Famitsu Top 50 Third Party 2021(known sales):
- [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom) - 2.326.057
- [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu (Konami) - 1.154.569
- [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft) - 522.244
- [NSW] Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town (Marvelous) – 281.140
- [NSW] Monster Hunter Stories 2 (Capcom) - 227.554
- [PS4] Tales of Arise (Bandai Namco) - 211.047
- [NSW] Baseball Spirits 2021 (Konami) - 195.906
- [PS4] Resident Evil Village (Capcom) - 191.983
- [NSW] Crayon Shin-Chan (Neos) - 183.733
- [PS4] NieR Replicant (Square Enix) - 158.265
- [PS4] Lost Judgement (Sega) – 140.834
- [NSW] Bravely Default II (Square Enix) – 136.091
- [NSW] Rune Factory 5 (Marvelous) - 127.968
- [NSW] Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel (Konami) - 127.221
- [NSW] Fitness Boxing 2 (Imagineer) - 115.375
- [NSW] Dragon Quest XI S (Square Enix) - 111.811
- [NSW] Human Fall Flat (Teyon Japan) - 85.310
- [NSW] Little Nightmares II (Bandai Namco) - 72.796
- [PS4] Samurai Warriors 5 (Koei Tecmo) - 72.727
- [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! (Bandai Namco) - 70.964
- [NSW] Fishing Spirits (Bandai Namco) - 68.180
- [PS5] Resident Evil Village (Capcom) - 67.210
- [NSW] Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (Marvelous) - 65.620
- [NSW] Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Koei Tecmo) - 62.119
- [NSW] Samurai Warriors 5 (Koei Tecmo) - 61.350
- [PS5] Tales of Arise (Bandai Namco) - 60.106
- [NSW] Minecraft Dungeons (Microsoft) - 59.256
- [NSW] Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot (Bandai Namco) - 57.329
- [PS4] Judgment [New Price Edition] (Sega) - 53.086
- [PS4] The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Dark (Nihon Falcom) - 55.847
- [NSW] Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega) - 40.688
- [PS5] Lost Judgment (Sega) - 36.584
- [NSW] Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (Sega) - 36.105
- [NSW] Family Trainer (Bandai Namco) - 35.273
- [PS4] Far Cry 6 (Ubisoft) - 34.219 NEW
- [PS4] Scarlet Nexus(Bandai Namco) - 31.665
- [PS5] Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade (Square Enix) - 30.984
- [PS4] FIFA 22 (Electronic Arts) - 31.010
- [PS4] Biomutant (THQ Nordic) - 30.292
- [NSW] Densha de Go!! (Square Enix) - 29.624
- [NSW] Apex Legends: Champion Edition (Electronic Arts) - 29.057
- [NSW] eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 (Konami) - 27.539
- [PS5] Judgement [New Price Edition] (Sega) - 26.292
- [NSW] Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny (Nippon Ichi) - 25.744
- [NSW] Jack Jeanne (Broccoli) - 25.518
- [PS4] Little Nightmares II (Bandai Namco) - 24.968
- [NSW] Neo: The World Ends with You (Square Enix) - 22.028
- [NSW] The Quintessential Quintuplets Double Integral (Mages.) - 20.374
- [NSW] A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism (Artdink) - 20.043
- [PS4] Melty Blood: Type Lumina (Delight Works) - 18.833
NSW - 32 PS4 - 13 PS5 - 5
TOTAL: 7.698.859
NSW TOTAL: 6.422.907 (83.4%)
PS4 TOTAL: 1.054.776 (13.7%)
PS5 TOTAL: 221.176 (2.9%)
Top 10 Publishers:
- Capcom - 2.812.804 (36.5%)
- Konami - 1.505.235 (19.6%)
- Bandai Namco - 632.328 (8.2%)
- Microsoft - 581.500 (7.5%)
- Other - 561.636 (7.3%)
- Square Enix - 488.803 (6.3%)
- Marvelous - 474.728 (6.2%)
- Sega - 333.589 (4.3%)
- Koei Tecmo - 196.196 (2.5%)
- Neos - 183.733 (2.4%)
- Imagineer - 115.375 (1.5%)
One major covet with third party rankings I've not included Aniplex who would be in 10th place as a Third Party Publisher. Even though they are releasing games on the Switch and PS4/PS5, mainly because it would make sense to include Pokemon Co in such a case.
Remainder of the year there are plenty of additional third party games so I won't be surprised if the known third party sales within the Top 50 to be above 10 million, as far as market share Switch will account for over 85% of third party sales this year. This marks a very big shift compared to 2020 where Switch only made up around half of third party sales. If this trend continues into 2022, it's possible that over 90% of third party sales in Japan are achieved on the ecosystem.