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Chicho on 18 March 2023

theDX's COMG! Japan Pre-Order Chart March 19, 2023

1–NSWThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom 175+154¥7,900Nintendo
2–NSWThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (LE) 96+154¥????Nintendo
3–PS4Resident Evil RE:436+16¥????Capcom
4–PS5Resident Evil RE:434+26¥????Capcom
5–PS4Resident Evil RE:4 (LE)2506¥????Capcom
6–PS5Resident Evil RE:4 (LE)2006¥????Capcom
7↑1PS5Final Fantasy XVI19094¥9.900Square Enix
8↓1NSWAtelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key (LE)19-14¥11935Koei Tecmo 
9–NSWRockman EXE Advanced Collection18+127¥????Capcom
10–NSWPikmin 4
140126¥????Nintendo
11–NSWAtelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key1204¥8580Koei Tecmo 
12–NSWEtrian Odyssey Origins Collection11074¥????   Atlus
13–PS4Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key1104¥8580Koei Tecmo 
14↑1PS4Hogwarts Legacy11+113¥????Warner Bros.
15↓1PS5Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key1004¥8580Koei Tecmo 
16–NSWAokana: Four Rhythms Across the Blue – EXTRA1+2S9068¥12,700 Sprite
17–PS4Winning Post 104012¥????Koei Tecmo
18–PS4Rockman EXE Advanced Collection3027¥????Capcom
19–PS4Hogwarts Legacy (LE)3013¥????Warner Bros.
20–NSWGrim Guardians: Demon Purge
204¥????Inti Creates


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Chicho on 18 March 2023

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Clank 6 days ago

any predictions about first week zelda? i guess 1 milion should be secured



Zippy6 6 days ago
Clank said:

any predictions about first week zelda? i guess 1 milion should be secured

For whatever reason Zelda is not as popular in Japan. While it's the 4th best selling title for Switch globally, in Japan it's more around 16th. 

You can see here that it was 13th before the release of Splatoon 3 and Pokemon S/V which both sold much more than it and this was just after the release of Legends Arceus which likely overtook it after this date.

It's possible it breaks this mark, if we're talking about shipped moreso. But I don't think I'd say it's secured unless there's some information on the shipments/digital-sales in Japan specifically that could change my mind.

Physical sales in Japan accounted for 7.3% of BOTW's total sales as of March 2022.

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LGBTDBZBBQ 6 days ago
Zippy6 said:
Clank said:

any predictions about first week zelda? i guess 1 milion should be secured

For whatever reason Zelda is not as popular in Japan. While it's the 4th best selling title for Switch globally, in Japan it's more around 16th. 

You can see here that it was 13th before the release of Splatoon 3 and Pokemon S/V which both sold much more than it and this was just after the release of Legends Arceus which likely overtook it after this date.

It's possible it breaks this mark, if we're talking about shipped moreso. But I don't think I'd say it's secured unless there's some information on the shipments/digital-sales in Japan specifically that could change my mind.

Physical sales in Japan accounted for 7.3% of BOTW's total sales as of March 2022.

With digital sales as 31 Dec 2022

Zelda BOTW Switch+WiiU = 3.75 million units which is higher than Pokemon Legends, with the discount BOTW received in February it's certainly going to sell more than Pokemon BDSP. 



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Kakadu18 6 days ago
Zippy6 said:
Clank said:

any predictions about first week zelda? i guess 1 milion should be secured

For whatever reason Zelda is not as popular in Japan. While it's the 4th best selling title for Switch globally, in Japan it's more around 16th. 

You can see here that it was 13th before the release of Splatoon 3 and Pokemon S/V which both sold much more than it and this was just after the release of Legends Arceus which likely overtook it after this date.

It's possible it breaks this mark, if we're talking about shipped moreso. But I don't think I'd say it's secured unless there's some information on the shipments/digital-sales in Japan specifically that could change my mind.

Physical sales in Japan accounted for 7.3% of BOTW's total sales as of March 2022.

With digital BotW is higher than 16th with 3.41mil as of December 2022, it should be 12th I think. It has insane legs in Japan with digital in particular being huge.

Digital should be up to 50% of the total launch sales of TotK. It's preorders haven't just been huge on Comg. On Amazon.co.jp it has been #1 in the charts for months now and has been #1 on the GEO (a huge retail chain in Japan) preorder rankings since preoders opened. Physical day one shipments should absolutely be over 1mil. I think physical week one sales will be at the very least 800k with 1mil being likely.



