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Forums - Sales Discussion - Famitsu sales: Week 22, 2021 - (May 24 - May 30)

Slownenberg on 04 June 2021


23. [NSW] Super Mario 3D All-Stars – 2,157 / 593,574

I'm amazed there is still enough stock to sell over 2000 games in a week considering 3D All-Stars went out of production basically two months ago. Maybe Japan enthusiasm for the game was lower than expected and Nintendo left a lot in the supply chain for Japan once they stopped making it.



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noshten on 04 June 2021

TOP 50 2021 Famitsu:

  1. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom) - 2.225.801 
  2. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu (Konami) - 968.995
  3. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury - 757.936 
  4. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure - 513.829
  5. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 406.025
  6. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 395.682
  7. [NSW] Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town (Marvelous) – 281.140
  8. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - 278.741
  9. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft) - 268.958
  10. [NSW] New Pokemon Snap (Pokemon Co.) - 229.443 
  11. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield + Expansion Pass (Pokemon Co.) - 223.623
  12. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics - 195.861
  13. [NSW] Splatoon 2 - 184.025
  14. [PS4] Resident Evil Village (Capcom) - 173.132 
  15. [NSW] Super Mario Party - 168.477
  16. [PS4] NieR Replicant (Square Enix) - 156.346 
  17. [NSW] Bravely Default II (Square Enix) – 136.091
  18. [NSW] Rune Factory 5 (Marvelous) - 115.756 
  19. [NSW] Miitopia - 107.176 
  20. [NSW] Super Mario 3D All-Stars - 100.954
  21. [NSW] Pikmin 3 Deluxe - 94.458
  22. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 92.077
  23. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe - 77.506
  24. [NSW] Little Nightmares II (Bandai Namco) - 72.796
  25. [NSW] Fitness Boxing 2 (Imagineer) - 71.802
  26. [NSW] Dragon Quest XI S (Square Enix) - 67.085
  27. [NSW] Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (Marvelous) - 65.620
  28. [NSW] Human Fall Flat (Teyon Japan) - 64.068
  29. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 - 60.188
  30. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey - 56.993
  31. [NSW] Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Koei Tecmo) - 53.364
  32. [PS5] Resident Evil Village (Capcom) - 51.868 
  33. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! (Bandai Namco) - 41.211
  34. [NSW] Fishing Spirits (Bandai Namco) - 41.141
  35. [NSW] Luigi's Mansion 3 - 39.287
  36. [NSW] Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (Sega) - 36.105
  37. [NSW] Family Trainer (Bandai Namco) - 35.273
  38. [NSW] Densha de Go!! (Square Enix) - 29.624
  39. [NSW] Apex Legends (Electronic Arts) - 29.057
  40. [NSW] eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 (Konami) - 27.539
  41. [NSW] Disgaea 6 (Nippon Ichi) - 25.744
  42. [PS4] Little Nightmares II (Bandai Namco) - 24.968
  43. [PS4] Biomutant (THQ Nordic) - 24.596 NEW
  44. [NSW] Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training - 23.457
  45. [NSW] The Quintessential Quintuplets (Mages.) - 20.374
  46. [NSW] A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism (Artdink) - 20.043
  47. [PS4] Disgaea 6 (Nippon Ichi) - 18.289
  48. [PS4] Judgment [New Price Edition] (Sega) - 18.234
  49. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War (Sony) - 16.454
  50. [PS4] Dragon Quest XI S (Square Enix) - 16.352

NSW - 41

PS4 - 8

PS5 - 1

TOTAL: 9.203.564

NSW TOTAL: 8.703.325 (94.6%)

PS4/PS5 TOTAL: 500.239 (5.4%)

This is the highest market share PS4/PS5 had so far this year but with the PS4 versions of Disgaea 6, Judgement, Call of Duty and DQXIS likely to exit the charts as new games launch I don't think PS4/PS5 will soon fall below 5%. Next major game on the ecosystem is Scarlet Nexus, which based on pre-orders needs a very good WoM to put the PS4/PS5 back over 5%. 

FF VII Remake Integrade doesn't seem that it has potential to end up over 50K physical with second hand PS4 SKU sales and an easy upgrade path at about half the price. Than the slow period for PlayStation begins as there is no exclusive that will surpass 100K until September... 

