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animegaming on 01 April 2021

Okay, we got 50K PS5's this week and only two PS4 games and zero PS5 games. What the hell are PS5 owners in Japan even playing right now?

Also lol no Balad Wonderworld. 



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Link_Nines.XBC on 01 April 2021

The Quintessential Quintuplets ∬ not allowing Switch to get dat 30 out of 30

Bravely Default 2 free fallling as expected



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Agente42 on 01 April 2021
curl-6 said:

Top 30: https://nintendoeverything.com/famitsu-software-sales-3-22-21-3-28-21-top-30/

1. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise – 1,302,132 / NEW
2. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury – 37,166 / 592,683
3. [NSW] The Quintessential Quintuplets ∬: Summer Memories Also Come in Five – 20,374 / NEW
4. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! – 20,179 / 2,072,296
5. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 13,207 / 3,751,594
6. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure – 12,632 / 2,479,573
7. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 11,145 / 6,710,861
8. [NSW] Minecraft – 11,096 / 1,872,739
9. [PS4] The Quintessential Quintuplets ∬: Summer Memories Also Come in Five – 10,378 / NEW
10. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 10,270 / 4,218,939

11. [NSW] Pokemon Sword/Shield – 7,472 / 4,014,376
12. [NSW] Splatoon 2 – 6,906 / 3,825,969
13. [NSW] SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays Platinum Edition – 6,229 / NEW
14. [NSW] Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town – 6,080 / 2,62,501
15. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics – 4,895 / 668,725
16. [NSW] Super Mario Party – 4,626 / 1,850,796
17. [NSW] Little Nightmares II – 4,438 / 56,273
18. [NSW] Super Mario 3D All-Stars – 4,123 / 578,850
19. [NSW] Apex Legends Champion Edition – 3,983 / 15,648
20. [NSW] Bravely Default II – 3,689 / 131,317
21. [NSW] Densha de GO!! Hashirou Yamanote Sen – 3,372 / 27,765
22. [NSW] SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays Platinum Edition – 3,123 / NEW
23. [NSW] Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 3,100 / 1,799,930
24. [NSW] Human: Fall Flat – 2,582 / 132,714
25. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe – 2,468 / 1,047,483
26. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 – 2,449 / 1,079,655
27. [NSW] LoverPretend – 2,422 / NEW
28. [NSW] Pikmin 3 Deluxe – 2,409 / 552,910
29. [NSW] Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise – 2,365 / 84,360
30. [NSW] Family Trainin – 2,170 / 51,926

NS - 29

PS4 -1

When having domination like this? I never see this. Not for a long time. 

How many weeks is almost NSW software? Neither NES, I think, have this market domination.



deerox on 01 April 2021
curl-6 said:

Top 30: https://nintendoeverything.com/famitsu-software-sales-3-22-21-3-28-21-top-30/

1. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise – 1,302,132 / NEW
2. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury – 37,166 / 592,683
3. [NSW] The Quintessential Quintuplets ∬: Summer Memories Also Come in Five – 20,374 / NEW
4. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! – 20,179 / 2,072,296
5. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 13,207 / 3,751,594
6. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure – 12,632 / 2,479,573
7. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 11,145 / 6,710,861
8. [NSW] Minecraft – 11,096 / 1,872,739
9. [PS4] The Quintessential Quintuplets ∬: Summer Memories Also Come in Five – 10,378 / NEW
10. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 10,270 / 4,218,939

11. [NSW] Pokemon Sword/Shield – 7,472 / 4,014,376
12. [NSW] Splatoon 2 – 6,906 / 3,825,969
13. [NSW] SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays Platinum Edition – 6,229 / NEW
14. [NSW] Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town – 6,080 / 2,62,501
15. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics – 4,895 / 668,725
16. [NSW] Super Mario Party – 4,626 / 1,850,796
17. [NSW] Little Nightmares II – 4,438 / 56,273
18. [NSW] Super Mario 3D All-Stars – 4,123 / 578,850
19. [NSW] Apex Legends Champion Edition – 3,983 / 15,648
20. [NSW] Bravely Default II – 3,689 / 131,317
21. [NSW] Densha de GO!! Hashirou Yamanote Sen – 3,372 / 27,765
22. [NSW] SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays Platinum Edition – 3,123 / NEW
23. [NSW] Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 3,100 / 1,799,930
24. [NSW] Human: Fall Flat – 2,582 / 132,714
25. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe – 2,468 / 1,047,483
26. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 – 2,449 / 1,079,655
27. [NSW] LoverPretend – 2,422 / NEW
28. [NSW] Pikmin 3 Deluxe – 2,409 / 552,910
29. [NSW] Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise – 2,365 / 84,360
30. [NSW] Family Trainin – 2,170 / 51,926

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PS4 -1

Nintendoeverything made a typo. The second " SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays Platinum Edition" is actually the PS4 version.

