Prior Update: December

3rd Party Top 30 Switch

1. Minecraft (Microsoft) - 1.760.384 
2. Momotaro Dentetsu (Konami) - 1.510.537 
3. Dragon Quest XI S (Square Enix) - 592.407
4. Fishing Spirits: Nintendo Switch Version (Bandai Namco) - 559.406 (+1)
5. Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! (Bandai Namco) - 554.560 (-1)
6. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (Sega) - 370.235 (+1)
7. Yo-kai Watch 4 (Level 5) - 358.356 (-1)
8. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Koei Tecmo) - 326.454 (+2)
9. Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate* (Capcom) - 309.596 (-1)
10. Dragon Quest Builders 2 (Square Enix) - 295.237 (-1)
11. eBaseball 2020 (Konami) - 248.024
12. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball (Konami) - 225.614
13. Super Bomberman R3* (Konami) - 215.218
14. Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle (Ubisoft) - 213.453
15. Octopath Traveller (Square Enix) - 193.780
16. Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2 (Bandai Namco) - 181.090
17. Disney Tsum Tsum Festival (Bandai Namco) - 149.562
18. Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town (Marvelous) - 146.363
19. Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission (Bandai Namco) - 145.720
20. Fitness Boxing (Imagineer) - 129.142
21. FIFA 18 (EA) - 122.998
22. Derby Stallion (Game Addict) - 121.740 (+5)
23. One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 (Bandai Namco) - 117.954 (-1)
24. Doraemon: Story of Seasons (Bandai Namco) - 112.104 (-1)
25. Pro Baseball Famista Evolution (Bandai Namco) - 110.954 (-1)
26. The Snack World: TreJarers Gold (Level 5) - 109.955 (-1)
27. Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (Marvelous) - 109.881 NEW
28. Human: Fall Flat (Teyon Japan) - 101.700 NEW
29. Trials of Mana (Square Enix) - 100.451 (-3)
30. Dragon Ball FighterZ (Bandai Namco) - 92.697 (-2)

TOTAL: 9.585.572

Top 10 Publishers:

1. Konami - 2.199.393
2. Bandai Namco - 2.024.047
3. Microsoft - 1.760.384 
4. Square Enix - 1.181.875
5. Level 5 - 468.311
6. Sega - 370.235
7. Koei Tecmo - 326.454
8. Capcom - 309.596
9. Marvelous - 256.244
10. Ubisoft - 213.453

Konami takes a commanding lead at the Top of the Top 10 Publishers, 

Marvelous, Capcom and Square will be the publishers with the highest profile games in the coming Quarter.

Imagineer should knock Ubisoft from the Top 10 with Fitness Boxing 2 and the updated numbers for Fitness Boxing. 

Looking forward the Famitsu Top 100 as I think there are several games that will get a substantial update thanks to it(One Piece Warriors 4, Friends of Mineral Town, Disney Tsum Tsum, Fitness Boxing) 

Software + Hardware are up about 20 % YoY. This should be the case until March. I guess that Nintendo will be a bit more prepared for the demand this year and there will be less supply constrained weeks. I'm not sure if Monster Hunter can sell as well as Animal Crossing in Japan, but I think Nintendo should have a very good year in Japan again, maybe even better.

Previous Monster Hunter titles' impact on hardware sales near launch in Japan, weekly retail sales estimates from Famitsu

[PS4] Monster Hunter: World (Capcom) {2018.01.26} (¥8.980)

WEEK -7 {04.12.2017 - 10.12.2017}
PlayStation 4 - 79.242 / 5.654.958 (+151%) (release of the limited edition PS4 Pro MH World bundle)

WEEK -6 {11.12.2017 - 17.12.2017}
PlayStation 4 - 73.142 / 5.728.100 (-8%)

WEEK -5 {18.12.2017 - 24.12.2017}
PlayStation 4 - 70.581 / 5.798.681 (-4%)

WEEK -4 {25.12.2017 - 31.12.2017}
PlayStation 4 - 58.182 / 5.856.863 (-18%)

WEEK -3 {01.01.2018 - 07.01.2018}
PlayStation 4 - 103.607 / 5.960.470 (+78%)

WEEK -2 {08.01.2018 - 14.01.2018}
PlayStation 4 - 41.188 / 6.001.658 (-60%)

WEEK -1 {15.01.2018 - 21.01.2018}
PlayStation 4 - 44.910 / 6.046.568 (+9%)

WEEK +1 {22.01.2018 - 28.01.2018}
PlayStation 4 - 140.432 / 6.187.000 (+213%)
Monster Hunter: World - 1.350.412 / NEW (game was selling out leading to big digital share, total launch sales were around 2m)

WEEK +2 {29.01.2018 - 04.02.2018}
PlayStation 4 - 109.286 / 6.296.286 (-22%)
Monster Hunter: World - 223.274 / 1.573.686 (-83%)

WEEK +3 {05.02.2018 - 11.02.2018}
PlayStation 4 - 70.172 / 6.366.458 (-36%)
Monster Hunter: World - 114.740 / 1.688.426 (-49%)

WEEK +4 {12.02.2018 - 18.02.2018}
PlayStation 4 - 48.391 / 6.414.849 (-31%)
Monster Hunter: World - 85.762 / 1.774.188 (-25%)

WEEK +5 {19.02.2018 - 25.02.2018}
PlayStation 4 - 36.193 / 6.451.042 (-25%)
Monster Hunter: World - 54.915 / 1.829.103 (-36%)

WEEK +6 {26.02.2018 - 04.03.2018}
PlayStation 4 - 26.843 / 6.477.885 (-26%)
Monster Hunter: World - 38.504 / 1.867.607 (-30%)

WEEK +7 {05.03.2018 - 11.03.2018}
PlayStation 4 - 27.323 / 6.505.208 (+2%)
Monster Hunter: World - 24.351 / 1.891.958 (-37%)

Total PS4 hardware sales during the 7 weeks before launch (including the full Christmas/New Year shopping season and bundle release)
-> 470.852 (avg 67.265)

Total PS4 hardware sales during the 7 weeks since launch
-> 458.640 (avg 65.520)

Monster Hunter: World's launch was basically as strong as the preceding holiday season for PS4 hardware sales. In the end World shipped 3.2 million units on PS4, 34% of the console's current install base.

