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Forums - Sales Discussion - Famitsu Sales: Week 7, 2021 (Feb 08 - Feb 14)

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Really impressive sales for Little Nightmares II. I wonder if other AA title "It Takes Two" can perform equally well



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Mnementh said:
Jranation said:

Damn! I would be worried for smaller to medium companies making exclusives on the PS5.....

If a dev is focused on japanese customers and at this point not also releasing on PC or Switch, they basically are killing their own studio.

 We had a direct this week and I haven't seen many big JP titles coming soon. Maybe next year 



IcaroRibeiro said:
Mnementh said:

If a dev is focused on japanese customers and at this point not also releasing on PC or Switch, they basically are killing their own studio.

 We had a direct this week and I haven't seen many big JP titles coming soon. Maybe next year 

Koei and Square were extraordinarily present in this direct. They both also look into the international markets as well as their home market japan, and they both decided to put a lot of eggs into the Switch basket.



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RolStoppable said:
The_Liquid_Laser said:

Ok, serious question time. Where are the PS5 games on this chart? This week 22,336 people bought a PS5 with a disc drive. Why can't at least 1808 of these people buy the same PS5 game?

There's no PS5 game that justifies such high sales so long after its respective release date.

If you look at the table posted by @TruckOSaurus , you'll see that we are basically still in the phase of launch demand for the hardware, meaning a lot of sales go to people who buy a PS5 for the sake of owning a PS5.

PS5 sales will begin to become more software-driven once we get past 400k LTD and begin to approach 500k. That is to say, weekly sales will drop to low to mid four-digit figures, because noteworthy PS5 releases will be scarce.

So I guess these launch systems appeal to tech enthusiasts and conspicuous consumption?  I.e. people buy a PS5 just to have it look nice on the shelf and that's it?  I was guessing that they were using it for backwards compatibility, but I suppose the PS4 didn't really launch with any notable games or backwards compatibility and people still bought it anyway. Heh, it is funny to me that there is a market for consoles that don't have any games that people want to play.



curl-6 said:

Top 30: https://nintendoeverything.com/famitsu-software-sales-2-8-21-2-14-21-top-30/

1. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury – 250,018 / NEW
2. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! – 46,638 / 1,892,677
3. [NSW] Little Nightmares II – 24,470 / NEW
4. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure – 24,261 / 2,370,359
5. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 16,379 / 6,641,405
6. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 16,354 / 3,672,494
7. [PS4] Little Nightmares II – 11,163 / NEW
8. [NSW] Minecraft – 10,139 / 1,817,064
9. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 10,087 / 4,155,990
10. [NSW] Pokemon Sword/Shield – 8,324 / 3,963,878

11. [NSW] Splatoon 2 – 7,628 / 3,778,966
12. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics – 7,106 / 638,015
13. [NSW] Super Mario Party – 5,925 / 1,824,330
14. [NSW] Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 4,631 / 1,775,866
15. [NSW] Dragon Quest XI S (New Price Version) – 4,092 / 66,392
16. [NSW] Fate/Extella Celebration Box – 4,068 / NEW
17. [NSW] Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin – 3,909 / 137,181
18. [NSW] Super Mario 3D All-Stars – 3,760 / 559,105
19. [NSW] Pikmin 3 Deluxe – 3,531 / 539,740
20. [PS4] Fate/Extella Celebration Box – 3,498 / NEW
21. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe – 3,160 / 1,034,654
22. [NSW] Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity – 2,987 / 344,506
23. [NSW] Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise – 2,887 / 70,848
24. [NSW] Human: Fall Flat – 2,767 / 118,172
25. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 – 2,334 / 1,067,595
26. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey – 2,255 / 2,210,730
27. [PS4] Nioh Complete Edition – 1,841 / 8,364
28. [NSW] Buddy Mission Bond – 1,825 / 11,027
29. [NSW] Family Trainer – 1,819 / 44,344
30. [NSW] Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 – 1,807 / 91,022

NS - 27

PS4 - 3

It's unbelievable that Momotaro sold more within 3 months than BOTW in 4 years.



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IcaroRibeiro said:
Mnementh said:

If a dev is focused on japanese customers and at this point not also releasing on PC or Switch, they basically are killing their own studio.

 We had a direct this week and I haven't seen many big JP titles coming soon. Maybe next year 

Sega director steps down, how many Japanese thrids will happen this? 

Bet against market leaders is not good for business 



IcaroRibeiro said:
Mnementh said:

If a dev is focused on japanese customers and at this point not also releasing on PC or Switch, they basically are killing their own studio.

 We had a direct this week and I haven't seen many big JP titles coming soon. Maybe next year 

There were quite a few japanese devs in the Direct, and some exclusives only for Japan.



 

SM3DW+BF did extremely well,
Fantastic numbers for Switch too, almost every week this year above 100k so far, simply insane.



IcaroRibeiro said:
Mnementh said:

If a dev is focused on japanese customers and at this point not also releasing on PC or Switch, they basically are killing their own studio.

 We had a direct this week and I haven't seen many big JP titles coming soon. Maybe next year 

The Japanese Directs usually feature a few games that never leave Japan.  We never see them in our Directs.  This one was no different.  I don't understand what they are saying, but I think they are getting an Ebaseball and Story of Seasons game soon, maybe a couple of other games mentioned will be decent sellers and of course there is Monster Hunter which should definitely not be ignored.



Marth said:
The_Liquid_Laser said:

Ok, serious question time. Where are the PS5 games on this chart? This week 22,336 people bought a PS5 with a disc drive. Why can't at least 1808 of these people buy the same PS5 game?

Quite a few of those PS5 never get to see a Japanese home.

Please explain.