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Forums - Sales Discussion - Famitsu Sales: Week 3, 2021 (Jan 11- Jan 17)

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noshten said:

I think the initial shipment for Disgaea 6 could end up around 50K across the PS4/Switch, won't be surprised if the Switch version faces supply chain problems initially. The best selling game in the franchise sold 150K, which is definitely doable if WoM is good for Disgaea 6.

Disgaea 6 is the first game this year with an initial shipment which could be higher than 50K across the PS4 & Switch. 

Despite the previous game only selling a little over 30K physically across the PS4 and Switch, retailers and Nippon Ichi are likely to want at least a Sakuna like shipment for the game to ensure there is not shortages if WoM is good for the game. 

Disgaea SKUs Top 5

  1. [PS2] Disgaea: Hour of Darkness (2003) - 152.675
  2. [PS2] Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories (2006) - 151.806
  3. [PSP] Disgaea 2: Portable (2009) - 138.391
  4. [PS3] Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten (2011) - 129.031
  5. [PS3] Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice (2008) - 110.772
  • [PS4] Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance (2015)  - 34.429
  • [NSW] Disgaea 5 Complete (2017) - 5.065

We shall see how the game does but I anticipate that if WoM is good it could definitely see a Top 5 result for the Franchise on the Switch.  

Nippon Ichi has thus far not had much success on the Switch, Disgaea 6 is actually their first major effort on the platform and would be their first game to surpass 100K since the PS3 days.

Nippon Ichi Top 10 PS4/NSW

  1. [PS4] Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance (2015)  - 34.429
  2. [PS4] The Witch and the Hundred Knights 2 (2017) - 25.687
  3. [PS4] Yomawari: Midnight Shadows (2017) - 15.035
  4. [PS4] Liar Princess and the Blind Prince (2018) - 6.379
  5. [PS4] The Witch and the Hundred Knights Revival (2015) - 6.306
  6. [NSW] The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III (2020) - 6.280
  7. [NSW] Liar Princess and the Blind Prince (2018) - 5.346
  8. [PS4] Coven and Labyrinth of Refrain (2017) - 5.075
  9. [NSW] Disgaea 5 Complete (2017) - 5.065
  10. [NSW] void tRrLM(); //Void Terrarium (2020) - 4.759

TOTAL:114.361

PS4 TOTAL: 92.911

NSW TOTAL: 21.450

Overall Nippon Ichi are one of these small publishers which in the future might drop PS4/PS5 all together from their strategy. If Disgaea 6 declines further on the PS4 while Switch version manages to be a a Top 5 game in the franchise I anticipate they won't be bothering to launch on both the PS4/PS5 and Switch - prioritizing their Switch launch(maybe they will provide late ports on the PS ecosystem). 

We already know that Disgaea 5 sold the most World Wide on the Switch compared to the PS4, so their hopes for growth come mostly from overseas markets and especially South East Asia and China. By April 2018 Disgaea 5, on the Switch had sold nearly 200,000 copies outside of Japan. This is the main reason the game is exclusive to the Switch outside of Japan.

Still growth in Japan would be seen as a very positive for a company of their size - if the game manages more than 114K sales on the Switch it would have outsold the current Top 10 games on the PS4/Switch combined. Considering how well Sakuna has done, Disgaea 6 could manage 1 million world wide by the end of the quarter. 



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Base Switch outsells Switch Lite by more than 5:1 despite being more expensive, in Japan where they love handhelds. Really goes to show that the value of the Switch is in its hybrid nature.



Marth said:

Longest consecutive Famitsu SWI Top 30 appearances (Switch - 203 weeks on the market)

All ongoing and since release:

Breath of the Wild - 203 weeks

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 195 weeks

Splatoon 2 - 183 weeks

Minecraft - 135 weeks

Super Mario Party - 120 weeks

Super Smash Bros Ultimate - 111 weeks

Wow, so BotW never ever left the Famitsu Top 30 since it's release almost 4 years ago? That's simply crazy!

Jumpin said:

As critics predicted, Nintendo finally hit the cliff..... only they climbed it.

Climbed it? More like taking the express elevator!



Team 2021 continues strong, Switch at 110.800* this week, up +63% yoy, last year it was at 67.987

2021 - 761.200
2020 - 650.408

Already we are 110K ahead for the year, Switch needs to build up a lead of around 300K before the New Horizon launch.



noshten said:

Team 2021 continues strong, Switch at 110.800* this week, up +63% yoy, last year it was at 67.987

2021 - 761.200
2020 - 650.408

Already we are 110K ahead for the year, Switch needs to build up a lead of around 300K before the New Horizon launch.

Sure you didn't jump a week or two? According to OP the 2020 sales up to this week are 497k, so with 68k sales 2020 should stand at 565k, not 650k



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noshten said:

Team 2021 continues strong, Switch at 110.800* this week, up +63% yoy, last year it was at 67.987

2021 - 761.200
2020 - 650.408

Already we are 110K ahead for the year, Switch needs to build up a lead of around 300K before the New Horizon launch.

Switch should be up ~200k yoy.



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only two ps4 games then?