Software Sales

01./01. [NSW] Mario Golf: Super Rush <SPT> (Nintendo) {2021.06.25} (¥5.980) – 31.685 / 112.115 <60-80%> (-61%)
02./04. [NSW] Game Builder Garage <EDU> (Nintendo) {2021.06.11} (¥3.164) – 17.640 / 143.648 <60-80%> (-24%)
03./06. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure # <HOB> (Nintendo) {2019.10.18} (¥7.980) – 14.422 / 2.669.091 <80-100%> (+5%)
04./07. [NSW] Minecraft # <ADV> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) – 13.211 / 2.032.643 <80-100%> (+11%)
05./03. [NSW] Samurai Warriors 5 # <ACT> (Koei Tecmo) {2021.06.24} (¥7.800) – 11.555 / 50.246 <60-80%> (-70%)
06./02. [PS4] Samurai Warriors 5 # <ACT> (Koei Tecmo) {2021.06.24} (¥7.800) – 10.292 / 65.967 <60-80%> (-82%)
07./14. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) – 10.211 / 3.898.694 <80-100%> (+23%)
08./11. [NSW] Miitopia <SLG> (Nintendo) {2021.05.21} (¥4.980) – 9.593 / 179.233 <80-100%> (-5%)
09./12. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! <TBL> (Konami) {2020.11.19} (¥6.300) – 9.458 / 2.251.898 <80-100%> (+11%)
10./16. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury <ACT> (Nintendo) {2021.02.12} (¥5.980) – 7.954 / 798.431 <80-100%> (+24%)
11./17. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate # <FTG> (Nintendo) {2018.12.07} (¥7.200) – 7.582 / 4.326.142 <80-100%> (+25%)
12./15. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise # <ACT> (Capcom) {2021.03.26} (¥7.990) – 7.298 / 2.279.942 <80-100%> (-3%)
13./18. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2020.03.20} (¥5.980) – 6.167 / 6.813.456 <80-100%> (+10%)
14./05. [PS4] Scarlet Nexus <RPG> (Bandai Namco Entertainment) {2021.06.24} (¥8.200) – 5.805 / 25.965 <80-100%> (-71%)
15./22. [NSW] Super Mario Party # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2018.10.05} (¥5.980) – 5.599 / 1.924.087 <80-100%> (+26%)
16./21. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics <ETC> (Nintendo) {2020.06.05} (¥3.980) – 4.723 / 738.960 <80-100%> (+4%)
17./00. [NSW] Moshikashite? Obake no Shatekiya for Nintendo Switch <ACT> (Nippon Columbia) {2021.07.01} (¥4.800) – 4.486 / NEW <40-60%>
18./20. [NSW] New Pokemon Snap <ACT> (Pokemon Co.) {2021.04.30} (¥5.980) – 4.367 / 253.358 <60-80%> (-19%)
19./25. [NSW] Splatoon 2 # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2017.07.21} (¥5.980) – 4.162 / 3.892.616 <80-100%> (+15%)
20./26. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield # <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2019.11.15} (¥5.980) – 4.123 / 4.075.472 <80-100%> (+14%)
21./28. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild # <ADV> (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥6.980) – 2.991 / 1.832.380 <80-100%> (+14%)
22./30. [NSW] Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise <HOB> (Imagineer) {2020.12.03} (¥5.800) – 2.635 / 116.342 <80-100%> (+10%)
23./00. [NSW] Summer Pockets: Reflection Blue <ADV> (Prototype) {2021.07.01} (¥8.000) – 2.351 / NEW <60-80%>
24./27. [PS4] Resident Evil Village # <ADV> (Capcom) {2021.05.08} (¥7.990) – 2.265 / 191.983 <80-100%> (-19%)
25./00. [NSW] Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition [New Price Edition] <RPG> (Square Enix) {2020.12.04} (¥4.980) – 2.098 / 111.131 <80-100%> (+4%)
26./09. [PS5] Scarlet Nexus <RPG> (Bandai Namco Entertainment) {2021.06.24} (¥8.200) – 1.777 / 12.785 <60-80%> (-84%)
27./00. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2017.10.27} (¥5.980) – 1.757 / 2.245.111 <80-100%> (+16%)
28./10. [NSW] The Caligula Effect 2 # <RPG> (FuRyu) {2021.06.24} (¥7.980) – 1.738 / 11.981 <60-80%> (-83%)
29./00. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2019.06.28} (¥5.980) – 1.676 / 1.105.741 <80-100%> (+12%)
30./00. [NSW] Super Mario 3D All-Stars <Super Mario 64 Super Mario Sunshine Super Mario Galaxy> <ACT> (Nintendo) {2020.09.18} (¥6.480) – 1.642 / 597.402 <80-100%>