TOP 10 PUBLISHERS:

  1. Nintendo - 3.552.672 (38.6%)
  2. Capcom - 2.450.801 (26.6%)
  3. Konami - 996.534 (10.8%)
  4. Marvelous - 462.516 (5%)
  5. Pokemon Co. - 453.066 (4.9%)
  6. Square Enix - 405.498 (4.4%)
  7. Microsoft - 268.958 (2.9%)
  8. Bandai Namco - 215.389 (2.3%)
  9. Imagineer - 71.802 (0.8%)
  10. Teyon Japan - 64.068 (0.7%)



Roma on 04 June 2021

I'm still shucked at how much Zelda BotW has sold



    R.I.P Mr Iwata :'(

curl-6 on 04 June 2021
noshten said:

TOP 50 2021 Famitsu:

  1. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom) - 2.225.801 
  2. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu (Konami) - 968.995
  3. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury - 757.936 
  4. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure - 513.829
  5. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 406.025
  6. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 395.682
  7. [NSW] Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town (Marvelous) – 281.140
  8. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - 278.741
  9. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft) - 268.958
  10. [NSW] New Pokemon Snap (Pokemon Co.) - 229.443 
  11. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield + Expansion Pass (Pokemon Co.) - 223.623
  12. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics - 195.861
  13. [NSW] Splatoon 2 - 184.025
  14. [PS4] Resident Evil Village (Capcom) - 173.132 
  15. [NSW] Super Mario Party - 168.477
  16. [PS4] NieR Replicant (Square Enix) - 156.346 
  17. [NSW] Bravely Default II (Square Enix) – 136.091
  18. [NSW] Rune Factory 5 (Marvelous) - 115.756 
  19. [NSW] Miitopia - 107.176 
  20. [NSW] Super Mario 3D All-Stars - 100.954
  21. [NSW] Pikmin 3 Deluxe - 94.458
  22. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 92.077
  23. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe - 77.506
  24. [NSW] Little Nightmares II (Bandai Namco) - 72.796
  25. [NSW] Fitness Boxing 2 (Imagineer) - 71.802
  26. [NSW] Dragon Quest XI S (Square Enix) - 67.085
  27. [NSW] Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (Marvelous) - 65.620
  28. [NSW] Human Fall Flat (Teyon Japan) - 64.068
  29. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 - 60.188
  30. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey - 56.993
  31. [NSW] Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Koei Tecmo) - 53.364
  32. [PS5] Resident Evil Village (Capcom) - 51.868 
  33. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! (Bandai Namco) - 41.211
  34. [NSW] Fishing Spirits (Bandai Namco) - 41.141
  35. [NSW] Luigi's Mansion 3 - 39.287
  36. [NSW] Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (Sega) - 36.105
  37. [NSW] Family Trainer (Bandai Namco) - 35.273
  38. [NSW] Densha de Go!! (Square Enix) - 29.624
  39. [NSW] Apex Legends (Electronic Arts) - 29.057
  40. [NSW] eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 (Konami) - 27.539
  41. [NSW] Disgaea 6 (Nippon Ichi) - 25.744
  42. [PS4] Little Nightmares II (Bandai Namco) - 24.968
  43. [PS4] Biomutant (THQ Nordic) - 24.596 NEW
  44. [NSW] Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training - 23.457
  45. [NSW] The Quintessential Quintuplets (Mages.) - 20.374
  46. [NSW] A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism (Artdink) - 20.043
  47. [PS4] Disgaea 6 (Nippon Ichi) - 18.289
  48. [PS4] Judgment [New Price Edition] (Sega) - 18.234
  49. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War (Sony) - 16.454
  50. [PS4] Dragon Quest XI S (Square Enix) - 16.352

NSW - 41

PS4 - 8

PS5 - 1

TOTAL: 9.203.564

NSW TOTAL: 8.703.325 (94.6%)

PS4/PS5 TOTAL: 500.239 (5.4%)

This is the highest market share PS4/PS5 had so far this year but with the PS4 versions of Disgaea 6, Judgement, Call of Duty and DQXIS likely to exit the charts as new games launch I don't think PS4/PS5 will soon fall below 5%. Next major game on the ecosystem is Scarlet Nexus, which based on pre-orders needs a very good WoM to put the PS4/PS5 back over 5%. 

FF VII Remake Integrade doesn't seem that it has potential to end up over 50K physical with second hand PS4 SKU sales and an easy upgrade path at about half the price. Than the slow period for PlayStation begins as there is no exclusive that will surpass 100K until September... 

