Marth said:
curl-6 said:

Okay, so do we know when this paper dates from, like is it sales as of end of 2019?

Yes, they are always for the full calendar year which means numbers are up to 31.12.2019

Nice, so there's a good chance then that by now Xenoblade 2, Yoshi's Crafted World, and Octopath Traveler have passed 2 million, and Kirby Star Allies 3 million.



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Marth on 19 August 2020
curl-6 said:
Marth said:

Yes, they are always for the full calendar year which means numbers are up to 31.12.2019

Nice, so there's a good chance then that by now Xenoblade 2, Yoshi's Crafted World, and Octopath Traveler have passed 2 million, and Kirby Star Allies 3 million.

Possible. We will hopefully know around this time next year.

Or maybe if the games go completely crazy and sell 1M+ in Nintendos FY they will be listed in their IR reports.



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Bofferbrauer2 on 19 August 2020
Marth said:

Major increases:

Octopath Traveler (NSW) - 1.90M (+400k)

I thought they announced in March that they went past 2M sales on Switch, 2.2M if you're including Steam sales.



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Wyrdness on 19 August 2020
Bofferbrauer2 said:
Marth said:

Major increases:

Octopath Traveler (NSW) - 1.90M (+400k)

I thought they announced in March that they went past 2M sales on Switch, 2.2M if you're including Steam sales.

That was total sales for the game so included Steam as the message was also on SE's twitter for the steam version, the 1.9m figure for NS and the sales on Steam would pass 2m in total back in March. 



Marth on 19 August 2020

So this is something I want to collect over time but building that history will take time.

Here are some totals for End of 2019 in Japan

WiiU Japan Software:

1. Splatoon - 1.78M
2. Mario Kart 8 - 1.43M
3. New Super Mario Bros U - 1.35M
4. Super Mario Maker - 1.08M

3DS Japan Software:

1. Yo-Kai Watch 2 Bony Spirity / Fleshy Souls / Psychic Specters - 6.10M
2. Animal Crossing: New Leaf - 5.85M
3. Pokemon X / Y - 4.56M
4. Pokemon Sun / Moon - 3.94M
5. Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire - 3.46M
6. Monster Hunter Generations - 3.30M
7. Mario Kart 7 - 3.08M
8. Super Smash Bros for Nintendo 3DS - 2.91M
9. New Super Mario Bros 2 - 2.76M
10. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate - 2.70M
11. Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon - 2.70M
12. Super Mario 3D Land - 2.30M
13. Yo-Kai Watch Busters Akanekodan / Shiroinutai - 2.29M
13. Tomodachi Life - 2.22M
14. Yo-Kai Watch 3 Sushi / Tempra / Sukuyaki - 2.17M
15. Monster Hunter XX - 1.80M
16. Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer - 1.60M
17. Puzzle & Dragons Z - 1.50M
18. Yo-Kai Watch - 1.48M
19. Luigis Mansion 2: Dark Moon - 1.31M
20. Dragon Quest VII - 1.30M
21. Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS - 1.26M
22. Monster Hunter 3 (Tri) G - 1.20M
23. Monster Strike - 1.00M

Switch Japan Software:

1. Super Smash Bros Ultimate - 4.22M
2. Pokemon Sword / Shield - 4.21M
3. Splatoon 2 - 3.78M
4. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 3.25M
5. Super Mario Odyssey - 2.41M
6. Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu / Eevee - 2.05M
7. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 1.92M
8. Super Mario Party - 1.68M
9. Super Mario Maker 2 - 1.12M



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IcaroRibeiro on 19 August 2020

How the heck Yokai Watch 3 came from 2 million copies (which was already far worse than YW 2) to less than 300k copies with YW4 in less than 3 years?



Machina on 19 August 2020

Thanks for adding all of those Marth, and for getting a copy of the CESA white paper again. I've updated all of the series entries for the games you listed.



Marth on 05 November 2020

Nintendos new update is out.

Currently checking everying.
They "updated" each platform top 10 on the website.

First check DS:
No changes at all.



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