Number of games in Top 30

NSW – 26
PS4 – 3
PS5 – 1

Hardware Sales

Switch up, PS5 down, XBS momentum continues. No big new games this week, so Switch evergreens take back the top 10.

112k for Mario Golf in two weeks, not bad

Clearly nintendo doesn't have a price problem in Japan.

A lot of Switch owners came out this week to buy software.  RFA, Minecraft, MK 8, Momotaro, and 3D World are all up WoW.  Hardware is up somewhat, which probably explains it.  However, if you look at Switch sales by model, the Lite version was about the same WoW, while the base model was significantly up.  

I guess the base model was actually in short supply last week?  The base:Lite ratio was over 4:1 last week, but I guess the true ratio is more like 5:1 based on this week's sales.  It's still surprising to me just how popular the base model is even in Japan.

XBS is down from last week But staying above 3k is still good for Xbox in japan. Rol seems to be Mia so I'm updating and posting Rol's table here.

Right now, it's more a supply problem than anything else

So by the end of the year Samurai Warriors 5 on the Switch is likely to surpass 100K, good drop of only 60% from the launch and also decent WoM.

Despite the franchise being PlayStation focused for so long Koei Tecmo's muliplat strategy is paying off - imagine if this had been a PS exclusive it would have been a an even bigger drop compared to Samurai Warriors 4. Now the key thing for them is how it does in Rest of Asia as that's how they can make up the lifetime difference and might even see growth. 

[PS4] Samurai Warriors 5 - 65.967 

[NSW] Samurai Warriors 5 - 50.246 

TOTAL: 116.213

[PS3] Samurai Warriors 4 - 255.938

[PSV] Samurai Warriors 4 - 91.107

[PS4] Samurai Warriors 4 - 19.380

TOTAL: 366.425

Elsewhere as expected Bandai's fantastic journey to the bottom of the Publisher rankings continues in Japan, soon they will be in danger of joining Level-5. After last year's decline they are now starting to hit the bottom. As a new IP Scarlet Nexus basically launched at the worse time for both the PS4 and PS5.. one is already pretty much a discontinued platform in Japan while the other hasn't had a title that even surpassed 75K physical sales and is unlikely to get one until the final quarter of the year(which is also not a certainty). Their marketing deal with Microsoft helped them nowhere, while their de-facto exclusivity in Japan(XSX is doing in comparison to X1 but it's basically non-existant in Japan), ensured it's basically a niche launch in their home turf... considering the budget, people involved and overall investment of time that likely went into the game - well certain figures at the company are already on thin-ice. 

Things looked really good for them a couple of years ago with late-ports and AA family games like Fishing Spirits/Taiko doing real well, now that there is actual competition from other Japanese third parties the situation and they've stopped in launching family games that resonate with the Switch audience they are relying on PS to save their buts which has a zero chance of happening this year. Arise will definitely under-perform in Japan compared to the amount of time, resources and marketing that will go towards it and two such high profile failures in a single year will have long term consequences for the people who green-lighted their strategy for the past two to three years. 

You didn't post last week so as this week released i took it upon myself to updating and posting it on both threads. I Did it caused i always look forward to see in  it. Tanks for your work.

I don't see the Switch selling more than 100k in the next couple of weeks, so I guess it will lose its lead over 2020 until the OLED model launches.