TOP 10 PUBLISHERS:

  1. Nintendo - 3.552.672 (38.6%)
  2. Capcom - 2.450.801 (26.6%)
  3. Konami - 996.534 (10.8%)
  4. Marvelous - 462.516 (5%)
  5. Pokemon Co. - 453.066 (4.9%)
  6. Square Enix - 405.498 (4.4%)
  7. Microsoft - 268.958 (2.9%)
  8. Bandai Namco - 215.389 (2.3%)
  9. Imagineer - 71.802 (0.8%)
  10. Teyon Japan - 64.068 (0.7%)

Bloody hell, so Switch has the entirety of the top 13 and 29 of the top 31.

Any Japanese dev not making games for the Switch right now should have their head examined.



Farsala on 05 June 2021

I am trying to find the last time we saw Demon's Souls. But it seems to me that Demon's Souls 2021 will/has outsell/outsold Demon's Souls 2020.

Last info I found is week 47.

Week 47 2020
26./11. [PS5] Demon's Souls (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2020.11.12} (¥7.900) - 2.882 / 21.489 (-85%)

30,000 since then.



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noshten on 05 June 2021
Farsala said:

I am trying to find the last time we saw Demon's Souls. But it seems to me that Demon's Souls 2021 will/has outsell/outsold Demon's Souls 2020.

Last info I found is week 47.

Week 47 2020
26./11. [PS5] Demon's Souls (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2020.11.12} (Â¥7.900) - 2.882 / 21.489 (-85%)

30,000 since then.

It's likely ended last year with around 25-28K of sales and has achieved around 1K sales per week since than. I'm guessing Miles Morales is in a similar place, with Resident Evil: Village - we have three PS5 games that have managed 50K so far but basically no other game is even close to this. So total physical sales on the PS5 are in the 200-275K range at the moment, which is basically nothing. Out of those sales around 100-175K are third party, again basically nothing. 

With no major exclusive on the PS5 this year... software sales on the system are likely to end up below 500K... while overall PS4/PS5 software sales might be below 1 million. Last year PS4 achieved over 7.8 million sales and PS5 100K according to the CY Media Create Report for the Top 1000, this is such a huge decline, but nothing unexpected for me:

https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9185904 

noshten said:

Thanks, we are entering an era where Nintendo will have 70% of Hardware market minimum. Event at the best-case scenario PlayStation family will sell less than 1.5M combined next year. Let's say they lower the price of the PS4 once the PS5 launches, will it sell more than 500K for the year? Very unlikely and if the PS5 costs more than 50K Yen it's very unlikely PS5 sales surpass 1M next year, just for reference PS4 sold 1.27M in 2015, and PS3 sold 1.2M in 2007. The PS4 basicaly had no competition due to the Wii U, while the PS3 was close to that price but Sony's market share has contracted since 2007 and they are facing far more competition than the Wii which only sold 12.75M in Japan.

Overall anyone who is hoping for some sales in Japan will need to do business with Nintendo going forward and this is unlikely to change. Once Sony offers a portable alternative perhaps we might see some competition again but for the time being, even Earth Defense Force a game that has never been on a Nintendo device is set to launch on the Switch next year. D3 Publisher have historically been one of the smaller publishers that never had that much presence on Nintendo hardware but even they see the writing on the wall. By the end of next year, only Capcom and Falcom will be left. The decision will be made easy by the PS5 launch in Japan which will cement Playstation's role of bringing AAA Western Games to the Japanese public. It's a small niche but with gaming habits in Japan, there is little chance of a console like the PS5 to really sell anywhere near 10M, especially while competing with the Switch for AA support. 

Even PS4 with some of the biggest 3rd party Japanese games like Monster Hunter, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, Metal Gear Solid, Yakuza, Resident Evil, Persona, Nier being 90% exclusive to the Playstation ecosystem the PS4 is struggling to reach 10M. If you risk launching the next Persona or Nier there exclusively you can't even guarantee if it will sell as well as the prior games. Historical trends tell us to expect further decline for series that choose to remain exclusive until they become irrelevant for their home market. 

In the meantime the growth will be seen by those who embrace AA development, ports of forgotten games, publishing indies in Japan, and finally developing new IPs and experiences that could be enjoyed best on the Nintendo Switch(like Fishing Spirits or Fitness Boxing). 

As mentioned before Western indies have filled the void left by the lack of 3rd Party support. Games like Stardew Valley saw growth thanks to the lack of Harvest Moon for example. Games like Overcooked, Human Fall Flat provide co-op experiences that have helped them become evergreens in Japan on the eShop. Small outfits like Fly High Works who are localizing Western indies for Japan and launching their own games set to profit the most out of the current situation. 