[3DS] Monster Hunter 4 (Capcom) {2013.09.14} (¥5.990)

WEEK -7 {22.07.2013 - 28.07.2013}
Nintendo 3DS - 55.719 / 11.906.380 (+6%)

WEEK -6 {29.07.2013 - 04.08.2013}
Nintendo 3DS - 61.896 / 11.968.276 (+11%)

WEEK -5 {05.08.2013 - 11.08.2013}
Nintendo 3DS - 57.837 / 12.026.113 (-7%)

WEEK -4 {12.08.2013 - 18.08.2013}
Nintendo 3DS - 71.731 / 12.097.844 (+24%) (Obon Festival holiday)

WEEK -3 {19.08.2013 - 25.08.2013}
Nintendo 3DS - 52.141 / 12.149.985 (-27%)

WEEK -2 {26.08.2013 - 01.09.2013}
Nintendo 3DS - 59.392 / 12.209.377 (+14%)

WEEK -1 {02.09.2013 - 08.09.2013}
Nintendo 3DS - 78.300 / 12.287.677 (+32%)

WEEK +1 {09.09.2013 - 15.09.2013}
Nintendo 3DS - 298.354 / 12.586.031 (+281%)
Monster Hunter 4 - 1.875.115 / NEW (same story, game was sold out and digital sales went pretty high for a 3DS game, a couple 100ks)

WEEK +2 {16.09.2013 - 22.09.2013}
Nintendo 3DS - 173.544 / 12.759.575 (-42%)
Monster Hunter 4 - 432.286 / 2.307.401 (-77%)

WEEK +3 {23.09.2013 - 29.09.2013}
Nintendo 3DS - 139.808 / 12.899.383 (-19%)
Monster Hunter 4 - 234.713 / 2.542.114 (-46%)

WEEK +4 {30.09.2013 - 06.10.2013}
Nintendo 3DS - 117.739 / 13.017.122 (-16%)
Monster Hunter 4 - 164.593 / 2.706.707 (-30%)

WEEK +5 {07.10.2013 - 13.10.2013}
Nintendo 3DS - 242.780 / 13.259.902 (+106%) (release of Pokémon X/Y)
Monster Hunter 4 - 111.230 / 2.817.937 (-32%)

WEEK +6 {14.10.2013 - 20.10.2013}
Nintendo 3DS - 164.115 / 13.424.017 (-32%)
Monster Hunter 4 - 97.336 / 2.915.273 (-12%)

WEEK +7 {21.10.2013 - 27.10.2013}
Nintendo 3DS - 117.010 / 13.541.027 (-29%)
Monster Hunter 4 - 60.206 / 2.975.479 (-38%)

Total 3DS hardware sales during the 7 weeks before launch (including Obon Festival holiday)
-> 437.016 (avg 62.431)

Total 3DS hardware sales during the 7 weeks since launch (including Pokémon X/Y launch)
-> 1.253.350 (avg 179.050)

Monster Hunter 4's launch provided a bigger boost to hardware sales than Pokémon X/Y's did, despite MH4 being a lower seller itself and the fact that X/Y was the first main Pokémon game to hit the 3DS while Monster Hunter already had 3 Ultimate two years earlier which became a multimillion-seller. In the end MH4 shipped 4.1 million units on 3DS, 16% of the handheld's final install base (note: MH4 Ultimate released a year later shipped 2.9m additional units).

This took longer than I expected, I might do Freedom Unite and Freedom 3 later.

That chart really puts things in perspective.  For the past 25 years the only other system to come close to dominating this much was the PS1.  And even then PS1 only has 4/19 of the top weeks while Switch has 15/19 of the top weeks.  

The only other system that can truly be compared to the Switch in Japan is the Famicom.  Of course one reason the Famicom dominated so much was that it was Japan's first console.

It's so weird that while their support in terms of ports is so weak, Namco Bandai have done a lot of work alongside Nintendo with games like Pokken Tournament, Smash Bros Ultimate, and New Pokemon Snap.

It’s obvious what games they help out with Nintendo. Only games with pikachu in them

That is because Pikachu is yellow and also starts with the letter P like their mascot Pacman. We all know where this will lead to: Detective Pacman!

From resetera.

This year will do sooo much better because of Monster Hunter Rise. And if PS5 continues to do bad then hopefully Japanese devs will stop making Exclusive PS games and just also release it on the Switch. If they were funded/paid by Sony then that makes sense. 

But, but... third party games don't sell on Nintendo platforms...

On a less sarcastic note, it's great to see how the third party releases are catching up to the first party titles, even though the increase is all due to Momotaro. And with the big third party titles already announced so far (Story of Seasons, Rune Factory 5, and especially Monster Hunter Rise), it should increase even more next year, possibly coming close to par with first party sales.