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Forums - Sales Discussion - Famitsu sales: Week 33, 2021 - (9th August - 15th August)

Bofferbrauer2 said:

If your theory is true, then once the chip crunch is resolved the PS5 sales in Japan should nosedive a lot. We'll see how this hold up, but I fear you could be right.

It could be that it's healthier, a second launch so to speak, while there is such WW demand and such high resell value for PS5 we won't find out the true demand in Japan. A Large part of the Japanese audience is simply being priced-out of buying a PS5 at the moment, if Sony can supply 50K for a few weeks in a row it would probably lead to a bit better software sales; however it would take several months of such supply before we can draw any long term conclusions. 

So once the chip crunch is resolved maybe PS5 software will start to perform better in Japan, to what degree things can improve? I think it would still be in the 2-3 million software per year range. With lifetime software sales in Japan similar to PS Vita. Until the chip shortage lasts, I think we will continue to see PS5 games under-perform, I don't think Tales of Arise, Lost Judgement or Demon Slayer on the PS5 will be able to surpass 100K this year; while the swift decline in PS4 production will also lead to these titles under-performing on the PS4. 

Depending on how long the chip-shortage last it could be that by the time Sony is able to supply 50K units of their console in Japan most third party developers have already shifted most of their resources to the Switch in either multiplat or full exclusivity, making the PS5 basically a console with similar amount of new Software as the Wii U but instead of Splatoon & Mario Kart 8 you have Monster Hunter World 2, Final Fantasy XVI etc. and most multiplats selling many times more on the Switch due to the difference in user-base - regardless of performance. 

As there is only a dozen or so games Japanese Third Party that cannot run on the Switch, a potential Switch Pro might make PS5 entirely irrelevant. Meaning that that 10 million or so PS3/PSV/PS4 were doing mostly via third party during the prior gen might entirely transition to the Switch, leading to several years of 10M+ sales for third parties on the system, after all 3DS got far more support launch aligned compared to the Switch and only now is third party support actually arriving, in the past few years it has been mostly Nintendo & Pokemon that's been supporting the Switch - this is the first year Third Party sales on the system will surpass 10 million, but next year will likely also lead to record sales for third parties. 

Famitsu Top 100 Nintendo Ecosystem 2014-2020

3DS Software 2015 - 15.386.246
WIIU Software 2015 - 3.088.447
TOTAL: 18.474.693

3DS Software 2016 - 13.054.519
WIIU Software 2016 - 1.811.445
TOTAL: 14.865.964

3DS Software 2017 - 11.421.028
WIIU Software 2017 - 429.155
NSW Software 2017 - 6.758.666
TOTAL: 18.608.849

3DS Software 2018 - 1.783.274
NSW Software 2018 - 12.720.950
TOTAL: 14.504.224

3DS Software 2019 - 213.847
NSW Software 2019 - 14.847.793
TOTAL: 15.061.640

3DS Software 2020 - 52.499
NSW Software 2020 - 20.686.204
TOTAL: 20.738.703



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noshten said:

Famitsu Top 50 Third Party 2021:

  1. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom) - 2.308.602
  2. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu (Konami) - 1.089.927
  3. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft) - 420.381
  4. [NSW] Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town (Marvelous) – 281.140
  5. [NSW] Monster Hunter Stories 2 (Capcom) - 215.657
  6. [PS4] Resident Evil Village (Capcom) - 191.983
  7. [NSW] Baseball Spirits 2021 (Konami) - 170.998
  8. [NSW] Crayon Shin-Chan (Neos) - 169.708
  9. [PS4] NieR Replicant (Square Enix) - 158.265
  10. [NSW] Bravely Default II (Square Enix) – 136.091
  11. [NSW] Rune Factory 5 (Marvelous) - 127.968
  12. [NSW] Fitness Boxing 2 (Imagineer) - 98.995
  13. [NSW] Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel (Konami) - 96.297 NEW
  14. [NSW] Dragon Quest XI S (Square Enix) - 89.135
  15. [NSW] Human Fall Flat (Teyon Japan) - 85.310
  16. [NSW] Little Nightmares II (Bandai Namco) - 72.796
  17. [PS4] Samurai Warriors 5 (Koei Tecmo) - 72.727
  18. [NSW] Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (Marvelous) - 65.620
  19. [NSW] Fishing Spirits (Bandai Namco) - 65.250
  20. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! (Bandai Namco) - 63.641
  21. [NSW] Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Koei Tecmo) - 62.119
  22. [NSW] Samurai Warriors 5 (Koei Tecmo) - 61.350
  23. [NSW] Minecraft Dungeons (Microsoft) - 56.663
  24. [PS5] Resident Evil Village (Capcom) - 53.953
  25. [NSW] Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega) - 40.688
  26. [NSW] Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (Sega) - 36.105
  27. [NSW] Family Trainer (Bandai Namco) - 35.273
  28. [PS4] Scarlet Nexus(Bandai Namco) - 31.665
  29. [PS4] Biomutant (THQ Nordic) - 30.292
  30. [NSW] Densha de Go!! (Square Enix) - 29.624
  31. [NSW] Apex Legends: Champion Edition (Electronic Arts) - 29.057
  32. [NSW] eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 (Konami) - 27.539
  33. [NSW] Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny (Nippon Ichi) - 25.744
  34. [NSW] Jack Jeanne (Broccoli) - 25.518
  35. [PS4] Little Nightmares II (Bandai Namco) - 24.968
  36. [PS4] Judgment [New Price Edition] (Sega) - 24.271
  37. [PS5] Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade (Square Enix) - 23.491
  38. [NSW] Neo: The World Ends with You (Square Enix) - 22.028
  39. [NSW] The Quintessential Quintuplets Double Integral (Mages.) - 20.374
  40. [NSW] A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism (Artdink) - 20.043
  41. [PS4] Disgaea 6 (Nippon Ichi) - 18.289
  42. [NSW] The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (Capcom) – 18.197
  43. [PS4] Dragon Quest XI S (Square Enix) - 16.352
  44. [PS4] Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (Marvelous) - 16.235
  45. [NSW] Angelique Luminarise (Koei Tecmo) - 14.506
  46. [PS4] Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection (Koei Tecmo) - 14.483
  47. [NSW] Winning Post 9 2021 (Koei Tecmo) - 14.368
  48. [PS4] NieR: Automata - GotY Edition (Square Enix) - 13.712
  49. [PS4] Guilty Gear: Strive (Arc System) - 13.574
  50. [PS4] Winning Post 9 2021 (Koei Tecmo) - 13.221

TOTAL: 6.814.193

NSW TOTAL: 6.096.712 (89.5%)

PS4 TOTAL: 640.037 (9.4%)

PS5 TOTAL: 77.444 (1.1%)

 

I did not expect Apex Legends to be on the list. And on Nintendo Switch versions of all versions. Unless that's the only one available in Japan.



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OTBWY said:

Very good. Obon week.

Hoping to see the top 30 again, wanna see how out of touch Nintendo is.

Cheers!



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123tbones said:
noshten said:

Famitsu Top 50 Third Party 2021:

  1. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom) - 2.308.602
  2. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu (Konami) - 1.089.927
  3. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft) - 420.381
  4. [NSW] Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town (Marvelous) – 281.140
  5. [NSW] Monster Hunter Stories 2 (Capcom) - 215.657
  6. [PS4] Resident Evil Village (Capcom) - 191.983
  7. [NSW] Baseball Spirits 2021 (Konami) - 170.998
  8. [NSW] Crayon Shin-Chan (Neos) - 169.708
  9. [PS4] NieR Replicant (Square Enix) - 158.265
  10. [NSW] Bravely Default II (Square Enix) – 136.091
  11. [NSW] Rune Factory 5 (Marvelous) - 127.968
  12. [NSW] Fitness Boxing 2 (Imagineer) - 98.995
  13. [NSW] Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel (Konami) - 96.297 NEW
  14. [NSW] Dragon Quest XI S (Square Enix) - 89.135
  15. [NSW] Human Fall Flat (Teyon Japan) - 85.310
  16. [NSW] Little Nightmares II (Bandai Namco) - 72.796
  17. [PS4] Samurai Warriors 5 (Koei Tecmo) - 72.727
  18. [NSW] Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (Marvelous) - 65.620
  19. [NSW] Fishing Spirits (Bandai Namco) - 65.250
  20. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! (Bandai Namco) - 63.641
  21. [NSW] Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Koei Tecmo) - 62.119
  22. [NSW] Samurai Warriors 5 (Koei Tecmo) - 61.350
  23. [NSW] Minecraft Dungeons (Microsoft) - 56.663
  24. [PS5] Resident Evil Village (Capcom) - 53.953
  25. [NSW] Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega) - 40.688
  26. [NSW] Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (Sega) - 36.105
  27. [NSW] Family Trainer (Bandai Namco) - 35.273
  28. [PS4] Scarlet Nexus(Bandai Namco) - 31.665
  29. [PS4] Biomutant (THQ Nordic) - 30.292
  30. [NSW] Densha de Go!! (Square Enix) - 29.624
  31. [NSW] Apex Legends: Champion Edition (Electronic Arts) - 29.057
  32. [NSW] eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 (Konami) - 27.539
  33. [NSW] Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny (Nippon Ichi) - 25.744
  34. [NSW] Jack Jeanne (Broccoli) - 25.518
  35. [PS4] Little Nightmares II (Bandai Namco) - 24.968
  36. [PS4] Judgment [New Price Edition] (Sega) - 24.271
  37. [PS5] Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade (Square Enix) - 23.491
  38. [NSW] Neo: The World Ends with You (Square Enix) - 22.028
  39. [NSW] The Quintessential Quintuplets Double Integral (Mages.) - 20.374
  40. [NSW] A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism (Artdink) - 20.043
  41. [PS4] Disgaea 6 (Nippon Ichi) - 18.289
  42. [NSW] The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (Capcom) – 18.197
  43. [PS4] Dragon Quest XI S (Square Enix) - 16.352
  44. [PS4] Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (Marvelous) - 16.235
  45. [NSW] Angelique Luminarise (Koei Tecmo) - 14.506
  46. [PS4] Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection (Koei Tecmo) - 14.483
  47. [NSW] Winning Post 9 2021 (Koei Tecmo) - 14.368
  48. [PS4] NieR: Automata - GotY Edition (Square Enix) - 13.712
  49. [PS4] Guilty Gear: Strive (Arc System) - 13.574
  50. [PS4] Winning Post 9 2021 (Koei Tecmo) - 13.221

TOTAL: 6.814.193

NSW TOTAL: 6.096.712 (89.5%)

PS4 TOTAL: 640.037 (9.4%)

PS5 TOTAL: 77.444 (1.1%)

 

I did not expect Apex Legends to be on the list. And on Nintendo Switch versions of all versions. Unless that's the only one available in Japan.

The PS4 version most likely released when the game originally launched.



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The real out of touch ones are the Japanese developers still giving Switch subpar support.



hell at this rate i won't be surprised if xbox might actually catch up to ps5 somewhat...



TheBraveGallade said:

hell at this rate i won't be surprised if xbox might actually catch up to ps5 somewhat...

Xbox Series X|S Doesn't need to catch up to PS5. It is doing very well when compare to Xbox One. It has sold in less than a year more units than Xbox one sold in the first 2. Improving Gen over gen should be enough for XBOX.



I live in China, and all the PS5 that are always advertised on 淘宝,拼多多,激动 etc are 90% from Japan. So I do know a lot of the PS5 bought here are from Japan



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Splatoon 2 is edging closer to 4m sold at retail along with MK8D, BOTW is also still in the top 30 as well despite it been four years since they came out.