Zippy6 6 days ago
Kakadu18 said:
Zippy6 said:

For whatever reason Zelda is not as popular in Japan. While it's the 4th best selling title for Switch globally, in Japan it's more around 16th. 

You can see here that it was 13th before the release of Splatoon 3 and Pokemon S/V which both sold much more than it and this was just after the release of Legends Arceus which likely overtook it after this date.

It's possible it breaks this mark, if we're talking about shipped moreso. But I don't think I'd say it's secured unless there's some information on the shipments/digital-sales in Japan specifically that could change my mind.

Physical sales in Japan accounted for 7.3% of BOTW's total sales as of March 2022.

With digital BotW is higher than 16th with 3.41mil as of December 2022, it should be 12th I think. It has insane legs in Japan with digital in particular being huge.

Digital should be up to 50% of the total launch sales of TotK. It's preorders haven't just been huge on Comg. On Amazon.co.jp it has been #1 in the charts for months now and has been #1 on the GEO (a huge retail chain in Japan) preorder rankings since preoders opened. Physical day one shipments should absolutely be over 1mil. I think physical week one sales will be at the very least 800k with 1mil being likely.

Ah, then yeah. With 3.41m sold for BOTW I'd say 1m FW should be easy.



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Zippy6 6 days ago
LGBTDBZBBQ said:
Zippy6 said:

For whatever reason Zelda is not as popular in Japan. While it's the 4th best selling title for Switch globally, in Japan it's more around 16th. 

You can see here that it was 13th before the release of Splatoon 3 and Pokemon S/V which both sold much more than it and this was just after the release of Legends Arceus which likely overtook it after this date.

It's possible it breaks this mark, if we're talking about shipped moreso. But I don't think I'd say it's secured unless there's some information on the shipments/digital-sales in Japan specifically that could change my mind.

Physical sales in Japan accounted for 7.3% of BOTW's total sales as of March 2022.

With digital sales as 31 Dec 2022

Zelda BOTW Switch+WiiU = 3.75 million units which is higher than Pokemon Legends, with the discount BOTW received in February it's certainly going to sell more than Pokemon BDSP. 

Yeah looks like it will beat both, found where the shipped numbers were for Japan. Arceus shipped 160k from Apr-Dec 2022 and BOTW shipped 340k. BDSP sold less than 1m worldwide so wasn't reported.

Pokemon BDSP = 3.85m (Mar 2022)
Pokemon Legends = 3.62m (Dec 2022)
BOTW (Switch) = 3.41m (Dec 2022)



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Clank 6 days ago

that's true, also we are reaching the end of switch lifespan so the higher installment base should also help reach it easily



Chicho 6 days ago

theDX's COMG! Japan Pre-Order Chart March 20, 2023

1 – NSW The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom  177 +2 53 ¥7,900 Nintendo
2 – NSW The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (LE)  97 +1 53 ¥???? Nintendo
3 – PS4 Resident Evil RE:4 40 +4 5 ¥???? Capcom
4 – PS5 Resident Evil RE:4 35 +1 5 ¥???? Capcom
5 – PS4 Resident Evil RE:4 (LE) 26 +1 5 ¥???? Capcom
6 – PS5 Resident Evil RE:4 (LE) 20 0 5 ¥???? Capcom
7 ↑2 NSW Rockman EXE Advanced Collection 19 +1 26 ¥???? Capcom
8 ↓1 PS5 Final Fantasy XVI 19 0 93 ¥9.900 Square Enix
9 ↓1 NSW Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key (LE) 19 0 3 ¥11935 Koei Tecmo 
10 ↑1 NSW Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key 16 +4 3 ¥8580 Koei Tecmo 
11 ↓1 NSW Pikmin 4
 14 0 125 ¥???? Nintendo
12 – NSW Etrian Odyssey Origins Collection 11 0 73 ¥????    Atlus
13 – PS4 Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key 11 0 3 ¥8580 Koei Tecmo 
14 – PS4 Hogwarts Legacy 11 0 12 ¥???? Warner Bros.
15 – PS5 Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key 10 0 3 ¥8580 Koei Tecmo 
16 – NSW Aokana: Four Rhythms Across the Blue – EXTRA1+2S 9 0 67 ¥12,700  Sprite
17 – PS4 Winning Post 10 4 0 11 ¥???? Koei Tecmo
18 – PS4 Rockman EXE Advanced Collection 3 0 26 ¥???? Capcom
19 – PS4 Hogwarts Legacy (LE) 3 0 12 ¥???? Warner Bros.
20 New PS5 Diablo IV 2 0 78 ¥???? Blizzard
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