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Link_Nines.XBC on 21 January 2021

Wow another week up yoy for Switch

Momotaro increasing from last week and doing more than 100k, the game is a monster

Sword/Shield close to hitting 4 million physical sales.

Tragic PS5 sales as always.



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Mnementh on 21 January 2021
Mar1217 said:

Wow ... not only Switch keeps slaying the numbers YoY but Momotaro especially is making a statement towards the 3rd party Japanese industry as a whole by basically now outselling even some of the biggest 1st party software on the Switch (Like Mario and Zelda).

This is just plain insane and it'll prolly continue until the release of Animal Crossing.

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The_Liquid_Laser on 21 January 2021

There is no way I would have predicted Switch hardware sales being up WoW.  Momotaro is the only game up WoW, so that must be driving it.

Mnementh said:
OTBWY said:

Momotaro keeps getting more powerful and powerful. Wtf is up this game? Is it a meme in Japan at this point?

3rd party games don't sell on Nintendo hardware..... oh.

No one told Japan.



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Bofferbrauer2 on 21 January 2021
y-koron said:

If Momotaro Dentetsu keeps Rank#1 in next week ranking, it breaks the record of continuous 1st place in the chart.

Just for the Switch or in general?



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xMetroid on 21 January 2021
Jules98 said:

Looks like Nintendo missed the memo that sales are supposed to go down after the holidays.

LMAOOO. Literally tho, i was expecting it to drop significantly this week. Oh well. 



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animegaming on 21 January 2021

So the next big PS5 game for Japan is RE8 which is coming out in May and is cross gen with PS4.

Gonna be a rough year for the PS5 in Japan.



curl-6 on 21 January 2021

Switch outsells PS5 + PS4 combined by almost 17:1.

This is NES levels of near-monopoly.



Norion on 21 January 2021

Wow I was expecting Switch to be in the 90-110k range, it being slightly up is incredible. At most just half of the Japanese holiday period was a part of this week I think so it not being down is a very good sign for its prospects this year. I'm beginning to think the Switch being up overall this year might have a bit of a chance.



HereWeGo on 21 January 2021

For reference, PS4 Hardware & Software in 2014 (excluding Knack that did 99% of its sales through bundling, basically the Astro's Playroom equivalent except that it wasn't preinstalled).

Media Create Sales {2014.02.22 - 2014.12.28}

PS4 Hardware - 970.667
PS4 Software - 2.037.169

Square Enix - 351.567
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare {2014.11.13} (¥8.424) - 103.197
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn {2014.04.14} (¥3.394) - 67.822
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition {2014.02.22} (¥4.800) - 56.182
Call of Duty: Ghosts {2014.02.22} (¥7.980) - 45.614
Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition {2014.08.21} (¥8.424) - 39.877
Thief {2014.06.12} (¥8.424) - 15.038
Murdered: Soul Suspect {2014.07.17} (¥8.424) - 9.515
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 {2014.09.04} (¥8.424) - 6.787
Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark {2014.08.28} (¥8.424) - 5.049
Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris {2014.12.25} (¥4.104) - 2.486

Electronic Arts - 325.780
Battlefield 4 {2014.02.22} (¥7.665) - 128.673
FIFA 14 {2014.02.22} (¥7.665) - 87.788
Dragon Age: Inquisition {2014.11.27} (¥7.884) - 48.497
FIFA 15 {2014.10.09} (¥7.884) - 26.518
Need for Speed: Rivals {2014.02.22} (¥7.665) - 25.842
EA Sports UFC {2014.11.20} (¥7.884) - 4.518
Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare {2014.09.04} (¥4.104) - 3.944

Sony Computer Entertainment - 316.073
Destiny {2014.09.11} (¥8.532) - 124.251
The Last of Us Remastered {2014.08.21} (¥6.372) - 59.638
Infamous: Second Son {2014.05.22} (¥7.452) - 56.044
Killzone: Shadow Fall {2014.02.22} (¥7.245) - 55.751
Driveclub {2014.10.09} (¥6.372) - 14.617
LittleBigPlanet 3 {2014.12.04} (¥6.372) - 5.772

Ubisoft - 238.620
Watch Dogs {2014.06.26} (¥9.072) - 97.445
Assassin's Creed: Unity {2014.11.20} (¥9.072) - 52.037
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag {2014.02.22} (¥8.820) - 48.509
Child of Light {2014.05.01} (¥2.138) - 18.362
The Crew {2014.12.04} (¥9.072) - 13.863
Trials Fusion {2014.05.29} (¥4.298) - 8.404

Konami - 191.426
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes {2014.03.20} (¥2.980) - 142.928
World Soccer Winning Eleven 2015 {2014.11.13} (¥8.208) - 48.498

Koei Tecmo - 142.730
Dynasty Warriors 8 with Xtreme Legends {2014.02.22} (¥8.190) - 43.634
Samurai Warriors 4 {2014.09.04} (¥7.776) - 31.988
Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence {2014.02.22} (¥9.240) - 30.260
Warriors Orochi 3: Ultimate {2014.06.26} (¥7.344) - 19.766
Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires {2014.11.20} (¥7.344) - 17.082

