Top 30: https://gonintendo.com/stories/368590-japanese-software-sales-for-aug-31st-to-sept-6th-2020-top-30

1. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure – 63,958 / 1,483,985
2. [PS4] Marvel’s Avengers – 42,979 / NEW
3. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 32,136 / 5,660,598
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 13,523 / 3,145,381
5. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics – 13,410 / 362,420
6. [PS4] Ghost of Tsushima – 9,563 / 385,143
7. [PS4] NBA 2K21 – 8,541 / NEW
8. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 7,725 / 3,817,668
9. [PS4] The Legend of Heroes: Hajimari no Kiseki – 7,606 / 91,286
10. [NSW] eBaseball Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2020 – 7,318 / 215,075
11. [NSW] Pokemon Sword/Shield – 6,960 / 3,724,957
12. [NSW] Splatoon 2 – 6,916 / 3,551,679
13. [NSW] Minecraft – 5,939 / 1,494,098
14. [NSW] Super Mario Party – 5,819 / 1,543,965
15. [NSW] Paper Mario: The Origami King – 5,719 / 244,110
16. [NSW] Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered Edition – 5,138 / 54,094
17. [NSW] Jump Force Deluxe Edition – 4,346 / 19,934
18. [NSW] Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 3,996 / 1,641,050
19. [NSW] Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training for Nintendo Switch – 3,897 / 289,438
20. [PS4] eBaseball Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2020 – 3,565 / 177,864
21. [NSW] Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions – 3,285 / 19,963
22. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe – 3,165 / 892,556
23. [PS4] Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered Edition – 3,034 / 33,203
24. [PS4] Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions – 2,994 / 16,882
25. [NSW] Human: Fall Flat – 2,735 / 29,004
26. [NSW] NBA 2K21 – 2,489 / NEW
27. [NSW] Fishing Spirits Nintendo Switch Version – 2,477 / 485,935
28. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 – 2,476 / 960,980
29. [PS4] Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme VS. Maxiboost ON – 2,300 / 161,014
30. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun – 2,292 / 510,333

NS - 22

PS4 -8

That's hard when they still haven't dropped the previous game for Switch yet. How did Trails of Cold Steel 3 perform on Switch?

We don't have the North America or Europe numbers since NIS America is usually silent about that, but didn't sell too well in Japan in fact the ports of the Crossbell games on PS4 were slightly better. But also keep in mind CS3 was nearly two years old in Japan when it came out for the Switch.

But the next game in the series after Hajimari is set to be the start of a new arc and if its like CS1 it should be a decent jumping on point for people that are interest in Kiseki. So that would be the perfect time to make the series multiplatform.

TOP 10 Switch Famitsu 2020:

1. Animal Crossing: New Horizon - 5.660.598
2. Ring Fit Adventure - 988.346
3. Pokemon Sword / Shield - 736.823
4. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 486.372
5. Smash Ultimate - 364.616
6. Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics - 362.420
7. Minecraft - 348.159
8. Splatoon 2 - 298.919
9. Super Mario Party - 280.255
10. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX - 259.513

TOTAL: 9.786.021

• Before the end of the quarter, the Top 10 Switch games would surpass 11 million sales for the year
• Next week Ring Fit would have sold over 1 million units in 2020, without counting the additional sales from the Official Nintendo store
• Super Mario 3D Collection will probably debut around 4th to 5th place, pushing Pokemon Mystery Dungeon out of the Top 10
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is about to surpass 500K, last year it managed 587K - this year I'm expecting it to surpass 650K
• Both Splatoon 2 & Mario Party should surpass 300K fairly soon

TOP 10 Switch Famitsu 2020 Q3:

1. Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 655.878
2. Ring Fit Adventure - 410.381
3. Paper Mario: The Origami King - 244.110(new)
4. eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 - 215.075(new)
5. Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics - 190.800
6. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 140.338
7. Pokemon Sword / Shield - 85.964
8. Splatoon 2 - 81.044
9. Smash Ultimate - 79.899
10. Super Mario Party - 67.740

TOTAL: 2.171.229

TOTAL Hardware: 1.022.712

• Ring Fit surpasses 400K for the quarter
• With three weeks left there should be no game under 100K this quarter
• Super Mario 3D should end up in the top 3 and provide a big boost to the Q3 Software total
• Clubhouse Games continues to show some fantastic legs 