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



Eagle367 on 02 April 2021
curl-6 said:

Top 30: https://nintendoeverything.com/famitsu-software-sales-3-22-21-3-28-21-top-30/

1. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise – 1,302,132 / NEW
2. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury – 37,166 / 592,683
3. [NSW] The Quintessential Quintuplets ∬: Summer Memories Also Come in Five – 20,374 / NEW
4. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! – 20,179 / 2,072,296
5. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 13,207 / 3,751,594
6. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure – 12,632 / 2,479,573
7. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 11,145 / 6,710,861
8. [NSW] Minecraft – 11,096 / 1,872,739
9. [PS4] The Quintessential Quintuplets ∬: Summer Memories Also Come in Five – 10,378 / NEW
10. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 10,270 / 4,218,939

11. [NSW] Pokemon Sword/Shield – 7,472 / 4,014,376
12. [NSW] Splatoon 2 – 6,906 / 3,825,969
13. [NSW] SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays Platinum Edition – 6,229 / NEW
14. [NSW] Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town – 6,080 / 2,62,501
15. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics – 4,895 / 668,725
16. [NSW] Super Mario Party – 4,626 / 1,850,796
17. [NSW] Little Nightmares II – 4,438 / 56,273
18. [NSW] Super Mario 3D All-Stars – 4,123 / 578,850
19. [NSW] Apex Legends Champion Edition – 3,983 / 15,648
20. [NSW] Bravely Default II – 3,689 / 131,317
21. [NSW] Densha de GO!! Hashirou Yamanote Sen – 3,372 / 27,765
22. [NSW] SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays Platinum Edition – 3,123 / NEW
23. [NSW] Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 3,100 / 1,799,930
24. [NSW] Human: Fall Flat – 2,582 / 132,714
25. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe – 2,468 / 1,047,483
26. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 – 2,449 / 1,079,655
27. [NSW] LoverPretend – 2,422 / NEW
28. [NSW] Pikmin 3 Deluxe – 2,409 / 552,910
29. [NSW] Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise – 2,365 / 84,360
30. [NSW] Family Trainin – 2,170 / 51,926

NS - 29

PS4 -1

Damn only 1 away from a clean sweep again. Will it happen next week?



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Mnementh on 02 April 2021
Eagle367 said:

Next week will probably have switch outselling the week last year. And MHR will probably have some great legs as well. But can someone tell me why people in Japan are buying ps5s? I'm happy for the PS4 but I can't remember any PS5 game selling well. Is it future-proofing or something?

The same reason people buy it in other reagions: brand power. The basic brand promis of Playstation is: it eventually will have games. That was true for the early adopters of PS3 and PS4 as well, so the promise is unbroken and the brand has trust.



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Mnementh on 02 April 2021
kazuyamishima said:

Seems that Capcom “under shipped” physical copies so people had to buy the digital copy and they can make more profit.

Clever Capcom.

And MHR did similar numbers compared to MHW, interesting.

Yeah, sometimes I think publishers want to push us towards preordering or digital (or best of all: preordering digital).

But to be fair, Capcom couldn't deliver more than retailers would take. And retailers have a risk if they overstock a game and can't get rid of that for months.



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TheBraveGallade on 02 April 2021
Mnementh said:
Eagle367 said:

Next week will probably have switch outselling the week last year. And MHR will probably have some great legs as well. But can someone tell me why people in Japan are buying ps5s? I'm happy for the PS4 but I can't remember any PS5 game selling well. Is it future-proofing or something?

The same reason people buy it in other reagions: brand power. The basic brand promis of Playstation is: it eventually will have games. That was true for the early adopters of PS3 and PS4 as well, so the promise is unbroken and the brand has trust.

true.

