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Forums - Sales Discussion - Famitsu Sales: Week 5, 2021 (Jan 25- Jan 31)

heavenmercenary01 on 05 February 2021
Mnementh said:
Marth said:

Famitsu Sales: Week 5, 2021 (Jan 25 - Jan 31) all new releases

04./00. [NSW] Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny (Nippon Ichi Software) {2021.01.28} (¥7.200) - 23.551 / NEW <80-100%>
06./00. [PS4] Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny (Nippon Ichi Software) {2021.01.28} (¥7.200) - 15.761 / NEW <60-80%>
13./00. [NSW] Buddy Mission Bond (Nintendo) {2021.01.29} (¥6.480) - 6.531 / NEW <40-60%>
15./00. [NSW] Umineko no Naku Koro ni Saku: Nekobako to Musou no Koukyoukyoku # (Entergram) {2021.01.28} (¥8.000) - 5.821 / NEW <60-80%>
16./00. [NSW] Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World: The Prophecy of the Throne (Spike Chunsoft) {2021.01.28} (¥7.980) - 5.083 / NEW <60-80%>

24./00. [NSW] Gal Gun Returns # (Inti Creates) {2021.01.28} (¥5.800) - 3.718 / NEW <60-80%>
26./00. [PS4] Umineko no Naku Koro ni Saku: Nekobako to Musou no Koukyoukyoku # (Entergram) {2021.01.28} (¥8.000) - 3.361 / NEW <60-80%>
27./00. [PS4] Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World: The Prophecy of the Throne (Spike Chunsoft) {2021.01.28} (¥7.980) - 2.868 / NEW <40-60%>
28./00. [NSW] Marchen Forest # (Clouded Leopard Entertainment) {2021.01.28} (¥3.980) - 2.686 / NEW <60-80%>

Also Top 30 is now updated.

All three charting PS4 titles were outsold by their respective Switch counterparts. Switch is great for 3rd-parties.

Yet, another japanese third party managed to ignore Switch once again with kimetsu no yaiba. Really impressing me with this kind of decisions.



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noshten on 05 February 2021

Q1 2020 3rd Party

  1. Minecraft (Microsoft) - 185.900
  2. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega) - 97.772
  3. Hatsune Miku: Project Diva MegaMix (Sega) - 78.558 NEW
  4. Fishing Spirits (Bandai Namco) - 76.921
  5. Persona 5 Scramble (Atlus) - 65.653 NEW
  6. One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 (Bandai Namco) - 61.571 NEW
  7. Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! (Bandai Namco) - 39.804
  8. Dragon Quest XI S (Square Enix) - 39.181
  9. My Hero: One's Justice 2 (Bandai Namco Games) - 24.829 NEW
  10. Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town (Marvelous) - 16.979

TOTAL: 687.168

Q1 2021 3rd Party

  1. Momotaro Dentetsu (Konami) - 556.733
  2. Minecraft (Microsoft) - 94.312
  3. Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (Marvelous) - 43.628
  4. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Koei Tecmo) - 33.083
  5. Fitness Boxing 2 (Imagineer) - 31.903
  6. Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (Sega) - 28.352
  7. Dragon Quest XI S (Square Enix) - 25.214
  8. Human: Fall Flat (Teyon Japan) - 24.905
  9. Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny (Nippon Ichi Software) - 23.551 NEW
  10. Fishing Spirits (Bandai Namco) - 19.462

TOTAL: 881.143

Pretty huge difference YoY, mainly due to Momotaro.
Monter Hunter Rise, Olive Town & Bravely Default 2 should push the third party total beyond 4 million for Q1.



Mnementh on 05 February 2021
RolStoppable said:
Mnementh said:

All three charting PS4 titles were outsold by their respective Switch counterparts. Switch is great for 3rd-parties.

And no PS5 game in the top 30 despite a bigger hardware shipment this week.

Did release something new for it? I don't know, did Disgaea 6 for example?