Sega - 139.562
Yakuza: Ishin! {2014.02.22} (¥8.600) - 137.213
Puyo Puyo Tetris {2014.12.04} (¥5.918) - 2.349

Take-Two Interactive Japan - 138.471
Grand Theft Auto V {2014.12.11} (¥7.992) - 118.214
NBA 2K14 {2014.02.22} (¥6.090) - 13.065
NBA 2K15 {2014.11.27} (¥6.804) - 7.192

Bethesda Softworks - 87.531
The Evil Within {2014.10.23} (¥7.884) - 71.174
Wolfenstein: The New Order {2014.06.05} (¥8.424) - 16.357

Arc System Works - 18.649
Guilty Gear Xrd: Sign {2014.12.04} (¥7.538) - 18.649

Warner Entertainment Japan - 17.612
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor {2014.12.25} (¥8.208) - 14.113
The LEGO Movie Videogame {2014.11.06} (¥6.156) - 3.499

D3 Publisher - 16.610
Onechanbara Z2: Chaos <ACT> (D3 Publisher) {2014.10.30} (¥7.344) - 16.610

Compile Heart - 15.306
Omega Quintet {2014.10.02} (¥7.538) - 15.306

Spike Chunsoft - 13.543
Metro: Redux {2014.10.30} (¥6.264) - 13.543

Kadokawa Games - 12.366
Natural Doctrine {2014.04.03} (¥7.538) - 12.366

Acquire - 7.893
Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed {2014.07.03} (¥6.458) - 7.893

And these are the already released or currently confirmed 2020-2021 PS5 titles at retail according to Famitsu:

Sony Interactive Entertainment
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales {2020.11.12} (¥6.490)
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales - Ultimate Edition {2020.11.12} (¥8.690)
Demon's Souls {2020.11.12} (¥8.690)
Sackboy: A Big Adventure {2020.11.12} (¥7.590)
Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War {2020.11.13} (¥9.680)
Destruction AllStars {2021.02.**} (¥8.690)
Returnal {2021.03.19} (¥8.690)
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart {2021.**.**} (¥*.***)
Horizon Forbidden West {2021.**.**} (¥*.***)

Ubisoft
Assassin's Creed Valhalla {2020.11.12} (¥9.240)
Watch Dogs Legion {2020.11.26} (¥9.240)
Just Dance 2021 {2020.11.26} (¥6.380)
Immortals: Fenyx Rising {2020.12.03} (¥7.678)

Koei Tecmo
Nioh Remastered - Completed Edition {2021.02.04} (¥6.380)
Nioh 2 Remastered - Completed Edition {2021.02.04} (¥6.380)
Dynasty Warriors 8 Empires {2021.**.**} (¥*.***)

Warner Entertainment Japan
Back 4 Blood {2021.06.22} (¥*.***)
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga {2021.**.**} (¥*.***)
Gotham Knights {2021.**.**} (¥*.***)

Capcom
Devil May Cry 5: Special Edition {2020.11.12} (¥5.489)
Resident Evil Village {2021.05.07} (¥8.789)

Bandai Namco Games
Scarlet Nexus {2021.**.**} (¥*.***)
Little Nightmares 2 {2021.**.**} (¥*.***)

Bethesda Softworks
Deathloop {2021.05.21} (¥8.778)
Ghostwire: Tokyo {2021.10.**} (¥*.***)

Sega
Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 {2020.12.10} (¥5.489)
Yakuza: Like a Dragon International {2021.03.02} (¥6.589)

Square Enix
Balan Wonderworld {2021.03.26} (¥7.678)
Outriders {2021.04.01} (¥8.778)

Electronic Arts
FIFA 21 NXT LVL Edition {2021.01.28} (¥9.700)

Epic Games
Fortnite: The Last Laugh Bundle {2020.11.17} (¥3.300)

Nippon Ichi Software
void tRrLM (); ++ ver; // Void Terrarium Plus {2021.02.18} (¥7.678)

Game Source Entertainment
Overcooked! All You Can Eat {2020.12.17} (¥5.698)

Take-Two Interactive Japan
NBA 2K21 {2020.11.12} (¥8.800)

Annapurna Interactive
Stray {2021.10.**} (¥*.***)

Chorus Worldwide
Yuoni {2021.**.**} (¥*.***)

IzanagiGames
Yurukill: The Calumniation Games {2021.**.**} (¥*.***)

Compile Heart
Go! Go! 5D Game: Neptunia reVerse {2020.12.17} (¥8.360)

Arc System Works
Guilty Gear -Strive- {2021.04.09} (¥8.580)

Playism
Godfall {2020.11.12} (¥8.690)

Deep Silver
Maneater {2020.12.17} (¥6.028)

Ember Lab
Kena: Bridge of Spirits {2021.03.**} (¥*.***)



y-koron on 21 January 2021
Bofferbrauer2 said:
y-koron said:

If Momotaro Dentetsu keeps Rank#1 in next week ranking, it breaks the record of continuous 1st place in the chart.

Just for the Switch or in general?

In general.

Continuous 1st position record:

9 weeks : Pokemon Sword/Shield

8 weeks : Pokemon Diamond/Pearl

7 weeks : Yo-kai Watch 2, Monster Hunter Portable 3rd



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