Kakadu18 on 05 June 2021
Farsala said:

I am trying to find the last time we saw Demon's Souls. But it seems to me that Demon's Souls 2021 will/has outsell/outsold Demon's Souls 2020.

Last info I found is week 47.

Week 47 2020
26./11. [PS5] Demon's Souls (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2020.11.12} (Â¥7.900) - 2.882 / 21.489 (-85%)

30,000 since then.

Last time Demon Souls appeared in the top 30 was in week 11 2021

26. [PS5] Demon's Souls - 1,704 / 40,489



Agente42 on 05 June 2021

Media Create Sales: CY 2020 (2019 Dec 30 - 2021 Jan 03)

Top 1000

NSW - 471
PS4 - 455
3DS - 49
PS5 - 14
PSV - 11

Top 100 Software Sales - 27.005.189 <82,19%>
Top 500 Software Sales - 31.800.410 <96,79%>
Top 1000 Software Sales - 32.554.170 <99,08%>

01. NSW - 24.636.454 <74,98%> (220 new games)
02. PS4 - 7.839.893 <23,86%> (211 new games)
03. 3DS - 200.354 <0,61%> (0 new games)
04. PS5 - 109.374 <0,33%> (16 new games)
05. PSV - 69.251 <0,21%> (7 new games)
06. XBS - 243 <0,00%> (1 new game)
00. ALL - 32.855.568 <100,00%> (455 new games)

Budget Software Sales
01. PS4 - 912.038 <69,95%>
02. NSW - 324.939 <24,92%>
03. 3DS - 57.144 <4,38%>
04. PSV - 9.787 <0,75%>
00. ALL - 1.303.908 <100,00%> (32 new games)

New Series Software Sales
01. NSW - 2.780.478 <60,54%>
02. PS4 - 1.772.851 <38,60%>
03. PSV - 20.266 <0,44%>
04. PS5 - 9.306 <0,20%>
00. OTH - 10.139 <0,22%>
00. ALL - 4.593.040 <100,00%> (143 new games)

Localized Software Sales
01. PS4 - 2.613.524 <65,13%>
02. NSW - 1.293.626 <32,24%>
03. PS5 - 99.208 <2,47%>
04. 3DS - 4.178 <0,10%>
05. PSV - 1.734 <0,04%>
06. XBS - 243 <0,01%>
00. ALL - 4.012.513 <100,00%>

NSW
01. Nintendo - 15.194.511 <61,67%>
02. Konami - 2.008.300 <8,15%>
03. Pokemon Co. - 1.336.393 <5,42%>
04. Bandai Namco Entertainment - 1.194.444 <4,85%>
05. Microsoft Game Studios - 621.328 <2,52%>
06. Sega - 558.042 <2,27%>
07. Koei Tecmo - 548.503 <2,23%>
08. Square Enix - 482.979 <1,96%>
09. Capcom - 222.020 <0,90%>
10. Marvelous - 204.003 <0,83%>
00. Nippon Columbia - 190.426 <0,77%>
00. Imagineer - 188.071 <0,76%>
00. Atlus - 173.541 <0,70%>
00. Spike Chunsoft - 110.849 <0,45%>
00. Electronic Arts - 101.148 <0,41%>
00. Ubisoft - 74.177 <0,30%>
00. Take-Two Interactive Japan - 37.584 <0,15%>
00. Cygames - 23.610 <0,10%>
00. Other - 1.366.524 <5,55%>

PS4
01. Square Enix - 1.515.364 <19,33%>
02. Sony Interactive Entertainment - 1.510.080 <19,26%>
03. Bandai Namco Entertainment - 756.132 <9,64%>
04. Capcom - 592.671 <7,56%>
05. Sega - 474.445 <6,05%>
06. Koei Tecmo - 378.647 <4,83%>
07. Atlus - 363.170 <4,63%>
08. Konami - 314.986 <4,02%>
09. Spike Chunsoft - 245.133 <3,13%>
10. Ubisoft - 213.828 <2,73%>
00. Electronic Arts - 194.226 <2,48%>
00. Nihon Falcom - 164.595 <2,10%>
00. Take-Two Interactive Japan - 155.759 <1,99%>
00. Cygames - 147.835 <1,89%>
00. Marvelous - 100.813 <1,29%>
00. Other - 712.209 <9,08%>

