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Forums - Sales Discussion - Famitsu Sales: Week 41, 2020 (Oct 05 - Oct 11)

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Bofferbrauer2 on 15 October 2020
kenjab said:
Has Sony stopped producing the PS4 Pro? Its percentage of overall PS4 sales has gone down steadily the past few weeks, and only sold 165 (~4% of total) this week. I wonder if this is happening globally or just in Japan?

Yeah, as far as I know, both the Pro and the One X got axed to make space on the production lines for the PS5 and XSX respectively.



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The_Liquid_Laser on 15 October 2020

Switch sells 100k+ without really trying.  I hope this means that weekly shipments have increased to Japan.  Guess I'll have to watch the next couple of weeks and see.



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pikashoe on 15 October 2020

imagine if ea actually put effort into the switch version if fifa, it would have the potential to sell pretty well.



okr on 15 October 2020

Love the Fifa sales figures in Japan, I wished they were the same all over the the world.

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curl-6 on 15 October 2020

Switch to PS4 ratio at 24:1 for this week.

Bofferbrauer2 said:
kenjab said:
Has Sony stopped producing the PS4 Pro? Its percentage of overall PS4 sales has gone down steadily the past few weeks, and only sold 165 (~4% of total) this week. I wonder if this is happening globally or just in Japan?

Yeah, as far as I know, both the Pro and the One X got axed to make space on the production lines for the PS5 and XSX respectively.

The One X was officially discontinued but I didn't hear anything about PS4 Pro doing the same. It would make sense though as they'd obviously rather people buy a PS5.



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TheBraveGallade on 15 October 2020

i mean most SMART people who'd want a ps4pro at THIS point would probably hold off untill the ps5, its only a mounth away, not like, 6 moths.



curl-6 on 15 October 2020

Top 30: https://gonintendo.com/stories/370893-japanese-software-sales-for-oct-5th-to-11th-2020-top-30

  1. [PS4] FIFA 21 (Electronic Arts, 10/09/20) – 39,152 (New)
  2. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 37,544 (5,828,121)
  3. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 33,502 (1,668,843)
  4. [NSW] Super Mario 3D All-Stars (Nintendo, 09/18/20) – 22,027 (330,248)
  5. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 12,723 (3,209,218)
  6. [NSW] FIFA 21 Legacy Edition (Electronic Arts, 10/09/20) – 11,990 (New)
  7. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 7,145 (3,759,916)
  8. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 6,859 (1,525,027)
  9. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 6,564 (3,849,600)
  10. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 5,927 (403,265)
  11. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 5,911 (1,572,008)
  12. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 4,905 (3,580,079)
  13. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 4,166 (1,662,966)
  14. [PS4] eFootball PES 2021 Season Update (Konami, 09/17/20) – 4,153 (45,641)
  15. [NSW] Minecraft Dungeons Hero Edition (Microsoft, 09/08/20) – 3,774 (31,108)
  16. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (01/11/19) – 3,676 (910,411)
  17. [PS4] Crash Bandicoot: It’s About Time (Activision, 10/02/20) – 3,480 (13,917)
  18. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo, 06/28/19) – 2,819 (974,241)
  19. [NSW] eBaseball Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2020 (Konami, 07/09/20) – 2,745 (234,056)
  20. [NSW] Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training for Nintendo Switch (Nintendo, 12/27/19) – 2,698 (307,515)
  21. [NSW] Paper Mario: The Origami King (Nintendo, 07/17/20) – 2,625 (262,370)
  22. [PS4] Marvel’s Avengers (Square Enix, 09/04/20) – 2,574 (61,487)
  23. [NSW] Human Fall Flat (Teyon Japan, 06/25/20) – 2,433 (40,106)
  24. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 2,178 (2,132,793)
  25. [PS4] Ghost of Tsushima (SIE, 07/17/20) – 2,161 (403,642)
  26. [NSW] Ace Angler: Nintendo Switch Version (Bandai Namco, 07/25/19) –
  27. [NSW] Pro Yakyuu Famista 2020 (Bandai Namco, 09/17/20) – 2,075 (24,835)
  28. [PS4] Star Wars: Squadrons (Electronic Arts, 10/02/20) – 1,972 (7,086)
  29. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun (Bandai Namco, 07/19/18) – 1,779 (519,411)
  30. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo, 10/31/19) – 1,472 (690,396)

NS- 24

PS4 - 6



noshten on 16 October 2020

Switch Top 10(w/o AC:NH):

  1. Ring Fit Adventure - 1.173.204
  2. Pokemon Sword / Shield - 771.782
  3. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 550.209
  4. Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics - 403.265
  5. Smash Ultimate - 396.548
  6. Minecraft - 379.088
  7. Super Mario 3D All-Stars - 330.248
  8. Splatoon 2 - 327.319
  9. Super Mario Party - 308.298
  10. Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training - 272.819

TOTAL: 4.604.482

TOP 10 Switch Famitsu 2019:

  1. Pokemon Sword / Shield - 2.023.043
  2. Smash Ultimate - 987.833
  3. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe - 712.251
  4. Super Mario Maker 2 - 707.984
  5. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 513.095
  6. Minecraft - 497.720
  7. Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age S - 439.744
  8. Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu! / Let's Go, Eevee! - 413.539
  9. Super Mario Party - 397.924
  10. Splatoon 2 - 320.089

TOTAL: 7.013.222

  • Without New Horizon, the Top 10 Switch games have sold over 4.6M units
  • With the holidays still to come and major titles like Age of Calamity and Momotaro, the gap will be closed
  • Ring Fit will end up outselling Sword / Shield with enough supply in the holidays
  • Sword / Shield needs 210K sales for the rest of the year to outperform Smash's second year
  • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe & Splatoon 2 have already surpassed their 2019 totals
  • Super Mario Party will follow suit in the coming weeks, while Minecraft will have to probably wait until December 
  • Best selling 2020 game thus far is Clubhouse, expecting it to end up with more sales than NSMBUD did in 2019


curl-6 on 16 October 2020
noshten said:

Switch Top 10(w/o AC:NH):

  1. Ring Fit Adventure - 1.173.204
  2. Pokemon Sword / Shield - 771.782
  3. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 550.209
  4. Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics - 403.265
  5. Smash Ultimate - 396.548
  6. Minecraft - 379.088
  7. Super Mario 3D All-Stars - 330.248
  8. Splatoon 2 - 327.319
  9. Super Mario Party - 308.298
  10. Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training - 272.819

TOTAL: 4.604.482

TOP 10 Switch Famitsu 2019:

  1. Pokemon Sword / Shield - 2.023.043
  2. Smash Ultimate - 987.833
  3. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe - 712.251
  4. Super Mario Maker 2 - 707.984
  5. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 513.095
  6. Minecraft - 497.720
  7. Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age S - 439.744
  8. Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu! / Let's Go, Eevee! - 413.539
  9. Super Mario Party - 397.924
  10. Splatoon 2 - 320.089

TOTAL: 7.013.222

  • Without New Horizon, the Top 10 Switch games have sold over 4.6M units
  • With the holidays still to come and major titles like Age of Calamity and Momotaro, the gap will be closed
  • Ring Fit will end up outselling Sword / Shield with enough supply in the holidays
  • Sword / Shield needs 210K sales for the rest of the year to outperform Smash's second year
  • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe & Splatoon 2 have already surpassed their 2019 totals
  • Super Mario Party will follow suit in the coming weeks, while Minecraft will have to probably wait until December 
  • Best selling 2020 game thus far is Clubhouse, expecting it to end up with more sales than NSMBUD did in 2019

If we include Animal Crossing, it looks like Switch could very well double it's 2019 software sales in 2020.



noshten on 17 October 2020

It's at over 10 million software at the moment with New Horizon, so yep it should surpass 14 million without breaking a sweat. This will also be New Horizon and Ring Fit's first holidays with enough hardware and peripheral stock. Hence why I'm expecting those two games to be the best selling games of Q4. Both should easily surpass 1M.

Famitsu 2020 Top 50:

  1. NSW: Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) - 5.828.121
  2. NSW: Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo) - 1.173.204
  3. PS4: Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square) - 932.821
  4. NSW: Pokemon Sword / Shield (Pokemon Co)- 771.782
  5. NSW: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) - 550.209
  6. PS4: Ghost of Tsushima (Sony) - 403.642
  7. NSW: Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo) - 403.265
  8. NSW: Smash Ultimate (Nintendo) - 396.548
  9. NSW: Minecraft (Microsoft) - 379.088
  10. NSW: Super Mario 3D All-Stars (Nintendo) - 330.248 (+2)
  11. NSW: Splatoon 2 (Nintendo) - 327.319 (-1)
  12. NSW: Super Mario Party (Nintendo) - 308.298 (-1)
  13. NSW: Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo Switch (Nintendo) - 272.819
  14. NSW: Paper Mario: The Origami King (Nintendo) - 262.370 (+2)
  15. NSW: Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX (Pokemon Co.) - 259.513 (-1)
  16. PS4: Resident Evil 3 (Capcom) - 258.676 (-1)
  17. PS4: Yakuza 7: Like a Dragon (Sega) - 243.769 
  18. NSW: eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 (Konami) - 234.056
  19. PS4: The Last of Us Part II (Sony) - 222.943 
  20. NSW: Luigi's Mansion 3 (Nintendo) - 184.398 (+1)
  21. NSW: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo) - 181.617 (+1)
  22. PS4: eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 (Konami) - 180.243 (-2)
  23. NSW: Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo) - 173.737
  24. NSW: New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo) - 162.822 (+3)
  25. PS4: Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs. MaxiBoost On (Bandai Namco Games) - 161.014 (-1)
  26. NSW: Fishing Spirits (Bandai Namco) - 160.175 (+1)
  27. PS4: Nioh 2 (Koei Tecmo) - 156.772 (-2)
  28. PS4: Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers (Atlus) - 149.898
  29. PS4: Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot (Bandai) - 149.654 (-1)
  30. NSW: Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games: Tokyo 2020 (Sega) - 138.550
  31. PS4: Trials of Mana (Square) - 133.593
  32. PS4: One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 (Bandai) - 131.315
  33. NSW: Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition (Nintendo) - 128.989
  34. NSW: One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 (Bandai Namco) - 117.954
  35. PS4: Granblue Fantasy Versus (Cygames) - 111.094
  36. NSW: Trials of Mana (Square Enix) - 100.451
  37. NSW: Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! (Bandai Namco) - 98.829 (+1)
  38. PS4: The Legend of Heroes: Hajimari no Kiseki (Nihon Falcom) - 96.140 (-1)
  39. NSW: Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo) - 85.247 (+3)
  40. PS4: Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris (Bandai) - 85.010 (-1)
  41. NSW: Dragon Quest XI S (Square Enix) - 82.137 (-1)
  42. NSW: Hatsune Miku: Project Diva MegaMix (Sega) - 78.558 (-1)
  43. NSW: Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers (Atlus) - 65.653
  44. PS4: Monster Hunter: World - Iceborne (Capcom) - 63.322
  45. NSW: Fitness Boxing (Imagineer) - 62.949
  46. PS4: Marvel's Avengers (Square Enix) - 61.487 (+4)
  47. NSW: Pokemon Let's Go (Pokemon Co) - 57.478 (-1)
  48. NSW: Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (Square Enix) - 56.187 (-1)
  49. PS4: Grand Theft Auto V: Premium Online Edition (Take-Two) - 54.860 (-1)
  50. NSW: Kirby Star Allies (Nintendo) - 48.549