Top 100 PS4

• SIE & SCE - 21
• Square Enix - 17
• Bandai Namco - 11
• Konami - 10
• Sega - 9
• Capcom - 6
• EA - 5
• Koei Tecmo - 4
• Ubisoft - 4
• From Software - 3
• Atlus - 3
• Spike Chunsoft - 2
• Take-Two - 2
• D3 Publisher - 1
• Nihon Falcom - 1
• Bethesda - 1

1st Party TOTAL: 5.598.996

3rd Party TOTAL: 23.029.517

Considering PS4 is at the end of its life and I don't expect the Top 100 to change all that much 23 million considering the level of support provided by 3rd Parties in Japan isn't exactly a high bar for the Switch. Honestly, I expect the Switch's 3rd Party total to surpass the PS4 by the end of next year. 

1. Square Enix: 7.123.115 (Top Selling game: DQXI)
2. SIE & SCE: 5.598.996 (Top Selling game: COD:BO4)
3. Capcom: 4.354.010 (Top Selling game: MHW)
4. Konami: 2.136.820 (Top Selling game: MGSV)
5. Sega: 1.869.675 (Top Selling game: Yakuza 6)
6. Bandai Namco: 1.799.628 (Top Selling game: Tales of Berseria)

• Square is in an interesting position as the Top PS4 publisher because they actually sold 8.11 million physical software on the 3DS with just 18 games. Personally I don't think their efforts on the Switch thus far have been all that impressive, but I hope that to change in the coming years. Future games like Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, Dragon Quest and Bravely Default should be muliplat in order for them to continue seeing growth, I don't see anything but a decline for FF, KH, and DQ if they somehow end up exclusive on the Playstation ecosystem 
• I honestly don't see Konami throwing as many exclusives at the PS5 without Sony paying for it. Konami have completely stopped making AAA Games but I do expect an MGS collection at some point on both the PS4/PS5 and Switch
• Capcom's strategy is clear outside of ports and a Monster Hunter Switch their support will be behind Sony, but as we can see Resident Evil continues to decline in Japan and without MHW they would be behind Konami in the list
• Sega's relevance is fading fast and they've not really tried to build an audience on the Switch. 
• While Bandai is in a particular position where their Switch games have actually already surpassed their PS4 Total thanks to evergreens like Taiko and Fishing Spirits. Overall their leadership continues to give Switch late ports that have no chance of performing as well  
• It would be interesting to follow but I don't expect 3rd Parties sales to surpass 11.5M sales on the PS5 unless someone finally creates a PS5 evergreen or Sony pays Square, Konami, Capcom & Bandai a bunch of money to keep their games off the Switch. 
• Overall the competition with the Switch is already pretty one-sided, and a digital-only PS5 isn't likely to be that popular in Japan considering the second-hand market while we can look at the PS3 at how the more expensive PS5 will perform during it's the launch year
• No other 3rd Party pub has surpassed 1M physical sales on the PS4 from the Top 100, Atlus and From Software are the closest with about 750-850K sales
• In terms of 1st Party Western games actually dominate Sony's output on the PS4, COD/Minecraft/GoT/Spiderman, etc it's very likely we would see a big decline on the PS5 for Sony as well in Japan unless they can replicate GoT success, I mean we've seen new IPs on unpopular hardware such as the Wii U & Splatoon sale beyond 1 million, it's just about Sony perhaps trying to create something that appeals to the Japanese Market
• As far as Western 3rd Party the Top-Selling one isn't all that surprising GTAV will probably be one of the biggest games this holiday on the PS5, next up is Rainbow 6 which performed surprisingly well in Japan, while in third place we see Battlefield 1, overall if Western 3rd Parties remain exclusive on the PS5 they should also see a considerable decline in their sales for Japan

Ring fit adventure is going to surpass Zelda: Breath of the Wild in a few more weeks.

Bandai Namco games sell amazingly well on Switch. Its biggest fighting game, Tekken 7, not porting on Swiitch is a big mystery.

Thanks.  It's kind of incredible that RFA first week sales are not too much higher than this week's sales.

If Bandai Namco do not want instant money with less effort is not a mystery, therefore, it's a big joke.