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Forums - Sales Discussion - Famitsu sales: Week 12, 2021 - (Mar 15 - Mar 21)


added some numbers I have

updated totals are top 50 only

Thanks a bunch! Now I can update a bunch of things :)

Famitsu Switch 3rd Parties 2020 Top 20:

  1. Momotaro Dentetsu (Konami) - 819.094
  2. Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town (Marvelous) – 256.421 
  3. Minecraft (Microsoft) - 158.722
  4. Bravely Default II (Square Enix) – 127.628 
  5. Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (Marvelous) - 59.268
  6. Little Nightmares II (Bandai Namco) - 51.835 
  7. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Koei Tecmo) - 50.020
  8. Fitness Boxing 2 (Imagineer) - 49.200
  9. Dragon Quest XI S (Square Enix) - 48.928
  10. Human Fall Flat (Teyon Japan) - 42.692
  11. Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (Sega) - 36.105
  12. Family Trainer (Bandai Namco) -31.155
  13. Disgaea 6 (Nippon Ichi) -25.744
  14. Densha de Go!! (Square Enix) - 24.393 NEW
  15. Fishing Spirits (Bandai Namco) - 22.442
  16. A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism (Artdink) - 20.043
  17. Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! (Bandai Namco) - 17.655
  18. Jack Jeanne (Broccoli) - 15.827 NEW
  19. eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 (Konami) - 15.228
  20. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega) - 13.942

TOTAL: 1.886.342

With the launch of Monster Hunter Rise we would likely surpass 3.5 million sales for third parties this year; for reference last year the Top 20 was a little over 3 million combined. As mentioned support is accelerating and with this being the peak year for hardware with the Pro Launch and much stronger fall line-up - we are bound to see at least a couple of franchises really break out.

Just for comparison last year in Q1, these were the Top Selling Third Party game, night and day. 

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

Without Momotaro launching in the fall of 2020, we would have actually seen a decline for third parties on the Switch last year. Yet to come we have Rune Factory 5, Samurai Warriors 5, Baseball Spirits, SMT V, Monster Hunter Stories 2, Shin Kun all set to launch from May to end of summer; without any idea about what the second half of the year holds for third parties.

Could there be a Winning Eleven for the Switch to further build on Konami's success so far? A DQ spin-off we don't know about? Ace Attorney that was leaked? 

This year could be truly something for Third Parties that have finally embraced the Switch after wasting a lot of time to get onboard. 



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Are there any notable new Playstation releases next (this) week, alongside Monster Hunter Rise? Could the next update be a 30/30 for Switch?



curl-6 said:

Are there any notable new Playstation releases next (this) week, alongside Monster Hunter Rise? Could the next update be a 30/30 for Switch?

Balan Wonderworld /s 



animegaming said:
curl-6 said:

Are there any notable new Playstation releases next (this) week, alongside Monster Hunter Rise? Could the next update be a 30/30 for Switch?

Balan Wonderworld /s 

Eek, if that charts I'll lose some faith in humanity haha



Switch should be tied with 2020 numbers at the end of March '21. During April '21 Switch should gain lead again because of heavy supply issues we had last year.



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curl-6 said:

Are there any notable new Playstation releases next (this) week, alongside Monster Hunter Rise? Could the next update be a 30/30 for Switch?

The PS4 versions of "Quintessential Quintuplets ∫: Summer Memories" and "SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays [Platinum Edition]" will probably chart.



curl-6 said:
animegaming said:

Balan Wonderworld /s 

Eek, if that charts I'll lose some faith in humanity haha

I was curious how It Takes 2 performs but the physical is only for PS4 unfortunately/comes with a free PS5 upgrade.



theDX said:

On the Pro Baseball Spirits 2021 website

made me do a double take

You mistook "Pro Controller" for "Switch Pro"?



TOP 20 2020 Switch Famitsu Q2:

  1. Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 2.396.303
  2. Ring Fit Adventure - 328.387
  3. Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics - 171.620 NEW
  4. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 164.113
  5. Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition - 123.920 NEW
  6. Smash Ultimate - 114.495
  7. Splatoon 2 - 114.226
  8. Trials of Mana (Square Enix) - 100.451 NEW
  9. Minecraft (Microsoft) - 94.762
  10. Super Mario Party - 85.551
  11. Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training - 67.688
  12. One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 (Bandai Namco Games) - 56.383
  13. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 52.713
  14. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe - 50.685
  15. Super Mario Maker 2 - 47.454
  16. Luigi's Mansion 3 - 34.757
  17. Fishing Spirits (Bandai Namco) - 34.553
  18. Dragon Quest XIS (Square Enix) - 27.399
  19. Taiko no Tatsujin (Bandai Namco Games) - 25.663
  20. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega) - 21.235

TOTAL: 4.112.358
TOTAL HARDWARE: 966.530

Q2 is going to be crazy compared to last year when we only had New Horizon making up more than 50% of Software sold. 

The only major new games which launched were Clubhouse Games: 51, Xenoblade Chronicles & Trials of Mana.

This year with Week 2 of Monster Hunter Rise being part of Q2, if it opens at 1.7M, Week 2 with a drop of 80% we'd be looking at 340K, than an average of 100K for the remaining 12 Week we'd be looking at at least 1.5M, this is the most conservative outlook for Rise I can come up with, in actuality I think it will be over 2M during Q2. 

Than we have the evergreens - Momotaro, Bowser's Fury & Ring Fit Adventure will be heading towards over 350K sales in Q2, while New Horizon & MK8D will be likely around 250K

There is actually a very strong line-up of new games launching through-out the next 3 months - Pokemon Snap, Rune Factory 5, Miitopia & Mario Golf being the ones that will easily break the 150K barrier. 

So just across the Top 10, I think we would easily surpass 4 million sales in Q2, while Hardware I think should be at least 1.3M compared to 966K last year. There will also be a bunch of new games & evergreens in the 50K to 150K range. The worst selling game in the Top 20 will be x2 or x3 higher than the bottom ranked DQXIS, Taiko and Mario & Sonic did last year.



Amazon Japan looking crazy now

1) MHR (Digital)
2) Pro controller
3) NSW (hardware)
4) 3rd party Pro Controller
5) MHR
6) MHR
7) MHR NSW Hardware bundle
8) NSW (hardware)
9) NS Online
10) NSW Amazon Bundle

Everything is MHR related lol