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The_Liquid_Laser on 05 February 2021
Mnementh said:
Marth said:

Famitsu Sales: Week 5, 2021 (Jan 25 - Jan 31) all new releases

04./00. [NSW] Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny (Nippon Ichi Software) {2021.01.28} (¥7.200) - 23.551 / NEW <80-100%>
06./00. [PS4] Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny (Nippon Ichi Software) {2021.01.28} (¥7.200) - 15.761 / NEW <60-80%>
13./00. [NSW] Buddy Mission Bond (Nintendo) {2021.01.29} (¥6.480) - 6.531 / NEW <40-60%>
15./00. [NSW] Umineko no Naku Koro ni Saku: Nekobako to Musou no Koukyoukyoku # (Entergram) {2021.01.28} (¥8.000) - 5.821 / NEW <60-80%>
16./00. [NSW] Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World: The Prophecy of the Throne (Spike Chunsoft) {2021.01.28} (¥7.980) - 5.083 / NEW <60-80%>

24./00. [NSW] Gal Gun Returns # (Inti Creates) {2021.01.28} (¥5.800) - 3.718 / NEW <60-80%>
26./00. [PS4] Umineko no Naku Koro ni Saku: Nekobako to Musou no Koukyoukyoku # (Entergram) {2021.01.28} (¥8.000) - 3.361 / NEW <60-80%>
27./00. [PS4] Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World: The Prophecy of the Throne (Spike Chunsoft) {2021.01.28} (¥7.980) - 2.868 / NEW <40-60%>
28./00. [NSW] Marchen Forest # (Clouded Leopard Entertainment) {2021.01.28} (¥3.980) - 2.686 / NEW <60-80%>

Also Top 30 is now updated.

All three charting PS4 titles were outsold by their respective Switch counterparts. Switch is great for 3rd-parties.

Also Switch has twice as many new titles this week as PS4.  Perhaps third party companies are starting to wise up?



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Mnementh on 05 February 2021
RolStoppable said:
Mnementh said:

Did release something new for it? I don't know, did Disgaea 6 for example?

No, but the threshold to get into the top 30 is only ~2,500, so it once again begs the question if people are buying PS5s to play PS5 games.

Yeah. 25K new PS5-owners should pickup something and we could start to expect people already owning a PS5 to pick up their next game. This doesn't look too well.

But now we know why Sony put such effort into designing the PS5 instead of just producing a brick like Xbox: if people don't get a PS5 to play it, they use it as interior decoration.



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Agente42 on 05 February 2021
The_Liquid_Laser said:
Mnementh said:

All three charting PS4 titles were outsold by their respective Switch counterparts. Switch is great for 3rd-parties.

Also Switch has twice as many new titles this week as PS4.  Perhaps third party companies are starting to wise up?

i don't know.

Yaba will release in all consoles minus Switch. Idolmaster will not receive a Switch version.



Jranation on 05 February 2021
Kakadu18 said:
Jranation said:

Switch going up! And Momotaro and RFA are just truly INSANE!

Edit: and Splatoon 2 4million dream is still alive (unless it reached it with digital sales) 

Splatoon 2 is around 4.5 million with digital. It will definitely sell more than 5 million.

Wow it is doing better than I thought. 



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The_Liquid_Laser on 05 February 2021
Agente42 said:
The_Liquid_Laser said:

Also Switch has twice as many new titles this week as PS4.  Perhaps third party companies are starting to wise up?

i don't know.

Yaba will release in all consoles minus Switch. Idolmaster will not receive a Switch version.

Heh, well some companies learn faster than others.



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Switch Will Be #1 All Time
Zelda Will Outsell Mario (Achieved)
How Much Will MH Rise sell?
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heavenmercenary01 on 05 February 2021
The_Liquid_Laser said:
Agente42 said:

i don't know.

Yaba will release in all consoles minus Switch. Idolmaster will not receive a Switch version.

Heh, well some companies learn faster than others.

But yeah, we're talking about big ones here (cyberconnect and NamcoBandai). With popular franchises in japan not being on the most popular system for no reason. 
At the end Bandai did no effort for the switch (even with the least demanding games), just helping around with what nintendo allowed them to do with the latter's IPs. The rest are just taking delusional decisions.



Kai_Mao on 05 February 2021
heavenmercenary01 said:
The_Liquid_Laser said:

Heh, well some companies learn faster than others.

But yeah, we're talking about big ones here (cyberconnect and NamcoBandai). With popular franchises in japan not being on the most popular system for no reason. 
At the end Bandai did no effort for the switch (even with the least demanding games), just helping around with what nintendo allowed them to do with the latter's IPs. The rest are just taking delusional decisions.

I will continue to be baffled by some of the decisions third party developers in Japan are making in regards to the lack of Switch support. What more do they want? It’s already been four years since it released. We’re seeing numerous success stories for third party and indies on switch. It’s selling incredibly worldwide. The Switch is not just catering to casuals or soccer moms like the Wii did.

If this more about brand loyalty or money then it’s whatever. Stop trying to find small excuses of not wanting to develop games for a successful system. Outside of the big developers, most of the Japanese devs are not gonna suddenly take advantage of the 4-8K resolution, ray tracing, 120 fps and make AAA games.