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Forums - Sales Discussion - Famitsu sales: Week 19, 2021 - (May 3 - May 9)

Farsala on 13 May 2021

A 5% physical attach ratio is pretty big for a PS5/PS4 game, should lower in time.



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curl-6 on 13 May 2021

Looks like Golden Week depleted Switch stock, predictably.

Xbox Series rises above the zombie 3DS this week.

I really thought RE was bigger than this in Japan, though that could be down to it releasing on a system that's yet to establish itself and another that's on its deathbed.

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Kakadu18 on 13 May 2021
curl-6 said:

Looks like Golden Week depleted Switch stock, predictably.

Xbox Series rises above the zombie 3DS this week.

I really thought RE was bigger than this in Japan, though that could be down to it releasing on a system that's yet to find its feet and another that's on its deathbed.

RE has been losing popularity in Japan for a few years now. Afaik the last game to cross the million mark was RE6, since then nothing has even come close.



curl-6 on 13 May 2021

Top 30: https://www.gematsu.com/2021/05/famitsu-sales-4-26-21-5-9-21

  1. [PS4] Resident Evil Village (Capcom, 05/08/21) – 111,171 (New)
  2. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom, 03/26/21) – 68,115 (2,141,438)
  3. [NSW] New Pokemon Snap (The Pokemon Company, 04/30/21) – 46,643 (194,385)
  4. [PS5] Resident Evil Village (Capcom, 05/08/21) – 38,713 (New)
  5. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo, 02/12/21) – 26,251 (728,009)
  6. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 18,574 (2,167,409)
  7. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 15,942 (1,940,130)
  8. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 15,359 (3,824,997)
  9. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 14,547 (2,554,184)
  10. [PS4] NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… (Square Enix, 04/22/21) – 12,223 (146,662)
  11. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 11,260 (4,271,596)
  12. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 9,958 (6,765,337)
  13. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 8,477 (1,883,623)
  14. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 7,667 (700,486)
  15. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 6,983 (3,859,333)
  16. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 5,956 (4,045,036)
  17. [NSW] Human Fall Flat (Teyon Japan, 06/25/20) – 3,257 (146,764)
  18. [NSW] Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town (Marvelous, 02/25/21) – 2,971 (281,140)
  19. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo, 06/28/19) – 2,873 (1,093,621)
  20. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 2,842 (2,233,038)
  21. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 2,667 (1,814,325)
  22. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo, 01/11/19) – 2,648 (1,059,895)
  23. [PS5] Returnal (SIE, 04/30/21) – 2,575 (9,148)
  24. [PS4] Judgment (New Price Version) (Sega, 04/22/21) – 2,565 (9,140)
  25. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun (Bandai Namco, 07/19/18) – 2,562 (592,688)
  26. [NSW] Apex Legends Champion Edition (Electronic Arts, 03/10/21) – 2,515 (29,057)
  27. [NSW] Ace Angler: Nintendo Switch Version (Bandai Namco, 07/25/19) – 2,512 (585,608)
  28. [NSW] Little Nightmares II (Bandai Namco, 02/10/21) – 2,505 (71,364)
  29. [NSW] Together! The Battle Cats Game & Pouch Set (Ponos, 07/16/20) – 2,503 (39,492)
  30. [NSW] Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise (Imagineer, 12/03/20) – 2,351 (96,173)

NS - 25

PS4 - 3

PS5 - 2

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PotentHerbs on 13 May 2021
Blood_Tears said:

David Gibson on Twitter: "Well actually we know that around 10% of the 3m global shipment was Japan, so that means 150k physical and 150k digital in Japan for total 300k approx. Not so bad." / Twitter

The 300K shipments would strictly be physical copies, but with a 50% digital split, that puts RE8 sold around 300K combined on the PS4/5. Could be a bit more but it falls in line with Sony's digital cut. Potentially the third PS5 game to reach 100K+ sold in Japan. 



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noshten on 14 May 2021

TOP 50 2021 Famitsu:

