By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close

Forums - Sales Discussion - Famitsu Sales: Week 9, 2021 (Feb 22 - Feb 28)

Tagged games:

Not bad for Bravely Default 2, probably above 100k with digital. Switch keeps outdoing last year's numbers easily, and actually decent numbers for the PS5.

Also, SM3DW+BF keeps holding really really well.



Around the Network
RolStoppable said:

Another two easy weeks ahead, so the YTD lead remains on track to be big enough to keep 2021 in the lead through Animal Crossing launch week.

If Switch keeps only managing 75K weeks until MonHun Rise, 2021 total will barely stay ahead in AC launch week. MonHun needs to give a major boost, too keep 2021 ahead of 2020. The week after AC launch, Switch managed nearly 300K, MonHun need to propel Switch to similar numbers, otherwise the lead will be done.



3DS-FC: 4511-1768-7903 (Mii-Name: Mnementh), Nintendo-Network-ID: Mnementh, Switch: SW-7706-3819-9381 (Mnementh)

my greatest games: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

10 years greatest game event!

bets: [peak year] [+], [1], [2], [3], [4]

RolStoppable said:
Mnementh said:

If Switch keeps only managing 75K weeks until MonHun Rise, 2021 total will barely stay ahead in AC launch week. MonHun needs to give a major boost, too keep 2021 ahead of 2020. The week after AC launch, Switch managed nearly 300K, MonHun need to propel Switch to similar numbers, otherwise the lead will be done.

There's always week 15 and 16 to make up ground.

Yeah, looks like at that point stock was completely depleted last year and the COVID production issues hit.



3DS-FC: 4511-1768-7903 (Mii-Name: Mnementh), Nintendo-Network-ID: Mnementh, Switch: SW-7706-3819-9381 (Mnementh)

my greatest games: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

10 years greatest game event!

bets: [peak year] [+], [1], [2], [3], [4]

Mnementh said:
RolStoppable said:

Another two easy weeks ahead, so the YTD lead remains on track to be big enough to keep 2021 in the lead through Animal Crossing launch week.

If Switch keeps only managing 75K weeks until MonHun Rise, 2021 total will barely stay ahead in AC launch week. MonHun needs to give a major boost, too keep 2021 ahead of 2020. The week after AC launch, Switch managed nearly 300K, MonHun need to propel Switch to similar numbers, otherwise the lead will be done.

To me it looks like the two years are going to track so close that I can't tell which one will be ahead.  The current 2021 lead will get erased when we get to AC launch week.  On the other hand MHR is a big enough game hardware sales for its first week will be reasonably close to AC's second week, and MHR's second week will be close to AC's third week and so on.  And then the rest of 2020 was up and down from week to week.  I think it's going to be a close race, and we'll need to go quite a few weeks before we see which one is clearly doing better.



MS really needs to ship way more systems to Japan, I guess 1k per week would be ok, but 1.5k every 2 months won't cut it.



Around the Network
InkIt said:

MS really needs to ship way more systems to Japan, I guess 1k per week would be ok, but 1.5k every 2 months won't cut it.

but this way they can say "Over 600% increase week over week" when a shipment arrives



Great opening for Story of Seasons; third parties that invested in the Switch are seeing real benefits, as also shown by Momotaro and which will be abundantly clear when Monster Hunter Rise hits.



Top 30: https://www.famitsu.com/ranking/game-sales/

  1. [NSW] Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town – 202,396 (New)
  2. [NSW] Bravely Default II – 93,061 (New)
  3. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury – 74,811 (422,784)
  4. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! – 40,610 (1,974,795)
  5. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure – 19,032 (2,413,077)
  6. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 13,575 (3,699,547)
  7. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 13,332 (6,668,414)
  8. [NSW] Uta no Prince-sama Debut for Nintendo Switch – 10,588 (New)
  9. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 9,957 (4,175,273)
  10. [NSW] Minecraft – 9,386 (1,834,873)
  11. [NSW] Splatton 2 - 9,115 (3,776,602)
  12. [NSW] Pokemon Sword & Shield - 9,069 (3,980,667)
  13. [NSW] Little Nightmares 2 - 5,994 (37,985)
  14. [NSW] Clubhouse Games - 5,828 (649,665)
  15. [NSW] Darius Cosmic Revelation - 5,341 (5,341) (New)
  16. [NSW] Super Mario Party - 4,479 (1,833,609)
  17. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild - 4,325 (1,784,661)
  18. [PS4]  Little Nightmares 2 - 4,289 (19,826)
  19. [PS4]  Darius Cosmic Revelation - 3,540 (3,540) (New)
  20. [NSW] Dragoon Quest XI S - 3,363 (73,199)
  21. [NSW] Super Mario 3D All-Stars - 3,142 (565,032)
  22. [NSW] Cotton Reboot - 2,894 (2,894) (New)
  23. [NSW] Pikmin 3 Deluxe - 2,679 (545,126)
  24. [PS4] Nier: Automata Game of the Yorha Edition - 2,644 (108,865)
  25. [NSW] Fitness Boxing 2 - 2,548 (76,038)
  26. [NSW] Human Fall Flat - 2,436 (122,746)
  27. [NSW] Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity - 2,404 (349,480)
  28. [NSW] Sakuna of Rice and Ruin - 2,364 (142,200)
  29. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe - 2,250 (1,039,133)
  30. [PS4]  Empire of Sin - 2,098 (2,098) (New)
Last edited by deerox - on 05 March 2021

deerox said:

Top 30: https://www.famitsu.com/ranking/game-sales/

NS - 26

PS4 - 4

Still nothing from PS5.



yeah the main reason that they are comparing wii U to ps5 is becasue... japan was by far the wii U's most healthy market, to the point that it took the ps4 untill basically the announcement of the switch for it to catch up, as you can see...