TOP 10 Switch Famitsu 2020(w/o AC:NH):
- Ring Fit Adventure - 924.388
- Pokemon Sword / Shield - 729.863
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 472.849
- Smash Ultimate - 356.891
- Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics - 349.010
- Minecraft - 342.220
- Splatoon 2 - 292.003
- Super Mario Party - 274.436
- Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX - 259.513
- Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo Switch - 250.845
TOTAL: 4.270.018
TOP 10 Switch Famitsu 2019:
- Pokemon Sword / Shield - 2.744.658
- Smash Ultimate - 1.057.012
- Super Mario Maker 2 - 774.102
- New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe - 735.437
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 587.829
- Minecraft - 579.998
- Super Mario Party - 464.208
- Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age S - 456.426
- Luigi's Mansion 3 - 446.649
- Ring Fit Adventure - 443.118
TOTAL: 8.289.437
Even as I remove New Horizon from the Top 10 Switch titles in 2020, it's extremly likely that the Switch Top 10 will be up YoY. Ring Fit Adventure, Momotaro, Taiko no Tatsujin: RAP, Super Mario 3D Collection, Pikmin are the biggest fall titles, but we still are waiting for Bravely Default 2 and Rune Factory 5 news, which could be supplimented by an announcement about a certain game where you hunt monsters.
TOP 10 Switch Famitsu 2020 Q3:
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 623.742
- Ring Fit Adventure - 346.423
- Paper Mario: The Origami King - 238.391(new)
- eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 - 207.757(new)
- Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics - 177.390
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 126.815
- Pokemon Sword / Shield - 79.004
- Splatoon 2 - 74.128
- Smash Ultimate - 72.174
- Super Mario Party - 61.921
TOTAL: 2.007.745
Nothing changed this week in terms of the Top 10 but Ring Fit continues to accelerate while New Horizon's lack of bundles has slowed down its sales compared to two weeks ago. Elsewhere I'm surprised at the longevity of Clubhouse Games - this game will surely do great during the holidays - it will probably hit 1 million sales eventually. Paper Mario has fallen behind eBaseball this week, so unless new DLC is announced it's looking likely that eBaseball will end up outselling it at some point. Pokemon seemingly needs new DLC because its sales are slowing down again. Square could have temporarily had a game in Top 10 but lack of stock for Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles does hurt their chances.
Elsewhere I'm certain that as long as retailers continue to order Human Fall Flat the game will end up with over 100K physical sales by the end of the year, I believe that would make it the first Western indie game on the Switch to sell so many copies physically in Japan(unless we count Snipperclips). It's still amazing that the game continues to dominate the eShop chart and now Japanese retailers are continuing to order more and more physical copies. If we don't count Mario + Rabbids and Minecraft which are abnormalities the Top Selling Western 3rd Party game on the Switch in Japan is FIFA 18 with 122.998 copies sold.
FIFA sales started with a measly 12K launch, Snipperclips with 3K, Human Fall Flat falls in the middle of these two results with a 5K launch but far more longevity than both, as FIFA is an annual franchise, while Snipperclips only received one major update after launching. Human Fall Flat continues to be updated as far as I'm aware, eventually I think it might even outsell Mario + Rabbids 213K sales according to Famitsu.
Last edited by noshten - on 04 September 2020