  1. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom) - 2.141.438 
  2. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu (Konami) - 934.386
  3. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury - 728.009 
  4. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure - 467.179
  5. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 387.234
  6. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 367.814
  7. [NSW] Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town (Marvelous) – 281.140 
  8. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - 258.422
  9. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft) - 237.209
  10. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield + Expansion Pass (Pokemon Co.) - 212.419
  11. [NSW] New Pokemon Snap (Pokemon Co.) - 194.385 NEW
  12. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics - 180.837
  13. [NSW] Splatoon 2 - 170.944
  14. [NSW] Super Mario Party - 153.827
  15. [PS4] NieR Replicant (Square Enix) - 146.662
  16. [NSW] Bravely Default II (Square Enix) – 136.091
  17. [PS4] Resident Evil Village (Capcom) - 111.171 NEW
  18. [NSW] Pikmin 3 Deluxe - 94.458
  19. [NSW] Super Mario 3D All-Stars - 89.899
  20. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 86.288
  21. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe - 76.037
  22. [NSW] Little Nightmares II (Bandai Namco) - 71.364 
  23. [NSW] Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (Marvelous) - 65.620
  24. [NSW] Fitness Boxing 2 (Imagineer) - 63.378
  25. [NSW] Human Fall Flat (Teyon Japan) - 59.324
  26. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 - 58.740
  27. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey - 56.993
  28. [NSW] Dragon Quest XI S (Square Enix) - 56.153
  29. [NSW] Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Koei Tecmo) - 53.364
  30. [NSW] Fishing Spirits (Bandai Namco) - 41.141
  31. [NSW] Luigi's Mansion 3 - 39.287
  32. [PS5] Resident Evil Village (Capcom) - 38.713 NEW
  33. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! (Bandai Namco) - 38.128
  34. [NSW] Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (Sega) - 36.105
  35. [NSW] Family Trainer (Bandai Namco) - 35.273
  36. [NSW] Densha de Go!! (Square Enix) - 29.624
  37. [NSW] Apex Legends (Electronic Arts) - 29.057 
  38. [NSW] eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 (Konami) - 27.539
  39. [NSW] Disgaea 6 (Nippon Ichi) - 25.744
  40. [PS4] Little Nightmares II (Bandai Namco) - 24.968
  41. [NSW] Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training - 23.457
  42. [NSW] The Quintessential Quintuplets (Mages.) - 20.374
  43. [NSW] A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism (Artdink) - 20.043
  44. [PS4] Disgaea 6 (Nippon Ichi) - 18.289
  45. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War (Sony) - 16.454
  46. [PS4] Dragon Quest XI S (Square Enix) - 16.352
  47. [PS4] Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (Marvelous) - 16.235
  48. [NSW] Jack Jeanne (Broccoli) - 15.827
  49. [NSW] Kirby Star Allies - 14.878
  50. [NSW] Winning Post 9 2021 (Koei Tecmo) - 14.368

NSW - 42

PS4 - 7

PS5 - 1

TOTAL: 8.480.641

NSW TOTAL: 8.091.797 (95.5%)

PS4/PS5 TOTAL: 388.844 (4.5%)

TOP 10 Publishers:

  1. Nintendo - 3.254.303 (38%)
  2. Capcom - 2.291.322 (27%)
  3. Konami - 961.925 (11%)
  4. Pokemon Co. - 406.804 (4.7%)
  5. Square Enix - 384.882 (4.5%)
  6. Marvelous - 362.995 (4.2%)
  7. Bandai Namco - 210.874 (2.5%)
  8. Koei Tecmo - 67.732 (0.8%)
  9. Imagineer - 63.378 (0.7%)
  10. Teyon Japan - 59.324 (0.7%)

PS5 game finally makes it into the Top 50 for the year, as Resident Evil: Village & Nier Replicant are able to get the PlayStation ecosystem to close to 5% market share for the first time this year. 

Pokemon Snap is the other major title launched and it seems it won't have trouble outselling the original game, with a good hold in its second week. 

The next major game launching is Rune Factory 5 for Marvelous which should allow them to get ahead of Square ahead of the Final Fantasy Vii Remake Intergrade launch. 



tbone51 on 14 May 2021
PotentHerbs said:
Blood_Tears said:

David Gibson on Twitter: "Well actually we know that around 10% of the 3m global shipment was Japan, so that means 150k physical and 150k digital in Japan for total 300k approx. Not so bad." / Twitter

The 300K shipments would strictly be physical copies, but with a 50% digital split, that puts RE8 sold around 300K combined on the PS4/5. Could be a bit more but it falls in line with Sony's digital cut. Potentially the third PS5 game to reach 100K+ sold in Japan. 

You finally got proof that digital is not high. 150k retail with 40-60% sell thru means of a total shipment of 250k minimum. So at most digital is 50k. At MOST.



Kakadu18 on 14 May 2021

Super Mario Party had a 147% increase in week 18. Never saw something like that before.



Otter on 14 May 2021
tbone51 said:
PotentHerbs said:

The 300K shipments would strictly be physical copies, but with a 50% digital split, that puts RE8 sold around 300K combined on the PS4/5. Could be a bit more but it falls in line with Sony's digital cut. Potentially the third PS5 game to reach 100K+ sold in Japan. 

You finally got proof that digital is not high. 150k retail with 40-60% sell thru means of a total shipment of 250k minimum. So at most digital is 50k. At MOST.

How are you guys deducing the sell through figure? 



Kakadu18 on 14 May 2021
Otter said:
tbone51 said:

You finally got proof that digital is not high. 150k retail with 40-60% sell thru means of a total shipment of 250k minimum. So at most digital is 50k. At MOST.

How are you guys deducing the sell through figure? 

Famitsu also shares sellthrough.