TOTAL: 16.769.075

NSW TOTAL: 13.172.822(78.55%)

PS4 TOTAL: 3.596.253(22.45%)

Famitsu 2019 Top 50:

TOTAL: 17.460.965

NSW TOTAL: 12.741.147(72.96%)

PS4 TOTAL: 4.719.818(27.04%)

  • Extremely likely we see something along the lines of 85% of Software Sales in the Top 50 on the Switch this year
  • 2020 sales for Switch are already higher than in 2019 without the holidays
  • Seems very unlikely that PS4/PS5 Totals in the Top 50 surpasses 4M
  • We are looking at something along the lines of 17-20 million software sales on the Switch within the Top 50
  • The minimum amount a game would need to sell to enter the Top 50 by the end of the year should exceed 100K
  • A lot of games from the Bottom 10 on the Switch like Super Mario Odyssey, DQXI, Kirby, Pokemon Lets Go, Fitness Boxing, Hatsune Miku, Persona 5 Scramble have continued to sell outside of the Famitsu Top 30, so when the figures for the Top 100 are released I expect them all to have surpassed 100K for 2020
  • This is one of the reasons I expect PS4/PS5 Total to go down by the end of the year because a lot of games will be pushed out of the Top 50 by these unaccounted sales and some very good 3rd Party support on the Switch until the end of the year
    • Pikmin and Mario Kart Live Circuit are the two additional Nintendo titles that should enter the Top 50
    • Momotaro(Konami) & Age of Calamity(Koei) should both have no issue surpassing 500K for the year
    • Atelier 2(Koei), Derby Stallion(Game Addict), Family Trainer & Taiko(Bandai Namco), Fitness Boxing 2(Imagineer), SMT III(Atlus), Puyo Puyo 2(Sega) all have the potential to enter the Top 50
    • Bravely Default 2 hasn't been pushed back to 2021 yet, so Square might still have a chance to be relevant this holiday season
    • Expecting Human Fall Flat to surpass 100K physical as well(currently at 40K just outside of the Top 50)
    • That's potentially 13 titles that could enter the Top 50 and push out some PS4 games

Famitsu 2019 Top 100

TOTAL: 22.352.020 

NSW TOTAL:14.847.793(66.43%)

PS4 TOTAL: 7.181.200(32.13%)

  • The Top 100 in 2019, had the PS4 performing better compared to the Top 50 due to a lot of 3rd Party games missing the Switch
  • PS4 had 2.46 million sales from games 51-100 in the ranking, while the Switch had 2.1 million
  • In 2019 the 50th best selling game Dragon Quest Builder 2 had 86K sales while the 100th Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon had 41K
  • This year I expect the 50th best selling game over 100K with the 100th best at over 70K, which would be over 4.25 million for 51-100
  • PS4/PS5 Software sales will likely be around 5 million
  • 3DS in 2013 had its best year in terms of Software sales with 23.5 million the Top 100, Switch could Top this however it depends on Hardware, Animal Crossing Bundle & Ring Fit Availability and 3rd Party Performance in Q4

Prediction for 2020:

  • TOTAL Top 100 >27 million
  • NSW TOTAL Top 100: >22 million
  • PS4 TOTAL Top 100: >5 million
  • TOTAL Top 50 >22 million
  • NSW TOTAL Top 50 >18 million
  • PS4/PS5 TOTAL Top 50 >4 million