3DS
01. Nintendo - 75.636 <37,75%>
02. Pokemon Co. - 27.495 <13,72%>
03. Atlus - 25.638 <12,80%>
05. Square Enix - 21.521 <10,74%>
06. Level 5 - 5.960 <2,97%>
07. Nippon Columbia - 4.784 <2,39%>
08. Bandai Namco Entertainment - 4.414 <2,20%>
09. Sega - 4.317 <2,15%>
10. Capcom - 4.034 <2,01%>
00. Warner Entertainment Japan - 3.845 <1,92%>
00. Marvelous - 2.545 <1,27%>
00. Imagineer - 2.470 <1,23%>
00. Spike Chunsoft - 2.348 <1,17%>
00. Konami - 1.709 <0,85%>
00. Koei Tecmo - 1.255 <0,63%>
00. Ubisoft - 20 <0,01%>
00. Other - 12.363 <6,17%>

PS5
01. Sony Interactive Entertainment - 74.785 <68,38%>
02. Ubisoft - 12.368 <11,31%>
03. Capcom - 6.022 <5,51%>
04. Playism - 5.725 <5,23%>
05. Compile Heart - 2.984 <2,73%>
06. Warner Entertainment Japan - 2.263 <2,07%>
07. Take-Two Interactive Japan - 2.057 <1,88%>
08. Deep Silver - 1.680 <1,54%>
09. Sega - 1.160 <1,06%>
10. Game Source Entertainment - 329 <0,30%>

PSV
01. Entergram - 8.970 <12,95%>
02. Nippon Ichi Software - 6.287 <9,08%>
03. Bandai Namco Entertainment - 5.019 <7,25%>
04. Konami - 4.011 <5,79%>
05. Koei Tecmo - 3.808 <5,50%>
06. Kadokawa Games - 3.615 <5,22%>
07. Spike Chunsoft - 3.474 <5,02%>
08. Atlus - 3.439 <4,97%>
09. Experience - 3.299 <4,76%>
10. Idea Factory - 2.774 <4,01%>
00. Square Enix - 2.692 <3,89%>
00. Marvelous - 1.637 <2,36%>
00. Sony Interactive Entertainment - 1.139 <1,64%>
00. Sega - 1.138 <1,64%>
00. Electronic Arts - 127 <0,18%>
00. Nihon Falcom - 114 <0,16%>
00. Cygames - 101 <0,15%>
00. Capcom - 67 <0,10%>
00. Ubisoft - 30 <0,04%>
00. Take-Two Interactive Japan - 21 <0,03%>
00. Other - 17.489 <25,25%>

XBS
01. Microsoft Game Studios - 243 <100,00%>

01. Nintendo - 15.270.147 <46,48%> (9 new games)
02. Konami - 2.329.005 <7,09%> (4 new games)
03. Square Enix - 2.022.556 <6,16%> (16 new games)
04. Bandai Namco Entertainment - 1.960.009 <5,97%> (28 new games)
05. Sony Interactive Entertainment - 1.586.003 <4,83%> (16 new games)
06. Pokemon Co. - 1.363.888 <4,15%> (1 new game)
07. Sega - 1.039.101 <3,16%> (15 new games)
08. Koei Tecmo - 932.214 <2,84%> (12 new games)
09. Capcom - 824.814 <2,51%> (9 new games)
10. Microsoft Game Studios - 621.570 <1,89%> (2 new games)
11. Atlus - 565.787 <1,72%> (5 new games)
12. Spike Chunsoft - 361.804 <1,10%> (8 new games)
13. Marvelous - 308.998 <0,94%> (3 new games)
14. Ubisoft - 300.424 <0,91%> (17 new games)
15. Electronic Arts - 295.501 <0,90%> (11 new games)
16. Take-Two Interactive Japan - 195.421 <0,59%> (11 new games)
17. Nippon Columbia - 195.210 <0,59%> (6 new games)
18. Imagineer - 190.541 <0,58%> (4 new games)
19. Cygames - 171.546 <0,52%> (2 new games)
20. Nihon Falcom - 164.709 <0,50%> (5 new games)
00. Other - 2.156.319 <6,56%> (271 new games)
00. All publishers - 32.855.568 <100,00%> (455 new games)



curl-6 on 05 June 2021

PS5 seems to finally be finding it's feet in Japan, at least as far as hardware goes.
Software is another story, but then it's not like it has a whole lot of big games yet that can't be easily played elsewhere on more popular systems.