.... that being said the PS brand's image has been pretty greatly tarnished by what sony's been doing to the vita and VN games recently



noshten on 02 April 2021

TOP 20 2020 Switch Famitsu Q1:

  1. Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 2.608.417 NEW
  2. Pokemon Sword / Shield - 554.390
  3. Ring Fit Adventure - 249.488
  4. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX - 218.394 NEW
  5. Minecraft (Microsoft) - 185.900
  6. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 181.921
  7. Smash Ultimate - 170.222
  8. Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo Switch - 151.351
  9. Super Mario Party - 118.077
  10. Luigi's Mansion 3 - 117.482
  11. Splatoon 2 - 103.649
  12. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega) - 97.772
  13. Super Mario Maker 2 - 82.915
  14. Hatsune Miku: Project Diva MegaMix (Sega) - 78.558 NEW
  15. Fishing Spirits (Bandai Namco) - 76.921
  16. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 69.378
  17. Persona 5 Scramble (Atlus) - 65.653 NEW
  18. One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 (Bandai Namco) - 61.571 NEW
  19. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe - 58.899
  20. Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! (Bandai Namco) - 39.804

TOTAL: 5.290.762
TOTAL HARDWARE: 1.700.352


TOP 20 2021 Switch Famitsu:

  1. Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom) - 1.302.132 NEW
  2. Momotaro Dentetsu (Konami) - 839.273
  3. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury - 592.683 NEW
  4. Ring Fit Adventure - 392.568
  5. Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 332.758
  6. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 294.411
  7. Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town (Marvelous) – 262.501 NEW
  8. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - 205.765
  9. Pokemon Sword / Shield + Expansion Pass - 181.759
  10. Minecraft (Microsoft) - 169.818
  11. Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics - 149.076
  12. Splatoon 2 - 137.580
  13. Bravely Default II (Square Enix) – 131.317 NEW
  14. Super Mario Party - 120.973
  15. Pikmin 3 Deluxe - 90.104
  16. Super Mario 3D All-Stars - 86.320
  17. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 71.893
  18. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe - 63.625
  19. Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (Marvelous) - 59.268
  20. Little Nightmares II (Bandai Namco) - 56.273 NEW

TOTAL: 5.540.097
TOTAL HARDWARE: 1.744.974

  • Hardware is slightly up YoY, and heading into Q2 there is a lot of momentum that should ensure that it sees 30% growth during the second quarter.
  • A bit underwhelmed by Rise's physical launch, there were hints about just the initial shipment being 1.5 million, still the key things about the title are the legs. World fall off the chart in about one Quarter on the market, while Rise should continue to sell consistently through-out the year. 
  • Due to Rise's lower than expected sales the Top 20 physical sales didn't reach 6 million but still it was a great Quarter for the Switch, comparing to the New Horizon launch
  • Capcom, Konami, Marvelous, Square, Bandai & Microsoft were the third parties that were able to get into the Top 20
  • Momotaro's result continues to be amazing for Konami and the game will surpass 1 million for the year in a few months.
  • Marvelous botched the launch of Olive Town yet it's already their 3rd best selling game of all time physically and their best selling SKU when we take into account digital. Sakuna has exited the chart, but it will have no problems surpassing 100K for the year on the Switch physically.
  • Square & Bandai had so-so quarters; yet another Square game was under-shipped while Bandai was fortunate that Little Nightmares II ended up a hit


animegaming on 02 April 2021
Mnementh said:
Eagle367 said:

Next week will probably have switch outselling the week last year. And MHR will probably have some great legs as well. But can someone tell me why people in Japan are buying ps5s? I'm happy for the PS4 but I can't remember any PS5 game selling well. Is it future-proofing or something?

The same reason people buy it in other regions: brand power. The basic brand promise of Playstation is: it eventually will have games. That was true for the early adopters of PS3 and PS4 as well, so the promise is unbroken and the brand has trust.

The issue is that in other regions when the PS5 gets a decent boost for its stock, the games for it like Demon Souls and Miles show a noticeable increase in sales. That ain't happening in Japan even though Soulsborne usually sells great in Japan and Spider-Man PS4 was second to Ghost of Tsushima for the best selling first-party game on PS4. Like for fucks sake, the lowest game on the chart is in the two thousand range and you would think of the very least something for the PS5 would show up, when numbers get that low. Something about the PS5 software sales just doesn't make sense. The PS4 never had this problem when it came to selling software at any point in its life.